June 28, 2026
When your work was your identity: navigating a career change
When what you do is tangled up with who you are, a career change unsettles more than your income. Here's how men find steadier ground.
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Notes on the quieter stuff
Short, honest pieces on stress, burnout, and what it's like to start talking.
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June 28, 2026
Becoming a father: the identity shift no one warns you about
Everyone prepares you for the logistics. No one prepares you for who you become. The identity shift of new fatherhood is bigger, and quieter, than anyone says.
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June 28, 2026
"Is this it?" Making sense of the midlife question (for men)
Nothing is obviously wrong, and still a quiet voice keeps asking: is this it? That question deserves a better answer than push it down and keep going.
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June 27, 2026
Burnout isn't just being tired: why that matters
Tired, you recover from with a good weekend. Burnout, you don't. It's the deeper kind of empty.
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June 27, 2026
The mind that won't switch off: anxiety in men
Anxiety doesn't always look like fear. For a lot of men it looks like a mind that won't switch off.
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June 27, 2026
Men and loneliness: why it's so hard to say out loud
A lot of men can list the people in their lives and still feel completely alone. Here's why it's so hard to name.
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June 27, 2026
Men and depression: why it often doesn't look like sadness
For a lot of men, depression doesn't show up as sadness, it shows up as a short fuse, withdrawal, or a flatness that's hard to name.
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June 26, 2026
Why am I so angry all the time? Understanding anger in men
If the anger has started to feel bigger than the things setting it off, the question is worth asking, and worth answering gently.
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June 25, 2026
What your anger is actually trying to tell you
Anger is rarely the root of anything. It's a messenger, and usually a loyal one. Here's how to start listening to it.
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June 25, 2026
What actually happens in your first 15-minute consultation
If you've never done this before, the not-knowing is often the hardest part. Here's exactly what the first 15 minutes looks like.
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June 24, 2026
What actually happens in anger management therapy
Not a stuffy classroom, not a court-ordered checklist, not "count to ten." Here's what it actually tends to look like.
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June 24, 2026
Why men wait so long to ask for help, and what changes when they don't
Many of us are taught to handle things on our own. Here's a gentler way to think about reaching out.
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June 15, 2026
High-functioning and running on empty
You look like you've got it together. Underneath, you're depleted. That's more common than it seems.
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