Pink Floyd As Relationship Experts?
Ok, if you’re not a Pink Floyd fan – and/or haven’t listened to the Dark Side Of The Moon album (it’s been pointed out to me recently, by the way, how badly I’m dating myself by even using the term “album”) – this article may take you a bit more time to get in […]
Documenting Reconciliation in Kenya
by Boysen Hodgson In 2007 Patrick Mureithi traveled to Rwanda with the opportunity to film a reconciliation process between perpetrators and victims of violence in the Rwandan genocide. The experience had a deep and lasting impact. He created a documentary film based on that experience called “ICYIZERE:hope” (see the preview below). “ICYIZERE:hope” trailer from Patrick Mureithi on Vimeo. Focusing on Kenya...
To Thine Own Self Be True
I was facilitating one of my men’s groups recently, and one of the topics that came up as a “hot button” was how to navigate the slippery slope of getting needs met while not appearing needy, and what are even “appropriate” needs to look to your partner to satisfy/support. This gets so tricky, because we […]
A New Warrior Looks at Fathers and Sons
We in the ManKind Project spend a lot of our time and energy talking about the relationship between fathers and sons. Its gold and its shadows. Anyone trying to shed more light on the fascinating topic of this critical aspect of being a man is doing a service to all humanity. One such individual is Scott Woerner, a New Warrior brother currently training as a psychologist, working in a Men’s Trauma program and doing research on...
Communication: How Men and Women Show Up in Emotional Intelligence
Patricia Clason, public speaker, radio and television interviewer and personal coach – recently compiled some research on how men and women seem to communicate, or fail to, as the case may be. While her conclusions are necessarily generalizations, even myths have a core of truth to them, which is why such stories survive. How we perceive the “other” half of humanity as men and women effects our lives on a daily...
What Do Men Want? Why Not Just Ask Them?
by Earl Hipp What a wonderfully simple idea! Why don’t we just ask men what they want? That is what a couple of good men decided to do using the Twitter platform. From that powerful intention, an unusual and global chain of events has transpired to allow this very masculine seedpod of feelings, hungers, and dreams to be opened into the world. As the story goes, UK based Tony Martin had the very creative idea of starting a “male...