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Embracing Destruction

April 5, 2013 by Kevin Macku 7 Comments

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How do we learn to take decisive action?

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Mental Toughness Has Nothing to Do with Being a Hardass

March 27, 2013 by Wendy Lynne 8 Comments

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Learn the difference between mastery and suppression of your feelings.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Male Toughness, The Good Life Tagged With: anger, Anger Management, anxiety, body mind connection, denial, difficult emotions, doubts, emotional resilience, grief, male toughness, man code, Man up, manhood, masculinity, men's emotions, men's feelings, mental toughness, negative emotions, problem solving emotions, psychology, repressed, self-knowledge, shame, stoicism, The Good Life

5 Ways Disavowing Masculinity Changed My Life

March 26, 2013 by Robert Reece 53 Comments

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Robert Reece has found that ignoring the Man Code has improved his life enormously.

Filed Under: Lists, Men and Masculinity, Quitting, The Good Life Tagged With: accessories, feminism, gender performance, gender roles, homophobia, Male beauty, man code, man hugs, manhood, masculinity, men who break rules, men's clothes, men's emotions, men's fashion, men's style, negative emotions, No Homo, patriarchy, performing masculinity, restroom etiquette, straight men, style, touching men

How Not to Cheat

March 23, 2013 by Bill Cloke 7 Comments

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Marriage is simply hard work. But the good news is that attitude is everything.

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How One Person Can Improve a Relationship

February 22, 2013 by Dr. Carol B. Low 9 Comments

Communication skills anyone can learn to put the love back into their relationship.

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Intelligent Conflict

September 28, 2012 by Eric Sentell 4 Comments

Eric Sentell provides strategies for managing conflict and disagreement.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, Sex & Relationships, The Good Life Tagged With: anger, Arguing, assertiveness, communication, compromise, conflict resolution, contempt, criticism, defensive, disagreement, Divorce, emotional intelligence, fight or flight, Fighting, fighting with your spouse, Forgiveness, John Gottman, listening, marital conflict, marriage, nagging, negative, negative emotions, respect, Sex and Relationships, tension, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Six Things Couples Can Do to Make Room for the Emotional Man

August 16, 2012 by Patricia O'Laughlin 13 Comments

Patricia O’Laughlin, Marriage and Family Therapist, encourages couples to embrace the male’s emotional self.

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Boys Do Cry, and Men Do, Too

August 13, 2012 by Thomas G. Fiffer 15 Comments

Thomas Fiffer cries it out.

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The Man Behind the Mask

August 12, 2012 by Rick Belden and Stephanie Morgan 18 Comments

What keeps men from sharing their feelings—until it’s too late? Psychotherapist Stephanie Morgan explores the Boy Code through Rick Belden’s poetry.

Filed Under: Health, Psych, & Addiction, Poetry, The Good Life Tagged With: adult survivors of abuse, anger, boy code, counseling, couples, couples counseling, couples therapy, denial, depression, emotions, feelings, healing, man code, marriage, masculinity, Mask, masks, men's therapy, negative emotions, poetry, relationships, shame, stereotypes of men, Therapy

7 Ways to Work Out Negative Emotions with Your Mate

June 26, 2012 by Bill Cloke 8 Comments

How to transform conflict with your mate into compassion.

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