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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.
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Masked Men: Masculinity, Authenticity, and Shame
Idealized masculinity is an implicit script that has free reign to influence us as long as it stays under the radar. By naming it - and making the implicit explicit - we can begin to assess the impact it has on us and then decide if we want something different. We can ask what we have given up, whether it was worth it, and what we want instead.