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Thought Patterns Articles
Why We Feel Stuck in Our Relationships (And How to Break Free)
For years, I believed my happiness depended on fixing my circumstances or my wife’s behavior. But I was wrong. Real change doesn’t come from ‘out there’—it starts within. Learn how The Descent, The Choice, and The Ascent can help you reclaim your power and thrive.
Focus ≠ Wisdom & Feelings ≠ Reality
I knew I had a wife problem!
I knew I was being wronged!
I knew I was being disrespected, overlooked, misjudged, unvalued, and unloved.
Connection: Why few find it, most break it, and how to begin restoring it
When we first meet these men, they’re convinced they have specific problems like:
Being unappreciated/disrespected/overlooked
Feeling alone even though in a relationship or in a crowd
An angry, cold, distant wife or partner who doesn’t seem to like them, let alone love them
Not receiving warmth/attention/affection/touch/together time/sex/intimacy
Their wife/partner spending too much time on her phone/with friends/with the kids/etc
How I Overcame a Lifetime of Anxiety and Saved My Marriage in the Process
Hey brother, I appreciated your recent question and comments about feeling anxious in life and...
How Men Become Undone, and How It Can Lead To Wholeness
Then one day, often just after a “more trail marathon,” like a vacation, home renovation, or big holiday, our wives say some dreadful words.
“I love you, but I’m not in love with you.”
“I think I want a divorce.”
“Yes… I *am* having an affair.”
“I can’t give you what you want.”
“I need to find myself.”
Did This Band Write A Song About Our Men’s Community?!
We help men become the heroes they’ve always longed to be, surrounded by the kind of men they’d long since lost hope could guide them there.
The Missing Ingredient in Most Marriage Rescue Recipes
Many men embrace conditional regard thinking it’s how they can create and enforce good personal boundaries. In fact, the opposite is true. Men with conditional regard for others require things from others that they can’t control.
The Four Keys I Used to Escape My Suffering and Create a Thriving Connected Marriage
Inwardly I was miserable, melancholy, and woefully unhappy, and I had a secret no one knew. My secret? That I spent excessive time fantasizing about my wife dying in her sleep so I could hopefully remarry and live the rest of my life happily ever after.
The maples scream, “Oppression”, and the oaks just shake their heads
In my work with men, I have the opportunity to see how a man’s worldview plays out in his life, romantic relationships, family, career, and friendships. Being an 80’s music-loving Rush fan, I sometimes find those songs to speak some transcendent truths that are precisely what I see in the men in front of me.
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