We often get trapped in the Prey–Threat–Escape drama triangle without even realizing it, repeating the same emotional patterns that drain connection and clarity. It happens with work, family, and our inner life. This article reveals how the Guardian Presence shift offers a grounded alternative—helping you move from reactivity to relational strength and intention.

We’re often told to finish what we start—but perhaps this is the time to finish what has already finished. This reflection offers a practical approach to sacred endings: creating space, naming what matters, and engaging gratitude so that whatever comes next can step forward on solid ground.

When chaos, grief, or fear take hold, our first and only step back to life is simple: the next breath. Two recent moments of shared breathing point out a bridge to survival and sacred presence.

When we resist filling moments of unease with activity, the nonaction of pausing shapes us. Inner Resistance offers the unique vacuum to see anxiety, boredom, sadness as a helpful messenger.

The following is a modern parable of the gap men will inevitably confront - a warning to some and invitation to others.

This article considers the lengthening life expectancy of men compared to 100 years ago, the implications for those in the middle years, and how Coaching the Crossroads will engage these existential questions in 2025.

This article introduces the idea of a Hard-Time Check-In by offering tips for the everyday man who learns a friend or co-worker is in a difficult life situation. Most often men avoid and say nothing for fear of saying or doing the wrong thing. There are practical ways to help your friends know you give a sh*t.

Hard conversations are part of intimate and important relationships. The twin principles of honor and honesty can offer guidance in these conversations. This article gives three examples considering a hard conversation in the way we set-up and climb a ladder.

This article is a step-by-step guide to help men write a personal story for the Men’s Story Group, Men’s Story Group or the Ordinary Men and the Moments That Made Them podcast. Included is the personal example and process Mike used to prepare for the upcoming Men’s Story Night!

Men struggle to change reactive and instinctive responses when facing stress in intimate relationships. Often these reactions are self-preserving, hurtful and counter-productive. Police officers have learned how to re-train reactions in high-stressed situations and their advice can help men react in more purposeful ways.