The most tragic indictor of a world out of balance is the suicide rate in males. At every age, males take their own lives at rates much higher than females: Male 10 to 14-year-olds have suicide rates 1.8 times higher than females Male 15 to 19-year-olds have suicide rates 4.0 times higher than
I’ve been an angry man most of my life. My anger has contributed to physical and emotional problems I’ve had growing up and it is also the cause of the ending of my first marriage and my rebound marriage to an angry woman. Fortunately, I learned to understand the causes of my anger, how to
In order to fully embrace the gift of maleness, we need to continue our journey to “know thyself.” This is an ancient injunction goes back to the time of the ancient Greeks or even earlier. It is most widely associated with Socrates who embraced the idea and said, “The unexamined life is not worth living,”
It’s difficult not to feel stressed and depressed when we reflect on the state of our world. Our political world is in disarray and extreme climate is seen throughout the country. Fires continue to burn throughout California. Here in Willits where I live we breathe the smoke every day from The Ranch Fire near Ukiah
Part 2: Safety, Sustenance, and Sex My new book, My Distant Dad: Healing the Family Father Wound, will be out in September, but you can still read the first chapter for free here. I told my wife, Carlin, I thought this might be my last book since 15 books published since 1983 seemed like a
Part 1: Fortitude I’ve been interested in maleness for as long as I can remember. When I was three years old, my mother took me to the shoe store to get my first pair of “little boy” shoes. I was entranced with the red Keds, until the salesmen explained that “You really want the blue
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