It’s not fair or ok to simply ask other people to explain themselves in order for me to have compassion for them.
About Justin Lioi
How a Shame Identity Is Harmful
We need to learn to hold ourselves accountable for harmful things we do without labeling ourselves as Evil People.
We need to learn to hold ourselves accountable for harmful things we do without labeling ourselves as Evil People.
Progressive Relaxation: Basic But Worth It
We can understand our emotions–and that means we can be less controlled by them–if we know what our body is doing and what clues it’s giving us about ourselves.
We can understand our emotions–and that means we can be less controlled by them–if we know what our body is doing and what clues it’s giving us about ourselves.
‘Suffering Is Optional’: Why Are Men Resistant to Therapy?
I can certainly give you my own reasons for avoiding therapy at different stages in my life when it would have been helpful.
I can certainly give you my own reasons for avoiding therapy at different stages in my life when it would have been helpful.
‘Touched Out’ After Having a Baby
It’s a challenging dynamic for both parents.
It’s a challenging dynamic for both parents.
How NOT to React When Your Inner Patriarch is Exposed
Being exposed can feel shameful.
Being exposed can feel shameful.
Feeling Trapped by Fatherhood
What gets left out is how angry you can get with your “bundle of joy.”
What gets left out is how angry you can get with your “bundle of joy.”
Letting Go of Other People’s Expectations
Stop living for other people.
Stop living for other people.
To Manage Male Infertility, You’re Going to Need to Get Vulnerable (Sorry!)
We’ve been sold a bill of goods.
We’ve been sold a bill of goods.
How to Overcome Social Anxiety
If you want to overcome this you’re going to need to really challenge those paralyzing negative thoughts.
If you want to overcome this you’re going to need to really challenge those paralyzing negative thoughts.
Help My Partner
Men are not socialized to ask for help—especially when it comes to slippery “feminine” things like their emotions.
Men are not socialized to ask for help—especially when it comes to slippery “feminine” things like their emotions.
‘It’s Not COVID, It’s ______’: The Pandemic Has Affected You (Whether You Know It or Not)
Our brain is literally not working as well because it has to accommodate being in a world full of uncertainty, stress, and fear.
Our brain is literally not working as well because it has to accommodate being in a world full of uncertainty, stress, and fear.
You Can’t Think Your Way Into Happiness
If all I’ve got is my intelligence, I’m not going to fare too well.
If all I’ve got is my intelligence, I’m not going to fare too well.
Where Is Your Competitive Side Hiding?
It’s hard to separate competition into what it says about us individually because it’s what so much of Western society is based on.
It’s hard to separate competition into what it says about us individually because it’s what so much of Western society is based on.
When You Love Someone With a Mental Health Issue
Just don’t stop seeing them as a whole person.
Just don’t stop seeing them as a whole person.
5 Tips for Parenting After a Loss
Parenting after a loss can feel impossible.
Parenting after a loss can feel impossible.