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How to Call Out the Lies in Your Head: Shame, Self-Talk, and Truth

How to Call Out the Lies in Your Head: Shame, Self-Talk, and Truth

Guest blog by Sholom— This won’t be the most eloquent thing I’ve shared but I think it’s still very much worth sharing. Old stories— we all have them. The ones that play like background noise in our minds, especially when we’re tired, stretched thin, or trying...
Redefining Strength: Vulnerability, Masculinity, and Emotional Healing

Redefining Strength: Vulnerability, Masculinity, and Emotional Healing

Guest blog by Sholom— What is strength? I once saw a meme that said something like, “the strongest people find the courage and the caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.” And sure, there’s truth to that — for some men. But I’ve...
Healing Takes Time: Why Going Slow Is Not a Failure

Healing Takes Time: Why Going Slow Is Not a Failure

Guest blog by Sholom— For those of us walking a path of healing, it’s easy to get caught in a loop of urgency. We want to feel better now. We want to move forward, shed old patterns, find peace, love well, and live free. Urgency can feel like a push toward survival,...
Not Everyone Likes Vanilla: Authenticity and Self-Acceptance First

Not Everyone Likes Vanilla: Authenticity and Self-Acceptance First

Guest blog by Sholom— There’s a not so fine line between being real or open and full exposure or brutal honesty. I’ve had countless conversations with others about how they have a desire to be completely open and honest with everyone about who they are. To...
Authenticity Over Fake Smiles: Why Realness Matters More Than Image

Authenticity Over Fake Smiles: Why Realness Matters More Than Image

Guest blog by Sholom— Emotional Facades There’s a disconnect in the world we live in today from who we really are. I wear this mask for this friend and change for the next. We turn on this persona for work and then change who we are completely for play (if we...
Psychological Projections: How What I See in Others Is Really About Me

Psychological Projections: How What I See in Others Is Really About Me

Guest blog by Sholom— For years I feared I wasn’t enough.  Not good enough.  Not man enough.  Not smart enough.  Not handsome enough.  It continued as I grew older.  Into my teens. Into my marriage. It continued when I became a father. In workshops and peer led...
Same-Sex Attraction: My Burden, My Gift.

Same-Sex Attraction: My Burden, My Gift.

Guest blog by Sholom—There are stories I carry that not only haunt my nightmares, they pepper my days with a brokenness and hurt I like to convince myself no one else will ever understand. But I don’t recognize them as stories. I carry them like a well worn...
How a Timed Lockbox Can Help You Manage Sexual Temptations

How a Timed Lockbox Can Help You Manage Sexual Temptations

From Rich Wyler, Director, Brothers Road— In a world where sexual content is always one swipe away, self-control alone often isn’t enough. For many men, especially those committed to living with integrity, the struggle isn’t a lack of desire—it’s the constant...
Why No More Nice Guy Speaks So Powerfully to Same-Sex-Attracted Men

Why No More Nice Guy Speaks So Powerfully to Same-Sex-Attracted Men

From Rich Wyler, Director, Brothers Road — In my opinion, the subtitle of the classic book No More Mr. Nice Guy could almost be:“Lessons (Nearly) Every Man with Same-Sex Attraction Needs to Learn.” In fact, there’s a line from one of Brothers Road’s experiential...