Why Asking For help Can Save Your Marriage

Why Asking For help Can Save Your Marriage

In my work, the first step happens way before I ever meet with someone. It happens in the private moments when the feeling of pain is overwhelming and intolerable. Many men I encounter have given up hope. But many of them share one thing in common a deep desire to...
Taking Back the Wheel

Taking Back the Wheel

Being lost in the cloud of an ailing relationship can be overwhelming. What I hear from the conversations I’m having with men every day is: The BEWILDERMENT of what is expected or wanted from them. The POWERLESSNESS they feel to be able to turn things around. The...
MacGyvering your Marriage

MacGyvering your Marriage

The bomb is ticking, Your fingers are slipping, You can see the collision moving towards you… Things aren’t looking good. But then you find that small tool, that one that’s in your pocket, shoved in with all the other random stuff that you wrote off as useless, that...
Undoing the Code

Undoing the Code

I’ve spent time over the last two weeks with local fire departments. I’ve listened to their stories – the compelling and tragic stories about what they call the “dark underbelly” of our community. These men do things not many of us have the desire or courage to...
Why I Wish I Could Marry My Dog

Why I Wish I Could Marry My Dog

You know that feeling, just you and your dog, on a walk, or a hike, or in the car?  Your dog looks lovingly at you – so pleased that you have invited them on this adventure and even provided water and treats. You get to where you’re going, you walk together with ease,...