Men mentoring other men (Agi O’Hara)
The significant benefits of mentoring have been widely recognized in many contexts, both professional and personal. It would be comforting to know that all young men have had the opportunity to benefit...
View ArticleConcerns regarding men’s mental health (Agi O’Hara)
Community concerns regarding men’s mental health are well founded. Male suicide is very high. In 2010, 1,816 males (16.4 per 100,000) died through suicide. (1)Men who do not identify as heterosexual...
View ArticleLearning from the interviews (Matthew Canny)
I have had the opportunity to use the DVD material in my work as a Health Promotion Officer at Junee Correctional Centre for the last six months now. I believed in the vision of ‘What Makes a Man a...
View ArticleMy take on mentoring (Simon Mundy)
While the role models in my day (say 1957 – 1964, 9 to 15) were simplistic, a bit violent and quite idealised, they at least provided an age-appropriate foundation to a pre-teen/early teenager for an...
View ArticleBroken arrows–wounds of the heart (Leonard Szymczak)
As a boy, I once watched a Western where Apaches were fighting the Cavalry. One supposedly courageous lieutenant walked into the open plain with his two guns blazing away. Arrow after arrow struck his...
View ArticleSeparated fathers (Andrew King)
While many fathers may find it difficult to express their feelings in words, the primary motivator in their lives is relationships, especially the relationship with their child/ren. From the child’s...
View Article9 important things fathers can do….(Andrew King)
From boyhood, competitiveness is nurtured as young men are taught not to ‘be walked over by other people’. This process continues as the child grows into manhood with entrenched values of independence...
View ArticleVulnerability: The Counterintuitive Antidote to Anger (Shayne Hughes – Huffpost)
Vulnerability: The Counterintuitive Antidote to Anger written by Shayne Hughes CEO, Lead Culture Change Partner at Learning as Leadership. (Source: Huffpost – posted on 05/27/2013) For an excellent...
View ArticleWhat a Father Taught Me (Ralph Kinney Bennett – The American – AEI)
What a Father Taught Me written by Ralph Kinney Bennett (Source: The American – AEI- The Online Magazine of the American Enterprise Institute. Sunday 16 June 2013) “Fatherhood remains a mystery to me...
View ArticleThe Mask You Live In (Elizabeth Plank in Media & Tech)
Check out a new documentary ‘The Mask You Live In’ that explores ‘toxic masculinity’. Men and boys were interviewed in USA, by director Jennifer Siebel Newsom and her findings will be familiar to many...
View ArticleMy take on mentoring (Simon Mundy)
While the role models in my day (say 1957 – 1964, 9 to 15) were simplistic, a bit violent and quite idealised, they at least provided an age-appropriate foundation to a pre-teen/early teenager for an...
View ArticleBroken arrows–wounds of the heart (Leonard Szymczak)
As a boy, I once watched a Western where Apaches were fighting the Cavalry. One supposedly courageous lieutenant walked into the open plain with his two guns blazing away. Arrow after arrow struck his...
View ArticleSeparated fathers (Andrew King)
While many fathers may find it difficult to express their feelings in words, the primary motivator in their lives is relationships, especially the relationship with their child/ren. From the child’s...
View Article9 important things fathers can do….(Andrew King)
From boyhood, competitiveness is nurtured as young men are taught not to ‘be walked over by other people’. This process continues as the child grows into manhood with entrenched values of independence...
View ArticleVulnerability: The Counterintuitive Antidote to Anger (Shayne Hughes – Huffpost)
Vulnerability: The Counterintuitive Antidote to Anger written by Shayne Hughes CEO, Lead Culture Change Partner at Learning as Leadership. (Source: Huffpost – posted on 05/27/2013) For an excellent...
View ArticleWhat a Father Taught Me (Ralph Kinney Bennett – The American – AEI)
What a Father Taught Me written by Ralph Kinney Bennett (Source: The American – AEI- The Online Magazine of the American Enterprise Institute. Sunday 16 June 2013) “Fatherhood remains a mystery to me...
View ArticleThe Mask You Live In (Elizabeth Plank in Media & Tech)
Check out a new documentary ‘The Mask You Live In’ that explores ‘toxic masculinity’. Men and boys were interviewed in USA, by director Jennifer Siebel Newsom and her findings will be familiar to many...
View ArticleUsing the DVD with inmates – Matthew Canny (Health Promotion Officer Junee...
I have had the opportunity to use the DVD material in my work as a Health Promotion Officer at Junee Correctional Centre for the last six months now. I believed in the vision of What Makes a Man a Man...
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