Although anger has a negative impact on men, I learned that it is often the women and children who suffer the most. “Recently, he has begun venting, to anyone who will listen, about how horrible we all are,” 53 year-old Jennifer wrote me. “If our adult-children aren’t living up to his standards, it is my fault. If
When I think about how we can prevent the kind of violence we have experienced recently at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and at the Boston Marathon, I think of the words of anthropologist Margaret Mead, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the
My book, Male Menopause, was first published in 1997. Like all the books I’ve written, the theme developed from conflicts I was having in my personal life. My wife, Carlin, was going through menopause and I was sure that when she got through it all our problems would be solved. I was sure our sexual
I’ve long believed in the importance of mentoring, particularly for young men. We all need the guidance and support of our elders, but boys particularly need to feel the support of older men. Poet and men’s leader, Robert Bly, said that young men “need to hear the song that male cells sing.” I think that’s
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ve dropped my normal routine of working on men’s issues such as male stress and depression to work with other local community members to protect the valley of my home town. I first heard about Jack Gescheidt and the TreeSpirit Project when the woman in the next
Growing up I learned the value of introspection. Quoting Shakespeare my parents taught me, “This above all else to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” The 20th century seemed to be focused on self-reliance and teaching people how
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