Today we remember. Today we grieve. And today, twenty-five years later, we still have a choice about what we do with it. I learned that phrase, transform tragedy into triumph, from Viktor Frankl. He didn’t say it as a slogan. He earned it in the camps, watching man do the

The last of three blogs about a man who showed up early, saw everything, and made his own case to the very end. Wally is gone. If you’ve been reading my last few blogs on Wally, you know why. It isn’t because he dropped dead of a heart attack, got

He Thanked His Dementia. What’s Your Excuse? I have never gone back to the same man twice. Every guy who shows up in my writing gets one post, one moment, one mirror, and then I move on. Wally broke that. Last time I wrote about him, it was his choice

Wally is a man enduring dementia, a man who is, at the moment, of sound mind and clear in his choice. That choice is that he wants to die by suicide before he can no longer choose for himself. ..

What Men’s Peer Groups reveal about intimacy, and why real brotherhood takes structure, not time. I was leading an MPGX session with my partner, Dr. Daniel Franz. Five men online, none of whom knew each other from Adam. Virtual, the way we run it, so everyone is a face in

https://youtu.be/mH9B0BO3oxI How goodness became a weapon and why your moral certainty is killing you You know this man. You might be this man. He recycles with a ferocity that makes family dinners feel like depositions. He quotes scripture at you before you’ve had your first cup of coffee. He lectures

https://menspeergroups.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Its-Here-2.mp4 Maybe you’re the guy who sees the gray creeping in at the temples. The wrinkles deepening around the eyes. The gut that wasn’t there five years ago, settling in like it owns the place. You stand at the sink, towel around your waist, and something in the reflection doesn’t

https://menspeergroups.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_1300.mp4 The Nice Guy Is Killing Your Marriage, Your Friendships, and Your Integrity There is a man at the funeral. The rabbi or minister steps to the podium and says the words that are supposed to be a compliment: “Nobody ever spoke a harsh word about him.” The congregation nods. His widow

https://youtu.be/GKy3ezRJMzc The Epstein files are where the conversation begins lately. Men sit across from me angry, disgusted, shaken. They talk about corruption, cover-ups, elite rot, and from there it expands to ICE, immigration, the economy, climate collapse, and institutional failure. They feel betrayed. They feel despair. They feel as if