Watching Them Watch Me
Love is a golden vessel, containing, by its very nature, both joys and sorrows. The poignant reality of this human condition is beautifully shown in a recent memoir from the New York Times, sent to us by Alain Hunkins, The MKP Journal’s Corporate Leadership & Facilitation Contributing Editor. Anyone who has ever suffered the slow loss of a spouse or a parent will feel this moving story by Times writer Dean E. Murphy. It...
More Momentum, Less Effort
by Joseph DiCenso Scything wheat, hammering a nail, splitting wood, sledding downhill, surfing a wave, performing a summersault, playing the piano–all of these have something in common: working with momentum. Momentum: mass in motion aiming to remain in motion. In the broader sense, we might say it’s whatever already has life or energy. When we tap that energy we expend less of our own. In exchange, we give up some...
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....
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...
Reality presented as Story
by Ravenspen The human mind, is, above all else, a storytelling mechanism. Because of this, many people retreat into story when the world of objective facts overwhelms them. They want to perceive reality in a way that makes sense to them. Rather than insisting on dividing story from fact, one novel concept is to use story to present facts, providing real information in a comforting context. This approach has been used by Dr. Zachary...
Eric Erickson: The Life Cycle
Ken Gilbert talks about Elderhood. Erik Erikson – Developmental Psychoanalyst Stage 8. Late adulthood (from 60 years) Psychosocial Crisis: Ego Integrity vs. Despair Ego Quality: Wisdom Main Question: “What kind of life have I lived?” As we move toward the end of our lives, if we can look back on good times with gladness, on hard times with self-respect, and on mistakes and regrets with forgiveness then we will find a...
New Warrior Wisdom for Surviving the Snow – WWLP News 22
by Boysen Hodgson Frank Grindrod, a New Warrior from Western Massachusetts, part of the New England Community and a Member of one of the two longest running men’s groups in New England (the Special Boys) was featured in a spot on a local TV station WWLP 22 News with information on what to have and what to do if you’re stranded in your car this winter. Frank has been working with children and adults for a number of years...
Hard Wired Humans and Face Value
Here is a piece from the December human instincts newsletter, Hardwired Humans. The makers of the movie Happy Feet Two spent significant effort on the facial expressions of the animated penguins. According to the animation director, There is incredible detail put into the micro-movements around the eye, the movement of the eye itself, the dilation of the pupils, the movement of the head, and the slight pursing of the beak; just to...
The power of vulnerability
A TED Talk by Brene Brown Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. – is a deeply personal issue that everyone decides for himself. Sometimes the price is high, sometimes low. But this is not very important for...
The Screaming Nice Guy
by Matthew Alexander Sloane I took part in a workshop recently: about 18 women and 12 men played in a very interactive, energetic inquiry as to the nature of sexuality and how it lives or does not live in each of us. In one moment, our brilliant facilitator noticed that there was a “men vs. women” dynamic showing up in the conversation, so she invited us to make it more real and play it out. All the men stood on one side...
A New Warrior Reflection on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2012
A Reflection on Martin Luther King Jr. Day – the New Warrior and cultural change. by Boysen Hodgson “Agape is more than romantic or aesthetic love. Agape is more than friendship. Agape is creative, understanding, redemptive good will for all men. It is an overflowing love that seeks nothing in return. Theologians would say that this is the love of God operating in the human heart. When one rises to love on this level, he...
The Search; a poem
Agape 1 THE SEARCH I’ve seen death daily in expected and wonder-full ways and tasted its sweet coolness on fevered tongue dipped of earthen flow streaming through granite cups my image caught there returned to me slaking heart more than thirst. Oh! Yes! Father Sky! I have fed at our Mother’s bosom fed of her thrill of thrills LIFE GIFTED BY DEATH make of me such fodder. AND STILL THE SEARCH, THE ONGOING SEARCH! I’ve...
Mike to Mike: Mike Brown interviews Mike Robbins
Mike Brown, New Warrior and Spiritual Life Coach for the past nine years, interviews Mike Robbins, teacher, coach and author of “Focus on the Good Stuff” (reached #4 on the Amazon bestseller list) and “Be Yourself” (reached #17 on the Amazon bestseller list). Robbins’ books are available in a dozen languages. A former pro baseball player in the Kansas City Royals, Mike transformed the experience of a...
Weight Release Begins with Seeing Our Reflection Clearly
by Freeman Michaels What do you see when you look in the mirror? In mid-2007, when I was 275 pounds, I looked in the mirror and what I saw shocked and disgusted me – in a little more than ten years I had gained 100 pounds. I wanted the extra weight that I was carrying gone as quickly as possible. I was filled with shame and anger at what I had become. I understood that I had abandoned myself on many levels, and the imbalances of my...
Jim Channon: A New Warrior battling for Planet Earth
Jim Channon, a master architect for a sustainable world, became a New Warrior in 2008. The creator of the First Earth Battalion mythology, he has worked with both major corporations and the U.S. military to create strategies and vision encompassing his thirty year life focus for saving the planet from human destruction. His storytelling shamanistic persona has been portrayed by actor Jeff Bridges in the film “The Men Who Stare...
Elder Blessing in the Family
by Terry Jones When my oldest son reached the age of 18 years, I felt a need to release him. I had been aware only at an intellectual level that I would need to let him go someday. It felt like he was ready not so much to be an adult but rather to be honored as a boy who was ready to consider adulthood. My wife and I planned a ceremony that would bless our son and show our respect for his individuality. On the day of his “blessing...
Living the gift community – a 6 year old’s wisdom.
Andrei Armeanu is a New Warrior (a man who has completed the New Warrior Training Adventure sponsored by the ManKind Project). His daughter Sabina has an idea of the kind of world she wants to live in and the kind of person she wants to be in that world. The ManKind Project helps already awesome men like Andrei become even better fathers, partners and culture creators. I’m ready to live in Sabina’s world – and doing...
Grateful for Tears with the Christmas Bunny
Don’t cry. Don’t cry, says a voice in our heads, the recording that plays through our mind that implores us not to cry when we feel a swell of emotion, be it sadness or joy. We have been conditioned that … Continue reading →
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