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Stuck Jim is a software engineer at a tech company. He is married to Annie. He works hard in a high-stress job, his boss often drilling him about products and performance. At home, Annie confronts him daily with accusations of him not being present or showing up. The expectations are high, and the pressure is…
Looking out my windows covered with bars, I wondered what brought me to feel locked up. I stood there in pain, at the beginning of a long journey of discovering how to connect to myself and others. Little did I know the recent events I’d endured were exactly what I needed to learn how to…
What’s more likely to kill you—a bad diet or no friends? As much as your diet determines your health, the close connections in a man’s life can be a better determiner of longevity. To be a man is to suffer alone. The NPR Podcast, Guys, We Have A Problem: How American Masculinity Creates Lonely Men,…
As men, we resist anything that has to do with emotions and deep connections, yet when we experience the power of a good men’s group, we wonder why we didn’t join one sooner. Being a lone wolf is not good for us nor fun. It’s in our DNA to need brotherhood. Listen to Dan Doty’s…
I once had a client who struggled in every relationship he had. Falling in love was easy — maybe too easy. John would open himself up to his new love, he would give her everything she wanted, but inevitably the romance would wear off, and the deeper relationships issues would show up. John would start…
What is a man? Do you know? You probably have an idea. Odds are, you’re either a man yourself, and/or you date one, live with one, or are married to one. We might know what we expect of a man—someone who keeps his word, is open, and does the old provide and protect. I certainly…
