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Here you’ll find an ever-expanding collection of articles focused on mental health, self-worth, masculinity, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and why we struggle. These articles aren't about giving you easy answers or quick fixes. They're about looking at familiar struggles differently, questioning what we've come to believe about ourselves, and making better sense of what we're going through.
You can read them chronologically below or brose by topic:
In The Arms of This Low: Glen Hansard & Grieving People You’ve Never Met
That’s part of what makes losing artists like Hansard feel so personal. We’re not just losing someone whose work we loved - we’re losing someone who showed us something about the kind of person we want to be.
A New Kind of Grief: Job Loss and Mental Health
What we’re going through is heartbreaking, shocking, overwhelming, and traumatic. I wish I could tell you there was some sort of quick fix to help you feel better, but having lived through job loss and been surrounded by others going through it as well, it’s clear that this is a uniquely complex and painful experience… If nothing else, I hope this helps you to name your feelings a bit more clearly.
Everything I Feel Returns to You Somehow: Sufjan Stevens on Grief
So much of grief work is about helping clients deconstruct unhelpful cultural ideas about how we are supposed to grieve. The idea that grief is a process you eventually get through and overcome after x number of predictable, linear steps does little but add shame to the pain grievers are already feeling.