Why you might want a men’s group
by Boysen Hodgson You're invited to sit in a men's group. Feel free to bring a friend. When you're done with the initial raised eye-brow ... you might ask ... Why would I want to do that? You might want to keep building on the success that you are having right now! ...
The 3 Purpose Myths – Myth #3
by Chris Kyle Let’s do a quick review of the first two purpose myths. Purpose Myth #1: “I can discover my purpose simply by thinking about it.” (read full Myth #1 here) This first myth is about how our thinking minds can be a trap for us in opening fully to our purpose, which then ...
The 3 Purpose Myths – Myth #2
by Chris Kyle A few days ago I wrote about the 3 Purpose Myths and shared with you the first Myth and how to bust through it. If you missed Purpose Myth #1, go here to read it on our blog: Myth #1 The first myth ...
The 3 Purpose Myths – Myth #1
by Chris Kyle Over the years, I’ve worked with hundreds of men around their purpose and every time we would dig deeper into the question of finding and living purpose we'd usually come across what I call a Purpose Myth. After bumping into these myths (defined as ‘an unfounded or false notion’) ...
Everything is Happening, All the Time
In the wake of tragedy. Masculinity, Culture, and Transformation by Boysen Hodgson The world is not a safe place. It never has been. I bet my life it never will be. Shadow and Light. Order and Entropy. The question, for me, is what is the QUALITY of this risky world? How am I co-creating ...
The ManKind Project and Robert Bly
by Boysen Hodgson Right now, filmmaker Haydn Reiss is working on a documentary film about Bly’s life and career called “News of the Universe.” In the film, one of the things Reiss will do is look at some of the myths about Bly and the ‘men’s movement.’ He also has a ...
Raising Your Vibration
Jim Donovan, raising the vibration by Jim Donovan Much of what we are experiencing on the planet now has to do with a push towards exponential human evolution. Though your condition has always been one of consistent change, the time has come for that change to happen more rapidly. As we all ...
The New Macho
by Boysen Hodgson The New Macho He cleans up after himself. He cleans up the planet. He is a role model for young men. He is rigorously honest and fiercely optimistic. He holds himself accountable. He knows what he feels. He knows how to cry and he lets it go. He knows how to rage without hurting others. He knows ...
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 ...
Confessions of a Porn Zombie
by Kevin Behan
“Poooooooooorrrrrrn . . . . . Pooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnn ….. Porrrnnnnnnnn ….” . . . I grunted as my lifeless corpse limped closer to what it needed most. Shuffling, slow, and primal I fixed my gaze on the “food” glowing off my computer screen, . . . calling me . . . I called back, “poooorrrrrrrnnnn.” Now sweating, my heart beating faster then it did all day all day, I knew relief was coming, that I would feel again. “Pooorrrrrnn.”
I saw nothing else in the dark musty room. My lust was insatiable, I could not quench my thirst. Porn was the center of my life. “PORN!”
The Firehose Technique
by Alain Hunkins
In yesterday’s US mail, I received 6 offers for new credit cards.
You’d think the banks, hotels, and airlines making their pitches would do a better job of coordinating their timing with each other.
Each offering had its own selling points:
Get 10% cash back for the first 90 days!
Sign up and get a $100 gift certificate!
Earn 2 free flights with enrollment!
Dads Alone: Men choosing to raise children without a partner
by Ravenspen
We have all heard of ‘single moms’, some of them by choice, others having to raise children without the benefit of a partner. But a growing phenomenon in the world is men, straight and gay, who are choosing to create families for themselves despite being single.
Jennifer Ludden, in a report broadcast on National Public Radio, describes this new development.
Men’s Health Week – Part 7 – Happy Father’s Day!
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 7
James concludes this series with some reflections on Father’s Day
What Dad Taught Me
by Matthew Alexander Sloane
In considering how to be a good father, I’d have to speak from no experience, because I don’t yet have children. Even if I’ve cultivated a sort of “inner-father” to myself after leaving home.
So, in honor of Father’s Day, I want to share what I learned from my father that I choose to emulate—today and in anticipation of having children of my own.
Men’s Health Week – Day 6 – Sexual Heallth
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 6
James looks at two common problems in men’s sexual health
Men’s Health Week – Day 5 – Diet
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 5
James talks about how to shift to healthier eating
October Poem: #1 for DAD
by Qutbuddin Loren Ruh Smith
Hey! Dad! How long’s it been?
How long’s it been since we’ve talked?
Huh! How long?
And there’s more distance between us
now, than there is time, isn’t there? Dad?
Dad? Can you hear me?
We never did talk much did we? Dad?
Oh yes! In my 40th year, on that hillside
we reached out to one another
Men’s Health Week – Day 4 – Spiritual Health
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 4
James talks about how our perceptions affect our reality
Building Gift Community: An Exciting Learning Opportunity
Do you feel you have done your “inner work”?
Are you ready to explore the DEEPER challenges of building a new kind of cultural community?
Do you seek a ‘fresh approach’ to collaboration between men and women to build the support base needed for taking action to change the world?
Here’s a Great Place to Start…
Fathers and Sons: a Poem
by Don Waxman
every son who
struggles
for acceptance
from his father
will become the father
who struggles to accept
his son
when men gather,
each becomes this son,
and each becomes
the father
to this son,
and for those who
never had a father,
or who had several,
the path is the same,
father and son
are two faces
of the same
coin,
Men’s Health Week – Day 3 – Mental Health
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 3
James talks about three ways in which we self sabotage in our mental health
Men’s Health Week – Day 2 – Emotional Health
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 2
James talks about the three critical factors in men’s emotional health.
For Julian – 20 Things I Wish I’d Known at Age Sixteen
As Father’s Day approaches, those of us who are fathers may remember advice we gave as a parent. All of us may remember what advice we got from our own dads. Some of us may also recall pieces of advice we wish we’d paid more attention to at the time. Dr. Charles Maclean sends us this ‘wisdom list’ that he wishes in retrospect he’d heard and followed some years ago, which he dedicates to a neighbor boy who is becoming a man…
Men’s Health Week – Day 1 – What it’s about
EDITOR’S NOTE:
This week – the ManKind Project Journal will feature a full week series from a ManKind Project Member in the Hawaii Community, focusing on Men’s Health. Thank you James Wilson for offering this series!
by James Wilson
Men’s Health Week – Day 1
James introduces the series and talks about the ManKind Project and the New Warrior Training Adventure.
Honoring an Elder, Michael Meade
Fatherhood is, ideally, a form of mentor hood. Our Elders are our mentors and, by extension, also our Fathers. G. Kamana Hunter, Mohawk healer, finds that mentoring from an elder is a two way process.
by G. Kamana Hunter
Review: ‘Heaven on Earth: The Varieties of the Millennial Experience’
by Peter Clothier
Millennial madness is with us again as December 2012 looms and, with it, the end of the world as we know it, as “predicted” by the Mayan calendar.
“Poetry for Men” and Other Problematic Labels
Rick Belden finds that labeling his poetry only limits the reader’s expectations.
by Rick Belden
I’m not crazy about labels, but I understand that they can be useful and necessary in helping us sort through the mass of information to which we’re all constantly exposed. For some time now, I’ve been struggling with the problem of how best to characterize my writing, as a way of introduction for those who haven’t seen it. Is it poetry for men, men’s poetry, male poetry? Is it survivor poetry? Healing poetry? Recovery poetry? Transformational poetry? Body-centered poetry? Psychospiritual poetry? Poetry therapy? What do these terms actually mean, what do they convey to others about my work, and are they even accurate?
A Film called “Being a Man”
About Men Documentary
How did you discover men’s work? Through a friend? A book? A therapist? There are a lot of ways to learn about it, but I doubt you heard about it through mainstream media.
That’s finally changing. Suddenly, men’s work is cool – so there it’s getting some media coverage, and even a documentary film about itThe men of Sandpoint Men’s Group volunteered to be filmed by a woman who’s asking the question, what is a man?
Hold on to your nuts, Elders.
by Terry Jones
To launch an elder journey can means for many taking a big risk. The risks include:
- having confidence in your wisdom,
- cutting back on travel and play to allow time to serve,
- celebrating your long life rather than whining about it,
- trusting that embracing elderhood is not the same as admitting you are an impotent old man,
- facing the bias toward the aging,
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