I like being macho. Amelia likes my macho when I direct the full force of my masculinity towards her, use it to create a safe space, plan for our future, work hard, or act protectively to create a container to process the inevitable pulls and triggers of living together in a cabin in the woods…. or co-creating a business together. Over 22 years ago, my life was transformed by participating in the The New Warrior Training Adventure, which is sponsored by the ManKind Project, n

Our current administration is inspiring a new surge of concern over the toxic and oppressive aspects of masculinity. See Frank Bruni’s very good article Donald Trump, Manly He-Man. There is also growing concern that a culture that doesn’t teach its children how to channel aggression into healthy assertion and only celebrates masculinity within a very narrow range — a range that doesn’t allow the expression of any feelings of fear or grief — is sending young men out to buy gu