Apr 12th, 2011
The Science of Emotional Suppression
I came across a sweet article recently about emotional suppression and its consequences by Emily Butler, Boris Egloff and colleagues. If you’ve read any of my writing here, you know I advocate for emotional expression as a healthy way to relate and the essential authentic act. The authors of this paper found some interesting results [...]
Feb 9th, 2011
110 Hours of Meditation in 10 days: What I Learned
I recently got back from my first 10-day Vipassana course. Vipassana is a meditation technique that is supposed to be what Buddha (Gautama) used to reach his state of enlightenment… Me? I was intrigued as soon as someone called it ‘hardcore meditation’. I had several unconnected people tell me that it was like several years [...]
Nov 9th, 2010
How a Strong and Sensitive Man Relates to a Woman
A partner does not try to change, coerce, control, or manipulate. This is a tall order for most men. A typical response when a woman shares something with a man is a man tries to figure out what action “needs” to be taken {to change something about his partner: her situation, her emotional state, her [...]
Oct 25th, 2010
How to Be Grounded as a Sensitive Man – It’s OK to Not Be Happy!
I’d like for you to take a moment and think about what the expectations you’ve taken on for yourself. Think about all the “shoulds” and the “supposed tos”. What are you supposed to want? What are you supposed to feel? How should a man behave? What should your body look like? What are you supposed [...]
Oct 22nd, 2010
Emotional Expression as a Sensitive Man
You are Right! Just right, as you are, already. We need to hear that. Everyone needs to hear that, and as a sensitive man, you probably have missed out on hearing it. Worse, you might have been hearing that you’re great, just right or OK, but could never believe it because you knew you were [...]
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