Once Upon a Routine Phone Call
by Glenn Barker, ManKind Project Chicago What does Gold look like to you? Once upon a routine phone call…. Last night I called my Internet host service for email assistance (a slow connection) A polite young man answered who, after some time asked the nature of my business. I talked about men’s work and support. “Isn’t that what bars are for?” he said … a glib, and not unexpected, response....
Declared Elders of the ManKind Project
From Terry Jones The men over fifty in the ManKind Project are our elders. But, do we accept them as elders or do we expect them first to declare? We define a declared elder as an elder who has self chosen to serve by declaring himself an elder of and in his community. Many MKP men expect an elder to declare himself. Have you considered, however, what the status of an elder is in your view if he has not declared? More, do you have any...
Concreteness Training: a Self Help Approach to Depression
by Ravenspen Depression is one of the greatest of human tragedies. Often dismissed, trivialized and misunderstood, a cloud of pain in the mind of someone in the grip of depression is no less overwhelming than an acute physical discomfort is to an injured individual. Depression has wreaked whole lives, making its victims unhappy, unproductive, miserable and even suicidal. It has profound negative effects on the friends and family of...
Where is Your Flag?
by Doug Eadline The Penn State story has been a constant headline in my local paper. I live in eastern Pennsylvania, so this coverage is certainly not unexpected. Often times, I cannot read all the details of the alleged events that took place in “Happy Valley.” My heart goes out to those boys, because if true, many were selected and groomed as victims due to their socioeconomic status. I attended college not far from Penn...
CONTEXT FOR GUTS
Our work in the ManKind Project is powerful, very powerful. Some of us, as we move further away in time from our own New Warrior Training Adventure, tend to forget how dramatic “The Hero’s Journey” is for uninitiated men on Saturday afternoon. But what is even more important is how profound, how life changing, doing this work really is. We are giving men the initiation they never got. Turning adults into men,...
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