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Why We Climb
Climbing gives us the opportunity to prove we can do something extraordinary and push ourselves to our limits. ––– I was inspired to write this first article in a short series on the subject of...
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Why a Best Friend is Hard for a Good Man to Find
As our culture and society have denormalized authentic male friendships, more men are finding themselves lonely and depressed. It’s time to showcase masculinity as depending on and helping others,...
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Quiet Leader: The Imposter Syndrome
Sean Swaby writes about his experience with the Imposter Syndrome. ___ Awakemare – a recurrent nightmare-like dreamy state that occurs in the daytime. You swear you are not high, not on any anesthetic...
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You Are Not Destined to Be The Man Others Tell You To Be
Your destiny is to be the man you choose to be. ____ I have found that the hardest thing to forgive myself for is being a man in today’s society. Let me explain. I was constantly receiving the message...
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How Yoga and a Sense of Purpose Saved My Life
View image | gettyimages.com One man’s journey out of self-abuse, depression, and addiction and into a life of purpose. — I admit it. I was one of those guys. I kept every thought, feeling, and...
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Conflict Avoidance is Not a Feminist Issue
View image | gettyimages.com We have become blind to the fact that a lack of knowledge of how to handle conflict is no longer, if it ever was, a feminist issue. — There is something strangely euphoric...
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Under Pressure: A Man Trying to Live in a Man’s World
View image | gettyimages.com The expectations of society killed the boy child, but the man has the hopeful heart of a newborn. — Nobody ever told me I was being born into a man’s world. When I was a...
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What Walter White and Breaking Bad Taught Me About Being a Man.
“Say My Name!” Author Jay Cradeur shares some lessons learned from Heisenberg aka Walter White of Breaking Bad. — I was and still am a huge fan of the television series Breaking Bad. I have shared...
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My Boys Are Not Stereotypes, They’re So Much More
View image | gettyimages.com Negative stereotyping breeds negative behavior. And a lot of stereotypes about little boys are negative. — Boys. Little boys get bad press. They’re noisy, physical,...
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Because You’re a Good Man, and We Appreciate You
View image | gettyimages.com One woman says it’s not about being a perfect man, it’s about doing your best to be a good man. And that’s good enough. — You’re a man who doesn’t rape, doesn’t blame...
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We Need Men, Not Machismo
View image | gettyimages.com Maybe you think you’re going to get a strong man when you ask for “macho,” but that word doesn’t mean what you think it means. — A woman recently told me she wishes men...
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Why Handymen Skills Shouldn’t Just be for Men
Embed from Getty Images — Gender stereotypes have permeated our culture for centuries, dictating what’s expected of men and women. Though men and women are biologically different, there’s no reason...
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Male Friendships: Beyond Sports and Beer
Embed from Getty Images — “I also worry a bit about my relationship– I really need quality time and I worry that I am too attached.” As I saw these words pop up on my phone, I realized they betrayed a...
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Men and the Stigma of Mental Illness
Embed from Getty Images Men are subjected to a culture where the standards of masculinity are literally making them sick. — — RSVP for Men’s Mental Health Weekly Calls — Mental Health disorders are...
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Manliness: The Question
Questioning masculinity. ___ I spend a lot of mental energy feeling I have not done enough, wondering what else I’m supposed to do but when I write a poem, all that drops away. I don’t think that...
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Is Machismo Just Make-Up for Men?
Embed from Getty Images In his book The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating, David Buss cites a study claiming that, by and large, men find women who wear make-up more attractive, but...
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The Three Bears Approach to Anger
— I recently wrote about how many men are unaware of just how angry they are. This anger shows up in irritation, depression, or other passive-aggressive ways, such as sarcasm. Many of these guys I meet...
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How Do You Make Friends As An Adult? Part 3
— The cowboy. The loner. The Alpha. The rugged individual. Our culture’s immediate memory serves up no less than 100 years of masculine stereotypes reinforcing the idea no man should need the support...
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The Barber and the Abusive Parrot!
All sorts of satires and images lampooned the loquacious shaver, more intent on the sound of his own voice than the customer’s comfort. But in 1869 an unusual case came before the Greenwich...
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Rethinking Testosterone and Aggression
I made a big dietary lifestyle change four years ago in an effort to be more healthy. After testing prevailing theories and monitoring endless biomarkers and micronutrient levels I lost fifty plus...
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