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Do I even want to be married to this woman?!

Do I even want to be married to this woman?!

by Sven Masterson | Sep 22, 2020 | Marriage, Masculinity, Relationships, Thought Patterns

I talk to men a LOT about this issue of uncertainty over a future relationship with a spouse. Men who’ve experienced painful relationships say this often. “I don’t know if I want to continue” or “maybe I don’t want to be married to...
Overcoming My Shame Enough To Become Open To Mentoring

Overcoming My Shame Enough To Become Open To Mentoring

by Sven Masterson | Aug 11, 2020 | Masculinity, Mentoring

I’ve often heard that the toughest part of the mentoring process is the initial reaching out and asking. Oh how I can relate! I can still remember as a newlywed cautiously approaching some older men to ask them if it was normal to not feel very satisfied after...
My wife’s criticism is really bothering me

My wife’s criticism is really bothering me

by Sven Masterson | Jul 30, 2020 | Marriage, Masculinity, Thought Patterns, Value & Significance

Sometimes relationships can be filled with a high degree of criticism. What should a man do when his wife seems to endlessly criticize him? How can he stop being bothered by his wife’s criticism? Criticism rots, from a wife or others I can’t think of too...

Help! She’s noticing another man!

by Sven Masterson | Jul 27, 2020 | Marriage, Masculinity, Relationships, Sex, Thought Patterns

Recently, a young man “Benny”, reached out to the great coaches over at Good Guys To Great Men for some insight about his relational challenges of his woman noticing another man. Benny gave his permission for some of the men in the GG2GM community to also...

One song that will sum you up

by Sven Masterson | Jul 17, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Masculinity, Mission/Life Purpose, Things that move me, Value & Significance

Sometimes I watch a movie and encounter a scene and immediately I know that what I am beholding is changing the course of my life somehow. It’s not that the scene itself is always epic, but that something larger than the story of the movie or moment is calling...
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