What better way to role model compassion than to offer it to someone who has been so disconnected that they have hurt others?
Redefining Masculinity Through Colorectal Cancer
Can you be manly even while wearing an adult diaper due to surgery? Heck yes! (Although society would not have you believe so.)
Being 51 years old with no sphincter control and wearing a diaper challenged what I had always known to be masculine.
How My Son Taught Me To Play Catch and To Be a Better Dad
We don’t have follow our fathers’ example. Sometimes, we can follow our sons’.
Men, Aggression, and Disease
Can aggression in men lead to disease and inhibit recovery from life-threatening diseases?
Healing Cancer with Aloha
How ancient Hawaiian wisdom can help heal a modern epidemic.
Men, Self-Hatred, and Cancer
What cancer can teach us about the changing roles of men in society.
Raising Boys with Cancer
How a cancer diagnosis can help to raise happy, healthy boys.
5 Things My Sons Will Inherit When I Die
What every father can gift to their sons when they die.
4 Ways Men Can Be More Compassionate–and Happy
What women can teach us about compassion and happiness
Hawaiian Secrets to Save the World
Teaching our children to save the planet by respecting each other and the land like the Hawaiians did.
The Irony of Being a Gentleman
The one thing men need most but rarely get–gentleness.
Race to Nowhere
“In nature, formal schooling has no function.”
Taking Up the Slack for Emotionally Intelligent Boys
“I’m going to make a conscious effort to always take up the slack, be the bigger person, and extend love to my sons”
Lessons from a 94 Year Old Lover
“Connect with others first, then worry about the details.”
Where Have All the Children Gone?
In our mad rush to make our children successful have we left something essential behind–a childhood.
Redefining My Soulmate
Are we still looking for love in all the wrong places?