Everything You Have Been Taught About Masculinity Is Wrong
Masculinity isn’t a checklist—it’s the full human you’ve been told to hide. This calls out the mask, shows how the script got written, and invites men back to their whole selves.
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Welcome to 45
I came in this morning for the classic “welcome to 45” colonoscopy. I’m laying in the recovery room right now. Still a little wobbly. About an hour
Performative masculinity: the mask beneath every mask
A candid look at performative masculinity as the root mask men inherit, why beliefs like 'nobody likes a weak man' persist everywhere online, and what it looks like to set the performance down.
Thankful for the Quiet Ways Men Show Up
A Thanksgiving reflection on the quiet, often-unseen ways men show up with support, steadiness, and love.
A Mid-Movember Self-Care Check-In
A vulnerable mid-Movember note on small self-care corrections—therapy, sleep, meals, and slowing down.
Movember: Grow More Than a Mustache
My Uncle Rick used to pull up in his gray Mazda 626 — the one with stereo controls on the steering wheel, back when that felt futuristic. He always had something playing loud, something new I hadn’t heard yet. Crates of CDs in the trunk, a six-disc changer, the hum of the engine blending with whatev
The Masks We Wear
A Halloween reflection on the masks men wear long after the costumes come off — and what it costs to keep pretending.
The Myth of Performed Pride
When our sense of worth rests on the wrong foundations.
Why I Started Men Beyond Myths
For years I tried to live by someone else’s definition of manhood — strong, stoic, never asking for help. The truth is, it left me disconnected and ashamed. Men Beyond Myths is my attempt to rewrite that story, with honesty, growth, and a new vision of what it means to be a man today.