When I had the lovely opportunity to participate in Patrick Farnsworth’s Last Born in the Wilderness podcast, he asked a question about conspiracy thinking. I…
In Uncertainty, Return to Basics
My Aikido dojo has been doing online practice classes since the lockdown began, a complex gift as it is such an embodied, connected practice; and…
Aggrieved Entitlement Syndrome
For the consideration of the DSM*: This syndrome is marked by mild to severe psychological distress, anger, and antisocial behavior in response to encountering the…
Post Break-Up Growth
Heartbreak, loss, protracted and unwanted single-ness, and break-ups bring up the painful side of connection, when we are torn from intimacy and thrown back into…
Self-Love for Men
Lately I suspect that many men, and likely others, do not really practice enjoying themselves sexually.
We Heal When We Feel Our Guilt
Witnessing as healing, as vengeance Once, a person I saw as a mentor hurt me. Our relationship had begun in a friendly, amiable, affirming way,…
International Men’s Day 2018
Happy International Men’s Day! Here’s a brief shout out to all the men and masculine folk who are working on finding and creating meaning, freedom,…
End Patriarchy Now
In a culture so focused on rugged individualism and competition as a measure of worthiness, it’s unsurprising that there is disgust toward victims. When you have…
Oxy-Toxins Flowing: On Belonging and Bigotry
In Robert Sapolsky’s Behave, an impressive survey of studies and insights over years of research into human behavior and neurobiology, he reveals a curious and…
Conflict Brings Us Together
Many of us feel wearied by constant outrage and long for imagined days of civil conversation, but anger is energy. When people feel provoked or…