Mentors, Guardians and Friendship.
My uncle passed away six years ago and is still sorely missed by me (he was also my friend, mentor and guardian). He once said to me about friendship (and he repeated this often to me over time),...
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Sam, Your description of how your uncle related to you encapsulates the essence of what relationships are about in my view. Your mention of ‘being a difficult man at times… and wasn’t easy to live...
View ArticleWhy men need men's groups
I attended my first men’s group in Sydney back in 1984. That experience proved such a life-changing event that I have been involved in men’s work ever since. I have found, and continue to experience,...
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Hi Leonard! I am a passionate advocate for Men’s Groups, and personally support men around the world to create and sustain Men’s Groups. Check out http://www.mensgroup.info and let me know your...
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Thanks Leonard and Brett, I, too, was facilitating mixed groups in the early 80s (mostly women attended) when men asked me to do men’s groups. They knew there were ‘men’s groups’ at the pub, golf...
View ArticleAn invitation to contribute
A warm welcome to all of you who’ve registered on the ‘What Makes a Man a Man’ website. We have no doubt that you have a great deal of life experience from which to begin a conversation and we’d like...
View ArticleSo many ideas
Thank you for the emails that offered ideas and sometimes quite specific plans for using the interviews. Others might also be interested in these, so please detail your ideas here…..you never know who...
View ArticleBroken Men
I’ve been watching the What Makes a Man DVD all day. They are all very good but I particularly like the Brendan Fletcher segment. Something that really struck a chord with me was the term ‘broken...
View ArticleThe help of others
“The help of others”….their support, understanding, a shoulder to lean on and the ability to just listen without judgement, is and has always been instrumental to my wellbeing and psychological state....
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