Part 2 We continue to see acts of violence perpetrated by males. We know that depression turned inward can lead to suicide and turned outward can turn to violence. Most depressed people ...
by Jed Diamond
by Jed Diamond
Part 1 I’ve been interested in depression for most of my life. When I was five years old my middle-aged father became increasingly depressed because he couldn’t make a living supporting his family. ...
by Jed Diamond
“The male has paid a heavy price for his masculine ‘privilege’ and power,” said Dr. Herb Goldberg in his book The Hazards of Being Male. “He is out of touch with his emotions ...
by Jed Diamond
This is the second of a two-part series on the female father wound. If you haven’t yet read part 1, you can do so here. Why Is It So Difficult to Recognize ...
by Jed Diamond
I’ve been dealing with the family father wound my whole life, but it has taken me a long time to recognize how prevalent the father wound is in the lives of men and ...
by Jed Diamond
Welcome to the third installment of this three-part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. The idea of MenAlive began on November 21, 1969 with the birth of ...
by Jed Diamond
In Part 1, we explored how the wolf metaphor has been viewed as negative and how the introduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park created positive changes that can offer us real guidance ...
by Jed Diamond
PART 1 I just returned from spending a week with my men’s group. We began meeting forty-three years ago with seven of us. Now there are only three that are alive and can ...
by Jed Diamond
When people visit my website, MenAlive, you will see my welcome video, “Confessions of a twice-divorced marriage counselor.” I used to try and hide the fact that I’d been married twice and divorced ...
by Jed Diamond
Two years ago we learned about a few people dying in a far-off land and soon were engulfed in a world-wide pandemic that has killed more than 6 million people world-wide and nearly ...