man-o-pause

Man-Making: Healing the Hurt I watched a video produced by the non-profit Boys to Men that gave a snapshot of the healing potential when we acknowledge what's broke inside. What struck me most was that the father in the video needed to recognize how and why he was pushing his... Read more →

Finding a Purpose in Life

Each of us were born with a unique purpose in life. Along the road to becoming, we may stumble and fall, but the quest for true meaning guides us. In Life On Purpose: Six Passage to an Inspired Life by Brad Swift, DVM, the author advocates "transforming the world from... Read more →

Male Self-Acceptance

Re-evaluating our life choices may not necessarily represent the typical "midlife crisis." Research shows how two distinct personality types respond to midlife differently. Read more →

Ode to a New World

I'm a magazine junkie and somehow I missed the socially conscious ODE Magazine until now. Since 1995 it has been giving Europeans a rich diet of real-life stories about positive change. Since 2003, Ode's been doing the same for Americans and the rest of the world with its international, English-language... Read more →

Baby Boomer Men Give Back

"Having it all" is fast becoming a myth. You feel disconnected from your parents' generation. As inflation and cost of living rise, you feel compelled to affect positive change in the world. You wish for mentors but find few in established businesses to guide you. You believe that there could... Read more →

Better Men. Better World.

The Gentlemen's Fund In flipping through the current edition of Wired, I tore out an ad featuring the singer, John Legend. The subtitle, "Better Men. Better World" caught my eye. One of the goals of this blog is to provide guideposts for better living, mostly for men, but I suspect... Read more →

Changing Your Identifications

Over Memorial Day weekend in 2005, I attended a seminar in Lake Tahoe focused on "Changing our Identifications." I returned with clarity and conviction, decision and direction. Prior to leaving for the trip, I responded to a writing experiment announced in the Writer's Digest's newsletter. I'm not a writer, per... Read more →

Mid-Life Man-ifesto!

Hugh at Gaping Void is my new favorite thinker. "I'm interested in changing the world [however you wish to interpret that statement]. And I believe gapingvoid readers tend to be interested in writers who feel the same. That's the quality we'll collectively be looking for, so please keep that in... Read more →