The next Circle of Men workshop, put on by the ManKind Project, will be held Saturday, January 6th in Lake Forest Park, WA. It's a great introduction to Men's Work and I have gotten great feedback from every man I have sent. It's a wonderful opportunity to try this stuff out without much risk (other [...]
Men's Work is something I avoided for decades, but which I now embrace. The ManKind Project runs amazing trainings, and this one is an easy one to try out. "A Circle of Men" is free, it's local (Lake Forest Park, right near 3rd Place Books), and it's just one day - Saturday April 8th. I [...]
I gave this documentary recommendation to a counseling client the other day - The Mask You Live In, and was reminded that I haven't made a post about it, so here it is. "The Mask You Live In" is a powerful film about the cultural ideals, rules and roles men and boys are taught and [...]
Happy New Year everyone! The ManKind Project is putting on a free one-day workshop for men - it's next Saturday (1/7/17) in Lake Forest Park (just a few minutes north of Seattle). It's called "A Circle of Men", and I think provides a good introduction for the New Warrior Training Adventure. Here's the details - [...]
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I wrote last week on my other blog about the amazing experience I had at the Mankind Project's weekend training - The New Warrior Training Adventure. Well, I know it's a big thing to just commit to a weekend away (the time, energy and money) without knowing more. Good news! There's a chance to get [...]
I ran across this short video yesterday and was stunned by the clarity of how the speaker (a comedian, actually) spelled out the importance of knowing your MISSION if life. Your PURPOSE. The "Why" you are here. Because if you know the "Why" of your life, then you can not only find one or more [...]
If you're like me and many other millions, you watched the finale of Mad Men on Sunday night, and got to see the end of the story for everyone, including the central character (I don't know that I'd call him a hero) - Don Draper. I was reflecting, as a therapist, about how real the [...]
A new medical study, which is well summarized here at PsychCentral finds a strong correlation between depression in men and lower testosterone levels. This link has definitely been talked about for a long time, and is one of many biological issues that might cause depression. When I am working with men who are depressed or [...]
Hey guys,I have to tell you this first. I am not Puritanical. I like sex. I love women. I like porn.But I have wondered, at age 46, what it would have been like to have unlimited Internet porn as a teenager, rather than the rag-tag underground railroad of magazines that we had back then. Would [...]
