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Here’s a great interview conducted by Andrew Ferebee on his Knowledge for Men podcast. I discuss the keys to learning masculine emotional expression. I share a few simple actions a man can take to free himself from what doesn’t work and tools to succeed in ways he thought impossible. Photo by Todd Quackenbush
“Emotional Intelligence for men”: is not an oxymoron. In fact, we are developing the Masculine Quotient, or MQ Test. Go here to take it: www.masculinequotient.com/mq-test-creation We need your help. Men grew up with the honor of being schooled in emotional intelligence by our mothers, then our teachers, counselors, girlfriends, and wives. No matter how good…
“Feeling emotions” is not an oxymoron for men. Men generally feel and express emotions differently than women do. Women have always had to step up to fill in for all the times men were away from the family working, fighting, traveling – and they did a great job. But we’ve lost the masculine perspective on…
This post I wrote first appeared About Me. Reconsidering Manhood Trying to be a 20-year-old doesn’t work at 60. Getting women to help us with our emotions – like we did when we were younger, starting with our mother – is no longer an option. And our friends? Well, they’re no better off than we…
It’s not if, it’s when and how you will fight. Every relationship has conflicts. How you move through them can determine the joy in your relationship. And accepting that fights happen frees you to learn and heal from them. While working on our conflicts, we get to complete incomplete experiences from our childhood. You need…
I was one of the 260 voyeurs watching a group of men be emotional. We all were spectators to the Sandpoint Men’s Group weekly meetings by watching a documentary film, About Men produced by Maja Bugge, a Danish filmmaker from NYC. These men were screaming, crying, questioning and laughing as they met. There were times…
