We Can Be Cowboy Heroes
Gather around the campfire as Snake Bloomstrand reminds us that some old-fashioned cowboy heroism can help us run today’s black hats out of town. — My generation grew up under the tutelage of the...
View ArticleI Do Women’s Work And It’s The Manliest Work There Is
Ben Martin thinks it’s time that we reassess the artificial division between “women’s work” and “men’s work”. —- I’m a stay-at-home dad and sometimes that feels a little bit…weird. It’s not that...
View ArticleDo I Have to Choose Between My Purpose And My Relationship?
Chris Kyle has found a delicious paradox: That when he is living boldly into his purpose, with all the triumphs and failures, his relationship with his wife thrives. —- David Deida (author of Way of...
View ArticlePaging Nurse Man
After Stephane Wahl experienced first-hand how amazing nurses are she knows that the men who do such work deserve nothing but respect. — My six month old daughter, Meredith, had open heart surgery to...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Goal Is Not The Goal
The most successful people in the world know that the goal you set for yourself isn’t the goal. The goal is the motivator. ◊♦◊ You ask yourself why you don’t feel more… something… anything. Do you...
View ArticleInitiating Myself Into Manhood
Growing up without mature masculine role models handed Bryan Reeves the difficult lifetime task of initiating himself into a mature manhood. ___ “The weak or absent father cripples both his daughters’...
View ArticleCan the Bro Save Humanity?
Brandon Peele would like to re-define the word “Bro”. — I’m a Bro. I admit it. I spent the better part of a decade bro’ing out in Chicago, LA and New York. I bro’d out like tomorrow didn’t exist –...
View ArticleHow Guys Go From Tough and Alone to Evolved and Accountable
I work with men on personal transformation and I’ve seen some incredible leaps. I’ve also heard a lot of the same stories and fears from my clients… here are some common points I hear a lot. We waste...
View Article3 Urgent Divorced Guy Secrets for My Struggling Married Brothers
It’s funny how divorce opens your eyes to things you never realized when you were married. I know this won’t apply to all men struggling in marriage. But it applies to nearly 100% of the men who...
View Article10 Ways Your Wife Knows You Don’t Think She’s Good Enough
It’s one of the most self-destructive afflictions of the human race. Feeling inadequate. Not “good enough”. Hell, without any help we can manufacture gobs of evidence on a daily basis to confirm our...
View ArticleDaddy Went Hunting: The Division of Labor in Feminist Families
Ariel Chesler’s marriage is based upon full equality, but when it comes to chores, things seem pretty traditional. — Every once in a while I find it interesting to think about what roles and tasks my...
View ArticleMen, It’s Time To Be Like a Ladder and Step Up
— Dr. Vibe asks Rodney Kellum how men can step up. During the conversation Rodney talked about: – How was his Father’s Day and some updates with him – Being uncomfortable in order to become what you...
View Article13 Reasons Men Do ‘Men’s Work’
Embed from Getty Images — After #Metoo began, I started a series of monthly 3-hour workshops in my apartment titled: “Men Confronting the Patriarchy.” About 60 men have participated so far. The...
View ArticleThe History of ‘The Man Box’
In 2012, in my capacity as Senior Editor for the Good Men Project, I edited an article titled “Escape the Act Like a Man Box” by Charlie Glickman. In his opening paragraph, Charlie wrote: “I’ve been...
View ArticleMen’s Growth Journey, and Why We Don’t Include Women
— We’re mostly the same. Apparently, the genetic difference between men and women accounts for a little over 3% of our being. And I’ve learned the hard way how damaging it can be on my entire being if...
View ArticleHow We Use Falling In Love To Make Meaning of Life
“Who would I be if I wasn’t hustling to make some other person, real or imagined, fall in love with me?”* See me. Hear me. Show me that I matter. Touch me. Feel me. Tell me that I am not invisible....
View ArticleHow Can She Love You When You Hate Yourself
— “I know, I know, I’m supposed to love myself,” a client says to me. “Find more self-love and self-trust. But in truth, I just want more than anything to find deep connection with a partner. All of me...
View ArticleShe Needs to Talk, Do You Need to Listen?
— Hell no. Don’t listen. Hell yeah. You better listen. Which is it? We’ll get there but first, what happens inside of you when she says, “I need to talk”? For many men, it’s, Uh, oh, I’m in trouble,...
View ArticleDo Politics and Men’s Work Mix? [Podcast]
Is it a good move to bring political discussions into a men’s group? Listen to Real Men Feel, #141, “Do Politics and Men’s Work Mix?” here: Curator of TheMensSchool, Jan Hutchins, returns to the Real...
View ArticleBoxer or Meditator: Who Are You?
One swings. One observes. One attacks. One dissolves. One chases. One sits. Who are you? The boxer or the meditator? Are you neither? Or are you both? The boxer steps into the ring. He faces a clear...
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