On the Impacts of Pornography
Dec02

On the Impacts of Pornography

An in depth conversation about pornography with Joerg Calvis of the ManKind Project Germany, founder of the ‘Open Green Heart’ (https://humanmankind.com/) problem, and Gary Wilson, author, researcher, and creator of the site ‘Your Brain On Porn’ (http://yourbrainonporn.com).  In this conversation we explore:  the ‘old’ porn vs. the ‘new’ porn voyeurism vs agency novelty, repetition, and...

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Go see the great Carlini
Oct22

Go see the great Carlini

A Yom Kippur Sermon from David Burstein about facing mental illness as a community.

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I am the sky, and so are you
Dec20

I am the sky, and so are you

From the Department of … Share. by Dave Klaus, reprinted with permission I was on such a roll the last several months, and then the fires came and the air that tasted like fear and destruction and people living in tents in the parking lot of the fairgrounds, it tasted like standing around a raging bonfire and you can’t find a spot where the smoke isn’t blowing right into your face no matter how many times you move. I...

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Real Men Feel: Ep. 88, Masculine Emotional Intelligence is Not an Oxymoron with Owen Marcus
Apr06

Real Men Feel: Ep. 88, Masculine Emotional Intelligence is Not an Oxymoron with Owen Marcus

Masculine Emotional Intelligence is Not an Oxymoron with Owen Marcus Episode 88, April 3, 2018 This week Andy Grant and Appio Hunter are joined by author, speaker, and coach, Owen Marcus, to talk about men and emotions, men’s groups, and other tools for men to build remarkable lives. Men are leaving behind the duality of being macho OR sensitive. It doesn’t have to be either/or. “What holds us back from being Remarkable is how we...

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How I Got Over My Allergy to Men’s Work: An Ode to the ManKind Project

I have a confession to make – through my first 12 years of being a psychotherapist in Seattle, I had assiduously avoided “men’s work”. I’d say I had an allergy to it. See I figured men’s work either meant a bunch of guys with ponytails and Birkenstocks banging drums in the woods and integrating being all soft with each other, or it meant a bunch of muy-macho guys yelling at me and trying to make me...

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