Men, do you want to know the way to restore the value of your masculinity - in your homes, in your hearts, in your community and within culture and society? It is knowing that:

Many men struggle with remaining present and active in the face of conflict. If a man has not learned to address his emotions in a healthy way, he will have a proclivity to meet challenging situations with unproductive or even harmful reactions such as:

Some may think that the answer to this question has evolved over time.  Influenced by culture, politics, responsibility, expectations and media, there are countless messages circulating regarding a man’s role in the home, workplace, leadership and society. In this day of technology dependence, where it’s easy to give over hours of your week to the social media scroll, you can pick up a lot of perspective - much of it contradicting and confusing.  

Last week I met with a man who is three years post divorce from a twenty year marriage.  He shared with me that his ex-wife, who has primary custody of their teenage children, had reached out expressing her concerns over the security and safety of her home and household.  She is a single woman, living in a demographically mixed area of the city, known for low level crime.  As he explained the intent of her call, I could sense his feelings of failure in not providing his wife and children with the protection they need.  “Does she just want me to come home and pretend we love each other again?” he asked me.