Talk Is Cheap: How Your Body Language Is Worth A Thousand Words
Getty Images Learn to tune into the world right in front of you, and you can experience a deeper level of communication. — With my head cocked slightly to the side exposing my neck, eyes connected to...
View ArticleWhy Be a Premium Member? Just Look at What We Have Helped to Change
We’re the guys who eat stereotypes for lunch. So just what is it we are trying to change? — We’ve been having a conversation about the changing roles of men in the 21st century for a while now. Let’s...
View ArticleUse Those Lips—To Talk, To Smile, To Kiss
Sketch: Pavithra Kalkura Relationships are hard work. No one has it easy, not even the ones who may make it appear so. There are several reasons for relationship breakdowns; we all are acutely familiar...
View ArticleHow To Be More Persuasive
Embed from Getty Images Ever gotten into an argument with someone who’s clearly wrong, but you can’t change their mind? Wish you could just Jedi mind-trick your racist uncle into not voting for a...
View ArticleWhy I Won’t Have ‘The Talk’ with My Preteen Son
Embed from Getty Images During a family Scattergories game a few years ago, the category was parts of the body. The letter was F. You know the drill — you have to come up with an answer no one else...
View ArticleThis Week In News, A Kevin and Benedict Story
— Kevin and Benedict are colleagues. We have written and worked together. They have a podcast called This Week in News with Kevin and Benedict. I like them. Here’s their story. Kevin grew up in...
View ArticleCouples That Talk About Sex Have Better Sex
— By Kyle Benson Let’s talk about sex, because it turns out the most important part of cultivating a healthy sex life is talking about a healthy sex life. Only 9% of couples who can’t comfortably talk...
View ArticleGentleman Up
Gentlemen in Training The Case for Manners for Today’s Young Men – Part 4 With the recent succession of high-powered men sinking into the abyss of shame as a result of their past indiscretions, I can’t...
View ArticleA Simple Script About Consent for Dads to Use With Their Sons
Embed from Getty Images — In an ideal world, sex and consent would be completely equal between men and women. Men and women would approach sexual relations the same way, and they would ask and give...
View Article12 Easy Steps For Avoiding An Affair
How to avoid an affair There are no guarantees BUT you can load the dice to reduce the odds of an affair. Steven Lake shows us how to roll and win. — I was staring at the computer screen wondering...
View ArticleThe Day My 10-Year-Old Son Asked Me About Sex
At a moment when he least expected it, his son asked him about sex. Instead of letting him learn from others, here’s what he did. — “Dad, the other day when you and mom were looking online to see if...
View ArticleBreaking Free from the Arctic Ice, Into the Prison of PTSD
Like the childhood monsters that lurked under our beds, Sprague Theobald found that PTSD, too, is terrified of the light. —- This is how it happened for me. Two summers ago my dear friend Julie and...
View Article3 Things Little Girls Need From Their Fathers
Joyce McFadden outlines ways fathers can be more communicative with their daughters about sexuality. — A recent post I wrote highlighting for mothers the role sexual development plays in their...
View ArticleWhat Can You Say Today That Someone Might Remember 35 Years From Now?
The words were simple: “I’m sorry to hear about your father.” But for a young girl, they had an impact that spanned decades. — I was sixteen years old and sitting at a bar. (Don’t ask, it was the 70’s...
View ArticleHow to get kids talking about their school day
— How to get kids talking about their school day Parental communication can buffer against low self-esteem and poor academic achievement. (Shutterstock) Jessica Cooke, University of Calgary and Sheri...
View ArticleHow Can Doctors Find Better Ways to Talk – and Listen – to Patients Close to...
— By Michael Erard One afternoon in the summer of 2018, Bob Gramling dropped by the small suite that serves as his lab in the basement of the University of Vermont’s medical school. There, in a grey...
View ArticleThe Words We Speak
Provoke Their Prowess The other day browsing in the bookstore, I overheard a young girl showing her father a toy she wanted. Instead of acknowledging her request he said, “You really mumble when you...
View ArticleDispatches from the Western Front: Men at Work
Showing Up As much as someone like me might think I don’t need guy time, I’m finding it absolutely essential for survival these days. I can also sense the same from my virtual brothers. Signing off...
View ArticleConversations to Spark Connection and Chemistry
— How many dull, awkward, or uninspired conversations have you had? Likely you’ve had at least some. Do you feel at the mercy of them or can you turn them into passionate, inspiring connections? People...
View ArticleThe Role of Locker Room Talk in Systemic Racism
The overwhelming majority of conversation in the coaches locker room is positive, supportive, and fun. It hinges on strategy, planning, and getting the most out of young people. The coaches’ locker...
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