Part 1 — We Can Handle The Truth My world was turned upside down on November 21, 1969. “Mr. Diamond, you’ve done your job,” the nurse told me. “Now you can go ...
by Jed Diamond
by Jed Diamond
A year ago I wrote an article “How to Prepare for the Next Pandemic So You Won’t Have to Panic When it Arrives.” At the time, I had hoped we would soon be ...
by Jed Diamond
One of the most important things I learned about The 5 Stages of Love was that too many relationships hit the rocks at Stage 3. It’s at stage 3 that disillusionment sets in ...
by Jed Diamond
I have been writing a lot lately about The 5 Stages of Love because the ideas and practices in the phrase capture the work I’ve been doing with men, women, and communities since ...
by Jed Diamond
In 1972 psychologist Ed Tronick first did the “still-face experiment” that forever changed our understanding of the parent-child bond and how our childhood experiences influence the success or failure of our adult relationships. ...
by Jed Diamond
I have been a counselor for more than fifty years, but I’ve only been a trauma-informed counselor since I learned I had four ACEs. Let me explain. ACEs stand for “adverse childhood experiences.” ...
by Jed Diamond
I first met Riane Eisler in 1987 shortly after the publication of her book, The Chalice & the Blade: Our History, Our Future. I remember discussing our views on the future of humanity ...
by Jed Diamond
Photo by Romi Yusardi Some might accuse me of being obsessed with sex. I certainly talk about it and write about it a lot. My first book, Inside Out: Becoming My Own Man was ...
by Jed Diamond
Part 4 This is the last part of my four-part series to help us better understand why men feel what they feel and do what they do. June is Men’s Health Month ...
by Jed Diamond
Part 3 When I was five years old my father took an overdose of sleeping pills and was committed to Camarillo State Mental Hospital. I grew up with an insatiable desire to ...