#RealTalk: Equitable Parenting
by Joe Carr I consider myself a pretty mature, independent man. But it wasn’t until I became a father that I realized how much I relied on my wife. When Della was born, all of Serenity’s attention rightfully went to the baby, and I discovered how much emotional and practical support I had grown dependent on. It’s hard to admit, but on an unconscious level I still want someone to take care of me. Now suddenly my wife has an actual...
Leonard Szymczak on Fatherhood & Maturity with the ManKind Project USA
A conversation with Leonard Szymczak about fatherhood, his TEDx talk, and the evolution of men’s work, with MKP USA’s Communications Director Boysen Hodgson. Szymczak has been a marriage and family therapist for over 30 years, and part of a men’s group for over 35 years. “Men are floundering … and we definitely need to be connected through a men’s group.” “The men’s movement has...
Asking for What I Want – guest post from Erin Brandt
I want women to fight for men.
And I want men to fight for women.
So that NEITHER lets the other be put down, made fun of, or disrespected.
Being a Sexually Authentic, Conscious and Empowered Man
Galen Fous talks about his experience bringing authenticity and consciousness to men’s sexual lives.
Finding My Way Back Home
by Bruce Mulkey, originally published on his blog, brucemulkey.com It was a warm June evening in 1961, the night of my graduation from Tullahoma High School. I’d just returned to Tennessee from playing in a high school all-American football game in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was feeling cocky and impatient, eager to get the post-graduation celebration underway. As we sang the final notes of our alma mater, however, I was seized...
Creating Heaven on Earth
by Boysen Hodgson Three questions might just change the world. I spoke with New Warrior Martin Rutte this month about the history and vision of his book, “Project Heaven on Earth; The 3 simple questions that will help you change the world … easily.” Rutte has been changing the world for decades. As the co-author of “Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work” with Jack Canfield, Martin has had the extraordinary...
Proud Fierce Papa Bear – Bill Konigsberg on Standing Up for LGBT Youth
by Boysen Hodgson Shared with permission from Bill Konigsberg. Bill Konigsberg has long been a man with a fierce purpose for his life. He’s an award winning Young Adult (YA) fiction author who writes poignant, powerful, and hopeful stories about LGBTQ youth. “Out of the Pocket,” “Openly Straight,” “Honestly Ben,” “The Porcupine of Truth,” and his latest, “The Music of What...
12 Rules for Being a Great Man Part 2
12 Rules for Being a Great Man: How to Be Wildly Successful at the Game of Life Part 2 by Jed Diamond, reprinted with permission. This is a longer article than most I write, but one that I believe is very important in today’s world. If we only read the headlines in the news, we might conclude that men are failing at life. This is the time to embrace our greatness. If you haven’t already, I suggest you read Part 1 first. Rule #7:...
12 Rules for Being a Great Man Part 1
12 Rules for Being a Great Man Part 1: How to Be Wildly Successful at the Game of Life by Jed Diamond, reprinted with permission. also see Part 2 I’ve always liked rules and I know I’m not alone. Social scientist Joyce F. Benenson says “Boys have an incredible reverence for rules. From early childhood, boys begin to generate rules, to negotiate changes in rules, and to argue over broken rules and appropriate penalties.” She goes on to...
Elderhood & the Elder Journey Video Series
The Path of the Elder and the Elderhood Video Series By Terry Jones, eagle grounded by dog There is a stage of life beyond adulthood. The older men of MKP call it elderhood. Before the Industrial Era older people who were still on the land, accessible to the family and the community often acted as sources of wisdom, celebrants and mentors. They resided at the center of the village until they died ready to support the young in their...
From Dad’s Toolbox
by Randall Rogers, Reprinted with Permission There’s a wrong I’d like to right. The man I wronged is dead, so I am asking you to hear my truth in this regard. If it resonates, so be it, or, share your truth. I was 48 when I first heard of a Warrior Weekend and the idea that there were other men in the world that wondered . . . ‘is this it, is this what being a man is?’ was foreign to me. I was hungry for the...
Miracles
by Vince Chafin, Flying in to Rapid City SD I see a dusting of snow sprinkled across the barren landscape. In my minds eye I can see them, millions of Buffalo that roamed freely over this plain before us, the wasi’chu’s, (the whites), flooded in and wiped the landscape of its wildness. Its a familiar vision for me as I have been to the Pine Ridge reservation a few times before. That name is not a mistake either, “Reservation”, the act...
What is Transformation?
Guest post from Jim Mitchell A group of fellow facilitators of transformation and I just ‘wrote’ this article thru a live ‘conversation’ here of FB. Fascinating. Thank you Carl Foster, Dr. Linda Larkey, Daniel McCoy and George Daranyi for your contributions. Transformation: Transformation occurs when previously unaligned forces come together at a precise moment with enough impact to head, heart, body, and soul...
I Dare You Scaredy-Cats
by Snake Bloomstrand My early civic education began with the transfer from Elementary School to Junior High. Although we were young boys, a darker side of humanity began to flex its muscles. The majority of us were 11-14 and floating in a physical, biological and emotional stew we didn’t understand but were eager to taste. “I dare you” became a common challenge sorting out the courageous from the “Scaredy-Cats.” I dare you, was often...
Male Encounters with the Feminine
by Mothiur Rahman Reprinted with permission from ‘The Feminine and the Seeds of the Future Series’ There has been an absence of male role models in my life, ones I felt I could connect with and be inspired to follow into and through adulthood. That absence, I have been learning, has led to all sorts of entrapments by projections of what I felt being a man is about. I carried a sense of betrayal that the sex I was born into...
Loneliness is killing millions of American men. Here’s why.
Reprinted with permission from Mark Greene via UpWorthy & The Good Men Project. When I was 7, my best friend’s name was George. He lived around the corner from me. George was tall and lanky. His elbows always akimbo, his cowlick stellar in its sheer verticality. He had an aquarium. He had a glow-in-the-dark board game. He had the 45 rpm of “Hang On, Sloopy,” and he was a Harry Nilsson fan, just like me. I can still...
The Shooter(s)
The Shooter(s) Right about now You are asking Again Who is this shooter? Who is this boy? Who the hell is he? Who is he, really? I have heard it said He is a monster, a crazy monster Well, let me tell you who he is: He is angry He is sad He is lonely He is lost He is afraid He is ashamed He is wounded He is trapped He is hurt He is disconnected He is alone He is dead–inside He is desperate He is no monster He is no crazy man You...
This is my Journey – Bruce Noll
by Bruce Noll This is the short version of what I hope to document fully in the near future. I choose not to compare my life with that of any other human being though I acknowledge having done so (wittingly or unwittingly) for most of this life. At this stage in my experience I am choosing to come to terms with what is, as I currently understand it, in an effort to change the result of the balance of my life by changing my...
The Giant Cost of Faking Feedback
by Alain Hunkins, reprinted from Pioneer Leadership. Saying you want feedback is one thing. The willingness to receive it is something else. Research has shown that leaders who ask for feedback are significantly more effective than leaders who don’t ask for it. Leaders who ranked at the bottom 10% in asking for feedback were rated at the 15th percentile in overall leadership effectiveness. In contrast, leaders who ranked at the top...
Real Men React: The Onslaught of Sexual Harassment Charges
Real Men React to Sexual Harassment, Episode 72, December 5, 2017 With the depth and speed of sexual harassment charges, firings, apologies, denials etc. RMF has been wanting a discussion with other men to talk about our reactions to all of this. Andy’s has continually been; “What the f*ck?!” Real Men Feel’s Andy Grant and Appio Hunter, lead a frank discussion with three guys from the private RMF Facebook Group; Anthony Simeone from...
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