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10 Ways to Cope With Grief During the Holiday Season
Embed from Getty Images It’s okay to feel depressed during the holidays. You aren’t alone in your grief. — By Kristen Meekhof The holidays are fast approaching, and wherever you find yourself, there...
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3 Elements That Terrorize People, Including Men
Embed from Getty Images Choose a size: 507 x 338380 x 253253 x 169 Show image preview There are three elements that create the perfect monster for humans, according to a fictional Japanese...
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Just Be
Embed from Getty Images — I’ve come to realize that some things I hear every day around me or those that I see on social media are just overrated and put in a bright shiny light so far from reality as...
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Brave Men in Tears
Embed from Getty Images — Men who are willing to feel make this a better world, while men unwilling to feel can destroy our world. As I saw the President of the United States make fun of the tears of...
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A Harp, Moon River, and Me
Embed from Getty Images I tend to live in my head, to lean into my intellect. “What does that mean?” Gary asked when I described it. I rephrased, “I’m more of a thinker than a feeler.” My husband...
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Acknowledging the Pain of Divorce with Leigh Daniel
Embed from Getty Images — Acknowledging The Pain of Divorce with guest, Leigh Daniel, Episode 19, July 12, 2016 Andy and Appio explore the pain of divorce with attorney, author and speaker, Leigh...
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My Unemotional Father Did Something Unexpected
Embed from Getty Images — This is a story about my dad and about something I never expected from him. When I was a kid—when I lived in my parents’ house—there was something that my dad didn’t talk...
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You Feel Me, Yes I Do
— When we are feeling a great deal of emotion we tend to believe we can hide this emotion by repressing how we are feeling. We act stoic or uninterested in an attempt to not show the seething...
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Male Stereotype Number 22: Men Don’t Have Feelings
I just read an article about an initiative in South Africa called the Young Men Movement, which creates “safe spaces for men to talk about their feelings” with the ultimate aim of reducing violence...
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Sending a Message
A little girl stuck her tongue out at me yesterday at the grocery store. She was a pretty little blond girl in a pink coat. I had just picked up a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. When I turned...
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I’m Divorced – and Sometimes I’m Really Sad
— I love my life. And I’m also incredibly sad about my life at times. Let me explain. I left my ex-husband five years ago, as a result of domestic violence. I was in an incredibly unsafe situation,...
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How to Access Your Emotions After a Lifetime of Being Told to Hide Them
Men are in a weird position in the world right now. You’re told to feel more, express more, and yet, as soon as you express yourself, a significant portion of mainstream media ridicules you for crying,...
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Emotions Are Assets, Not Liabilities
Many times, a man is bombarded with messages from family, the media, or other places about “how to be a man.” It’s a rather covert way of saying, “Men don’t cry” or “Men don’t show emotions.” Is that...
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3 Emotions That Will Never Let You Down
Whenever you face a decision in life, there will always be emotional triggers that play a role in it. We all have rational sides to us and truly call forth that part of the brain to help us. Emotions,...
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10 Valuable Life Lessons I Have Learned During the Pandemic
We are living in difficult times. Who would have ever imagined that in 2020 the world would be crippled by a pandemic? We were introduced to new terms in our lexicon like ‘sheltering in place,’...
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Are You Walking on Eggshells in Your Own Home?
Are you allowing someone you live with to decide what feelings you’re allowed to express, even in the safety of your own home? Do you walk on eggshells, trying to keep the peace instead of speaking...
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I Once Knew a Man Called Death
Editor’s note: This post has been revised. — I never thought I would know a murderer personally. Most of us probably never consider that possibility. I never did. Recently, I found out a man I hung out...
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Color Psychology: How Colors Affect Your Emotions
In this post, we’re briefly looking at colour psychology and how colours affect your emotions and potentially, relationships. Table of contents Intro Blue Green Orange Yellow Red Black White Colour,...
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Five Qualities To Be Very Wary of in a Man
Jennifer had a blissful weekend. A weekend she spent with her boyfriend. A weekend she felt nothing more than his fierce love for her that she wished and hoped things continue that way. But up till...
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