The first time I called my Dad to invite him out for dinner, my Mom answered the phone. I said, “Hi Mom, let me talk to Dad.” My Mom said, “What’s wrong?” I said, “Nothing’s wrong, let me talk to Dad.” “Something must be wrong. Tell me.” “Nothing’s wrong,” I said. “Put Dad on.” My…
“Our fathers couldn’t communicate their desires.” Robert Bly Why is it that the great majority of men view their work as a necessary evil? Ask men how they really feel about their jobs. You may hear something like this: “I don’t know,” “I never thought about it,” “What’s the difference, who out there really likes what…
My name, Yisrael, is of great importance to me. Yisrael means ‘He Who Struggles with God.’ The most important prayer in Judaism is the Shema. Shema, Yisrael… Listen, Israel. What that means, a Rabbi once explained to me, is… ‘Shush, Israel, quiet the chatter in your head. Stop the part of you that questions whether…
Anger is the emotion most familiar to men. “Anger is the one strong emotion men typically express,” said Richard Meth and Robert S. Pasick in their book, Men In Therapy. It is right at the surface of the skin, not very threatening, and it validates the masculine image. Anger is readily modeled for boys in…
