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The American Phoenix

March 20, 2013 by Carl Pettit Leave a Comment

American bald eagle, American culture, American identity, independence, America, values, reincarnation, reinvention, life change, second careers

America’s strength is its ability to reinvent itself.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Root Down, The Good Life, Trending Tagged With: agrarian democracy, America, American bald eagle, American culture, American identity, Avatars of Vishnu, career changes, christianity, circle of life, conservation, conservatism, doctrine, entrepreneurial spirit, Entrepreneurship, Greatness, Hinduism, independence, inventors, karma, Krishna, Life Change, moksha, optimism, Phoenix, preservation, progressive, rebirth, reincarnation, reinvention, resurrection of Christ, second careers, Siddharta Guatama, values

Fears for Tears: Men and Vulnerability

September 26, 2012 by Higher Unlearning 5 Comments

Jeff Perera has a story that will make you weep.

Filed Under: Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: Anthony Griffith, Anthony Griffith loss of child, authenticity, beauty, being a man, body image, Boys, boys emotions, Bravery, Brene Brown, can men cry, Canada, Carlos Andres Gomez, Carol Burnett, Compassion, courage, crisis, crying, death, death of a friend, disability, emotional intelligence, emotional literacy, Families, fathers, Fighting, Freedom, friends, funeral arrangements, ghosts, grief, intimacy, Jeff Perera, loss, Man up, manhood, Manning up, masculinity, men are beautiful, men's emotions, optimism, poetry, poets, relationships, SARS, self-esteem, sense of worth, shame, sons, sorrow, suicide, TEDx, TEDxRyersonU, Toronto, video, violence, vulnerability, worthy

“So many companies count on us to buy their products to fill the emptiness in our lives.”

July 17, 2012 by the Editors 1 Comment

This is a comment by Ryan Bjorklund on the post “Deliberate Optimism”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: advertising, buying, Comment of the Day, commercials, companies, consumerism, consumers, corporations, Culture, emptiness, first world, first world problems, happiness, incomplete, monoculture, optimism, shopping

The Future Is Ours: Video

June 30, 2012 by Carlos Foglia 1 Comment

If I’m part of the mechanism that lights a spark for just one person to effect change, it’s worth it.

Filed Under: Freedom, Historical Perspectives on Goodness, The Good Life Tagged With: #theFutureIsOurs, art, change, Daniel Pink, inspiration, launchgram.com/manifesto, Michael Marantz, MichaelMarantz.com, NASA, natural disaster, Neil deGrasse Tyson, nuclear, optimism, pessimism, physicists, pundits, Ronald Reagan, science, service, space program, Stephen Hawking, Technology, wonder, world events, world news

Living the Impossible Dream

March 27, 2012 by Robert Levithan 1 Comment

Most people would say he shouldn’t still be alive, but he is. A heartwrenching excerpt from Robert Levithan’s new book.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men Over 50, The Good Life Tagged With: AIDS, book, closure, death, Future, illness, mentors, mortality, optimism, survival

What’s a Dying Man Got to Sing About?

September 6, 2011 by the Editors 2 Comments

Alistair, keep on drumming.

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13-Year-Old’s Football Invention May Save Lives

Ryan Beck won third place at the California State Science Fair with a football helmet that could reduce sports-related brain injuries in pros and teens alike.

Australia’s Army Chief Takes a Firm Stance Against Sexual Misconduct

Ladies and Gentlemen; this is called, “Taking a Stand.”

Sergio Vieira de Mello ‘A Complicated Hero’ (TEDTalks VIDEO)

Political Scientist Samantha Power tells the story of a complicated hero, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

Facing the Reality of Men Who’ve Been Raped By Women

An article in The Atlantic exposes the reality of male survivors who’ve been assaulted by females, including Don Draper, the main character in the show Mad Men.