It’s a challenging dynamic for both parents.
About Justin Lioi
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.
Can You Distinguish Between a ‘Good’ Man & a ‘Real’ Man?
We know what kind of men we really want to be and the kind of men we respect and want to emulate.
We know what kind of men we really want to be and the kind of men we respect and want to emulate.
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.
You Can’t Solve a Relationship Problem in a Non-Relational Way
Some personal changes to support that relationship.
Some personal changes to support that relationship.
Finding Space for Yourself in Your Relationship
Relationship counseling for one.
Relationship counseling for one
3 Reasons to Give Up the Illusion of Control
It can be comforting to think you have control, but trying to maintain it is exhausting -- and leads to disappointment.
It can be comforting to think you have control, but trying to maintain it is exhausting — and leads to disappointment.