Honing Our Integral Edges
by Boysen Hodgson In the ManKind Project, we’re voracious integrators. Our trainings and groups are a tightly mixed alchemical combination of exercises, modalities and practices from across the spectrum of personal growth, psychology, spiritual, ritual and physical practices. Men from different traditions and multiple generations have brought their unique gifts to the ManKind Project and our men’s circles, and men show up...
The Wave Theory of Community
by Stephen Simmer 175 years ago, the German psychologist and scientist Gustav Fechner wrote The Little Book on Life after Death, which is still in print. In it, he proposes that, along with our physical body, we each have a larger body. The larger body is made up of all those beings we have influenced in our lives. He says that the larger body is something like the ripples in the pond that continue to move and reverberate long after...
The Demise of Guys-a TED talk
Men, who constitute half of humanity, are in deep trouble. Young adult males are becoming increasingly disconnected with our world. They are falling behind women academically, and starting to distance themselves socially from the opposite sex. In this wonderful TED talk by Philip Zimbardo, the stark statistics are laid out for all to see. Philip then gives his audience the challenge of finding solutions to this grave societal dilemma...
Hiding Out in Oz
[custom_field field=”laughton” this_post=”1″ limit=”1″ between=”, ” /] by Geoff Laughton When you are looking at what makes your relationship(s) (oh hell…and life itself) challenging and difficult, it will help to really examine the power and Modus Operandi of shame. It’s often been called the Master Emotion, and while it may not really be that for you, you sure can count on...
If You Want to Change – Go Deep
by Owen Marcus I, like the rest of us, would much rather do the minimum than work hard. Why do more than you need to? Well, there are times when our mental solutions don’t work. In this post on my blog I write about how the mantra of our groups is – “Take the man deeper” produces a level of change unattainable from any mental technique I have ever seen. We are trained to be smart, to come up with solutions to problems. We compete to...
Do you ask for help?
by Owen Marcus I am learning. In this post on my blog I write about creating and then allowing your community to help you and how it is a challenge for us men. I see in many men, including myself that asking for help is difficult. We would rather offer than ask. Is that true for you? When was the last time you asked someone to go out of their way for you? A few weeks ago in our men’s group we had a man ask to have a whole...
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