Category: my articles
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You Can’t Inspire a Man by Using the Same Language that Took away his Inspiration
I often hear from both men and women that men today aren’t pulling their weight—that women have been doing a lot of work on themselves and really desire for men to “step up.” Have all men been lumped into a category of being privileged and lazy? As a man who’s been engaged with inner work…
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Opening Up Like a Man
In a past relationship I got some feedback on the way I came across to my partner as a 30 year-old, powerless child. At the time, I thought I was being vulnerable and sharing openly about my feelings. She told me something I will never forget. “I have no problem with you telling me when…
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The Screaming Nice Guy
I took part in a workshop: 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,…