It's a name I've been hearing a lot about over the last year or so, and I'm somehow just getting to her Ted Talk. Part of me resists things in pop culture that seem too obvious and popular - the individualist in me, I suppose....
As 2014 arrives more fully and the calendar changes, so to does my work with Vital Collective. I look forward to many exciting offerings this year, including a rich and edgy mixed-gender group centered around feedback, relationship building, and compassionate communication skills. Right this moment, however,...
If your experience of the male world is anything like mine has been, you might agree that many of us have polarized ourselves into two distinct categories: Tough Guys, and Nice Guys. Tough Guys tend to dominate others with force, fake confidence, size, and status....
Empowered Man Group 2.0 Beginning, August 13th, Ted and I are re-booting our men's work with a shift in format that feels more true to our vision of this work. We are inviting men who are interested in longer term, deeply transformative interpersonal work. Our original...
In the interest of working with more and different types of Portlanders, I've started two donation-based groups. Portland Men's Group: meeting roughly once monthly, Ted Reavey and I co-facilitate a 90-minute open version of our Empowered Man Group. Unlike our closed, 8-session EMG's , however, this...
I've been warned at least once a year since I started this work. "Men are the toughest clients to get through the door!" they told me. "Good luck with that," others snickered. Yeah, they warned me. Even fellow practitioners of men's work, whom I respect...
It only took the first day of high school baseball tryouts for me to face my first major challenge in emerging manhood. I was a promising freshman pitcher, hoping to perform well on the junior varsity, playing the game I’d loved so dearly ever since...
It's been an enriching summer so far over here at the VC. I've been enjoying connecting and reconnecting with clients-new and 0ld-each one a blessing. What's news is the Empowered Man Course, coming this fall to Portland, Oregon. This is an 8-session experiential created by myself...
On the night of the Summer Solstice, my own men’s group met to extinguish our limitations, celebrate our strengths, and ignite our days forthcoming. It was a picturesque 80-degree early summer Portland evening with whimsical clouds and lively flames reflecting our inner magic. The four of...