On Tue Aug 29, 7-9pm ET, I'm hosting an in-person #MensGroup in Salem, MA!

This is an offshoot of the online group I've posted about before. We have some info about what this will/could look like here (details are not set in stone):
https://wholeheartedmasculine.org/mens-groups/salem-ma/

If you're a man (trans men are men) or #masculinity-type person in the Greater Boston area, I'd love for you to join us. DM me or use the "contact" button on the website.

Please boost for reach and tell any friends who live nearby!

@zens you are so, so right, both in your list of traits that embody positive #masculinity and in the fact that men have a responsibility to promote and uplift that definition and help each other live into it. I am a co-facilitator of a #mensGroup where we try to do exactly that. I hope you'll point folks our way! https://wholeheartedmasculine.org/mens-groups/

@dyfrig I'm part of a #MensGroup that's trying to offer alternative visions of #masculinity for exactly these reasons. Granted, we are not trying to do "influencer" tactics or grow a community of millions (or, at this point, even more than a few dozen, though we do see Wholehearted Masculine as part of a larger movement to some degree). But I'd love to know how well you think our messaging speaks to the needs and anxieties of the "Marks" of the world?

https://wholeheartedmasculine.org/mens-groups/

#Men and masculine-identified folks, check out this project!

Wholehearted Masculine helps men* connect with the best and truest parts of themselves, and build a brotherhood where we can support each other in living into healthy, responsible, intersectional, wholehearted #masculinity

I've been one of several co-facilitators of this #mensGroup for a few years now. Having this community makes me a better dad, partner, friend, and all-around human 🔥❤️

https://wholeheartedmasculine.org/mens-groups/

* trans men are men

in my #mensGroup we usually talk in terms of five primary emotions, so it's the four "negative" (sadness, anger, fear, and shame) plus one "positive" (joy). so it's kind of like, why continue to go through life only feeling good about 20% of your emotional experiences?

if you reframe it so they are all normal and good, then you get to start asking interesting questions like "what is this anger trying to tell me" or "why am I feeling shame about this"

and that's where the magic happens

but it stuck with me, this mysterious sadness, for days. just beneath the surface, like it was asking to be cracked open. so on Tuesday night I brought it to my #mensgroup.

they gave me some space to talk about where this feeling came from, why I was curious about it. and then they just... got curious with me. asked questions. listened. reflected back. and then all of a sudden I *was* cracking open my surface and letting that sadness have its say

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