Homme-Training – Psychologies Magazine – France
Nearly fifty thousand men have passed through the doors leading them into a powerful once-in-a-lifetime experience that we call The New Warrior Training Adventure. Sometimes our familiarity with 'the weekend' can lead us to forget just how unique and world rocking this event is for those who have never ...
Justin Hunt; ABSENT, a new documentary about Fatherhood
by Boysen Hodgson Absent Target; this movie, as Justin Hunt says, is targeted to men. And often it is women who 'get' the film. Energy embodied; informational, emotional, invitational Empowering intent; To present a simple thesis ... 'the father is the first human being in a child's life who either chooses them, or ...
Matthew Sloane; Tulie’s Garden ~ a book review
by Boysen Hodgson Tulie's Garden "Tulie's Garden; the place where I abandon and reclaim who I am", written and illustrated by Matthew Alexander Sloane. Available at the author's web site.Click Here to purchase the book. Target; this is an ideal book to give to a young man in your life ... it is ...
“Warrior” Movie Review
by Kelly Cresap Here's an idea for MKP Men: Watch the movie “Warrior” with your I-group, and begin discussion afterwards with this question: What would you do if Tommy Riordan stepped up to do some work in your circle? He’s a bruising hulk of a man who once ripped the door off ...
Get the chips, the wings, the beer – and a whole new way of being a man.
As you settle in to watch Super Bowl XLV - the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers ... The men who 'go to battle' in the NFL give the game all they've got. Their coaches demand it, their teammates insist upon it, and their fans will accept nothing less. ...
Exciting News from Central America
Those of us in the U.S. who have been following the unfolding story of The MKP Costa Rica Initiative received some great news this week. The MKP men there are on the verge of holding their very first New Warrior Training Adventure! The weekend will be November 30-December 2, 2012. The Costa Rica Initiative has successfully held PIT weekends in the past and sent men to NWTAs in the United States. Now they will be able to offer this work to local men without having them fly out of the country. Don McDougle sends the MKP Journal this update.
Occupy Paradise: A ManKind Project Elder Retreat
The HELP Factor
by Steve Harper
I’m on a deadline with my script for Covert Affairs. First draft is due this Friday, so I’m taking a few minutes out of my writing time to create this article.
The King’s Speech: A Masculinity Movies Review
by Eivind Skjellum
No warm bosoms in the Royal Palace
The best and most important scenes of “The King’s Speech” feature speech therapist Lionel and king to be Bertie (aka Prince Albert) alone in some form of conversation. One of my most favourite of these scenes arrive after Bertie’s dad King George V has died. Bertie comes to Lionel’s eccentric-looking office in a damp London basement for support. At this point, they have already been working together for a while.
Groceries & Gratitude
by Alain Hunkins
Yesterday, Alexander, Miranda and I spent the first part of the afternoon at the grocery store.
Grocery shopping with young children (or at least my young children) is generally a frenetic experience.
Little hands pull products off of the shelf, little feet push the shopping cart as if they’re operating under the influence, little mouths repeatedly ask “Daddy, can we get some of this? Please?” about many of the shiny, sugary, junk-filled items that we pass in our journey through the aisles.
Pink Floyd As Relationship Experts?
by Geoff Laughton
Ok, if you’re not a Pink Floyd fan – and/or haven’t listened to the Dark Side Of The Moon album (it’s been pointed out to me recently, by the way, how badly I’m dating myself by even using the term “album”) – this article may take you a bit more time to get in the groove of.
There’s a song on the Dark Side album called “Speak To Me/Breathe.” The first verse contains the following lyrics:
Finding Stillness: Embarking on a Six Day Zen Retreat
by Scott Youmans
I’ve never done this before: willingly embarked on a multi-day meditation retreat. It has been something the I have wanted to do for seemingly a lifetime now, beginning with boyhood visions of emulating Kwai Chang Caine, the character in the Kung Fu TV series. Over time my understanding of Buddhist and Taoist philosophy increased and I came to value their ethical perspectives, especially in our fast-paced, competitive, and sometimes selfish western ways. Finally, though, I discovered Coleman Barks’ poetic interpretations of the Sufi mystic Rumi, and my heart was blown open, like a gentle breeze guiding magnolia petals toward some unknown place and time. I carry this image with me into the retreat as an expectation that a part of me will be blown open, swept clean, and able to be present for the divine.
Homme-Training – Psychologies Magazine – France
Nearly fifty thousand men have passed through the doors leading them into a powerful once-in-a-lifetime experience that we call The New Warrior Training Adventure.
Sometimes our familiarity with ‘the weekend’ can lead us to forget just how unique and world rocking this event is for those who have never experienced it.
The Power of Habit
by Ravenspen
Do you find yourself automatically doing things you don’t want to? Do you wish you could do some activities effortlessly and automatically without struggling to force yourself into them because they are “good for you”? Welcome to the world of Human Habits.
Living Heaven On Earth?
Once upon a time, Buddha was quoted (or paraphrased) as saying, “Life is suffering.”
In contrast, many years ago, someone taught me that “Suffering is optional.” Somewhere in between that observation and what we long for as possibilities in our lives is a middle ground that beautifully holds the tension and exhilaration of how to reconnect with, and respond to, our innate desire to live Heaven on Earth, both externally and internally.
Documenting Reconciliation in Kenya
by Boysen Hodgson
In 2007 Patrick Mureithi traveled to Rwanda with the opportunity to film a reconciliation process between perpetrators and victims of violence in the Rwandan genocide. The experience had a deep and lasting impact. He created a documentary film based on that experience called “ICYIZERE:hope” (see the preview below).
“ICYIZERE:hope” trailer from Patrick Mureithi on Vimeo.
Focusing on Kenya
“In my opinion, if the trauma is not addressed, then it is almost guaranteed that there will be repeated cycles of violence.” ~ Patrick Mureithi.
The Ripple Effect
by Ravenspen
Men in the ManKind Project may sometimes be tempted to think that our work, words and impact do not extend beyond our own small circles of New Warrior Brothers. But like the proverbial stone dropped into a pond, the ripple effect of our ability to shine the light of common sense reality on ourselves and our situations spreads far beyond our own expectation. Men whom we have facilitated and mentored have themselves, in turn, performed these services for other men and women whom we have never met, and never will.
To Thine Own Self Be True
I was facilitating one of my men’s groups recently, and one of the topics that came up as a “hot button” was how to navigate the slippery slope of getting needs met while not appearing needy, and what are even “appropriate” needs to look to your partner to satisfy/support.
Chimpanzee Politics
[This article originally appeared in the Hardwired Humans Newsletter.]
by Andrew O’Keeffe
Gillard versus Rudd in Australia. Romney versus Santorum in the US. Figan versus Goblin in the forests of Gombe. Power contests for progression in the hierarchy are a natural dynamic of social species. While organisation politics might be more subtle, there are important lessons for leaders in understanding and using power.
The similarity between chimp politics and our own are uncanny. From the observations of Dr. Jane Goodall in the forests of Gombe, Tanzania we know:
Mission: Finding Your Own Piece of the Puzzle
Many men and women all over the planet seek clarity and inspiration to find and begin to work on their mission in life. But sweeping “Mission Statements” can overwhelm us to the point where we just never get around to taking the first step. Yet all of us can discover how to make a start by looking within and discovering just how we, as individuals, can bring our own unique talents to the challenge of transforming our world.
A New Warrior Looks at Fathers and Sons
We in the ManKind Project spend a lot of our time and energy talking about the relationship between fathers and sons. Its gold and its shadows. Anyone trying to shed more light on the fascinating topic of this critical aspect of being a man is doing a service to all humanity.
One such individual is Scott Woerner, a New Warrior brother currently training as a psychologist, working in a Men’s Trauma program and doing research on Fathers of Teenage boys. He is requesting assistance from our community in his research.
Delight Should Be…Well, Delightful
by Alain Hunkins
In a recent NY Times article, reporter Steve Lohr shares the lessons learned by those who worked closely with Steve Jobs. The first lesson:
Do Whatever It Takes to Delight Customers
What company doesn’t promise “Customer Satisfaction”? Everyone who wants to stay in business.
But there’s a big gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered. In this day and age, satisfied may not be enough.
Satisfied is a rational decision.
What is That?
Sent to us by Eivind Skjellum, the Journal’s film editor. This needs no introduction.
Eivind Skjellum is the founder of Masculinity Movies, where this originally appeared in his blog. Eivind completed the New Warrior Training Adventure in June 2011. Read about his experience HERE.
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Communication: How Men and Women Show Up in Emotional Intelligence
Patricia Clason, public speaker, radio and television interviewer and personal coach – recently compiled some research on how men and women seem to communicate, or fail to, as the case may be. While her conclusions are necessarily generalizations, even myths have a core of truth to them, which is why such stories survive. How we perceive the “other” half of humanity as men and women effects our lives on a daily basis, interacting with spouses, partners, family, friends and coworkers.
Can I Get a Witness?
How journaling has given me the clarity I need when shit comes up.
by Matthew Sloane
I remember once being really pissed off at someone who left their car blocking the exit from my carport one day.
The anger was welling up inside me and quickly turned to rage. I then became afraid of myself, of what I might do. Afraid that I could not control this fire inside me and I might hurt someone,…over a parking space.
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