Blog

I'm a recovering "people pleaser". I write about my battle with "people pleasing" in my new book Green Flags: How To Be The Kind of...

“Explore how personal growth mirrors the natural process of shedding old identities"

A few weeks ago, while perusing a table at Fabled Bookstore & Cafe, I came across Cal Newport's latest book, Slow Productivity: The Lost...

I recently finished Paul J. Leslie's wonderful book Perceptions and Possibilities: Strategic and Solution-Oriented Approaches to Working...

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a renowned philosopher, novelist, playwright and political activist. Sartre is one of the key figures in...

Plot Summary: Spoiler Alert The Circle (2017) is a dystopian science-fiction thriller based on Dave Egger's 2013 book of the same name....

Savage Man vs Wild Man I'm looking forward to a conversation with Kent Dobson on the sacred masculine. Our conversation will be centered...

In a recent podcast episode, Courtney Perry shared a story about her childhood that really struck a chord. Whenever asked what she wanted...

Socrates famously said, "the unexamined life is not worth living." As an introvert and 4 on the Enneagram, I thrive when I have plenty...

The Burnout Society We live in what Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han calls the burnout society. Many of us feel overwhelmed, cognitively...

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Nor do other people. How we view these things is another matter. It is our attitudes and...

Later this week, I'm hoping to speak to my friend Phuc Luu about his in-depth analysis of Sam Esmail's Netflix hit Leave The World...

poem by Edward Hirsch Today I am pulling on a green wool sweater and walking across the park in a dusky snowfall. The trees stand like...

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the rate of suicide in the US is highest for middle-aged white men. In 2021,...

Relationships are not perfect. A marriage is two imperfect individuals trying to build a life together. According to Dan Wile, "when...

He enters a labyrinth, he multiplies by a thousand the dangers already inherent in the very act of living, not the least of which is the...

I've been thinking about the philosophy of Stoicism since my conversation with Steven Gambardella. We discussed his excellent article on...

In the latest Therapy For Guys episode, I asked James Derkits what worries him about our current world. He responded that young men's...

In a recent Therapy For Guys episode, I have a conversation with feminist psychologist Dr. Laura Brown. Dr. Brown is a true leader in the...

In my latest Therapy For Guys podcast, I interviewed Dr. Todd McGowan about his book, Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory...