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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...
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...
Proud to be Me—Same-Sex Attractions and All

Proud to be Me—Same-Sex Attractions and All

Guest blog by Eric (ericthetherapy@gmail.com) —  I have been involved in what’s being described as “conversion therapy” (whatever that is). I have participated both in individual therapy and groups. I’ve spent years in rooms and circles of like-minded men who span the...