Many modern relationship posts promise empowerment but quietly feed dependency. They validate our pain while keeping us focused on what others need to change. This article exposes how social media exploits the ego’s need to feel “seen,” and how real healing begins when we stop chasing validation and start reclaiming authorship of our lives.
Avoidance & Attachment Articles
Why Does It Feel Like I’m the Only One Who Wants to Spend Time Together?
Feeling like you’re the only one who still wants to spend time together? You’re not alone. This piece explores why “partner time” often feels empty, how self-abandonment kills polarity, and what it takes to rebuild connection from presence, not pressure.
The prison every man builds for himself: What keeps good men from finding the freedom they crave
We spend years fixing what’s broken on the outside—our marriages, our families, our work—yet the same cracks keep showing up. Why? Because there’s a prison every man builds for himself, and until we face it, restoration never holds. This article explores the unseen force keeping men stuck and the surprising path that leads out.
Could Loving Your Wife “Like Christ Loves the Church” Be Killing Your Marriage?
Too many Christian men in crisis think the way to win back their wife is to “love her like Christ loves the church.” They pour themselves out, erase their boundaries, and worship their wife as an idol—only to end up more rejected and resentful. This article challenges that counterfeit gospel and shows what Christ actually modeled: unconditional character, covenantal intimacy, wholeness, and the strength to be misjudged. If you’re stuck in a sexless or high-conflict marriage, this truth could save your life and your faith.
Yeah, but… at what point does a man say “enough is enough”?!
Many think they’re playing The Hero simply because they’re no longer idle in their story. While taking action is more heroic than living idly in inaction, if a man’s story has a Villain, he’s still The Victim. Guys get pissed when I say that. That, too, is often more victimization.
Why don’t we have more sex?!
Hey brother… I often get questions sent to me like Greg’s below who asks… “I’d like to hear about...
Why you should bury your wife in the backyard
Let's face it... relationships are hard! They're frustrating, demanding, and often downright...
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who’s The Avoidant Wife After All?
https://youtu.be/GIT2r5kAPec Your avoidant wife isn't a bitch. She's not...against you, not your...
Why won’t my wife get off her cell phone?
Brothers around the world are experiencing their disconnected wives and this painful feeling of disconnection that it triggers within them when they see her on her cell or mobile phone for hours at a time. Why won’t she get off of it?
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