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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...
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...
Letting Go: Finding Freedom in Sexual and Emotional Healing

Letting Go: Finding Freedom in Sexual and Emotional Healing

By Sholom— At Brothers Road, we’re all on a path of becoming—becoming more whole, more honest, more at peace. And one of the most courageous steps we take along that path is the decision to let go. Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It doesn’t mean pretending things...