Very well put. I'm curious to see where Jack will go.
"I don’t know where I can go to explore manhood, masculinity or the issues that continue to evolve in my life as a man. I don’t know where I can have good conversation with other men, where there’s more curiosity than there is judgment."
--> I recommend men's circles and retreats designed specifically for men for exactly those things. (But there is a lot to be done to make existing offers more visible to the wider population.)
Wow, what an intro. A lot of this resonated with me tbh. The following really did:
The content I see online for men and about men isn’t good enough - sells the impossible dream and leaves us feeling deflated and unworthy and drives less positive and destructive behaviours.
Being a good man, or being the man you want to be - being a better man, change is slow and complicated and fraught with set backs, and that's OK, but how do men deal with this? Give up - invariably, sometimes because we can be lazy other times because we don't know how to cope or do things differently or simply scared to try a different way.
Need a discussion on the best flat white, my own health journey I have downsized hugely on drinking (almost anything) but it is reserved as a treat or for special occasions and with control, but flat whites ... this is a story!
Football does have a place in my heart and always will, it has taken on a different place though as I have got older its enjoying the technical ability of the players, the play and watching my team (not physically- Arsenal) be better than they were - which actually does mean its not always good for my heart!
Very well put. I'm curious to see where Jack will go.
"I don’t know where I can go to explore manhood, masculinity or the issues that continue to evolve in my life as a man. I don’t know where I can have good conversation with other men, where there’s more curiosity than there is judgment."
--> I recommend men's circles and retreats designed specifically for men for exactly those things. (But there is a lot to be done to make existing offers more visible to the wider population.)
Wow, what an intro. A lot of this resonated with me tbh. The following really did:
The content I see online for men and about men isn’t good enough - sells the impossible dream and leaves us feeling deflated and unworthy and drives less positive and destructive behaviours.
Being a good man, or being the man you want to be - being a better man, change is slow and complicated and fraught with set backs, and that's OK, but how do men deal with this? Give up - invariably, sometimes because we can be lazy other times because we don't know how to cope or do things differently or simply scared to try a different way.
Need a discussion on the best flat white, my own health journey I have downsized hugely on drinking (almost anything) but it is reserved as a treat or for special occasions and with control, but flat whites ... this is a story!
Football does have a place in my heart and always will, it has taken on a different place though as I have got older its enjoying the technical ability of the players, the play and watching my team (not physically- Arsenal) be better than they were - which actually does mean its not always good for my heart!