How To Save Your Creative Life
by Steve Harper A funny thing happened to me on the way home from an event in downtown L.A. I was performing in a benefit for Playwrights Arena, a theatre company – in an ensemble number from a show written by a friend of mine. Driving downtown can be tricky in Los Angeles, with commuter traffic and parking restrictions, and I ended up making a quick decision to park in a lot a few blocks from the Los Angeles Theatre Center,...
The Firehose Technique
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 […]
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… Bill Kauth, one of the co-founders of the ManKind Project will, with Zoe Alowan, be holding...
A Film called “Being a Man”
by Owen Marcus 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? After...
The New Macho
by Boysen Hodgson The New Macho He cleans up after himself. He cleans up our planet. He is a role model for young men. He is rigorously honest and fiercely optimistic. 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 how to fear and keep moving. He knows joy, and shares gratitude. He seeks self-mastery. He has let go of childish shame. He feels guilty when he’s done...
Lead, Teach, Succeed
It’s been said that the best leaders are terrific teachers. So what do the best teachers do to teach so well? They create an environment where their students want to be there. It’s fun. They make learning active. They draw on the experience the students already have. They get their students to retain knowledge by […]