self-knowledge — The Good Men Project

Mental Toughness Has Nothing to Do with Being a Hardass

March 27, 2013 By Wendy Lynne 8 Comments

stoicism, repressed, negative emotions, grief, anger, shame, masculinity, man code, manhood, man up, mental toughness, male toughness, The Good Life

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

Willy Loman Plugged the John

February 26, 2013 By Robert Barsanti 1 Comment

When the plumbing backs up, men often expect that we should know how to make the repair.

Filed Under: Hands On, Men Over 50, The Good Life Tagged With: core competencies, Death of a Salesman, fathers and sons, handy men, home repair, how to repair frozen pipes, indoor plumbing, know your strengths, male stereotypes, man code, manhood, plumbers, plunging the toilet, self-knowledge, tools, Willy Loman

Child Is the Father of the Man

July 15, 2011 By David Perez 1 Comment

It is difficult enough to come to an understanding of what it means to be a man when we cannot even comprehend what it means to be a boy.

Filed Under: Gender & Sexuality Tagged With: Boys, childhood development, david, good man, self-knowledge

Why Being Straight Is Gay

March 5, 2011 By Mark Steffen 6 Comments

If defining who you are as a heterosexual were as basic as figuring out your jean type at a mainstream retailer, that’d be easy.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Gender & Sexuality Tagged With: Charlie Sheen, gay, heterosexuality, identity, masculinity, role models, self-knowledge, style

Much Ado About Nothing

September 20, 2010 By Preston Moore 8 Comments

Preston Moore explains how he transformed himself from a human doing into a human being. All it took was a whole lot of nothing.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values Tagged With: doingness, introspection, positive reinforcement, Preston Moore, self-knowledge, self-worth, The Nothing Project

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Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.