How Empowerment Leads to Engagement

by Alain Hunkins, originally published on Pioneer Leadership If it were you, which would you most prefer? No choice Someone else’s choice for me My choice The answer is obvious:  In general, we prefer to make our own choices. There’s a freedom that comes from making...

The Armor That Sinks Men

Guest post by Snake Bloomstrand I accidentally discovered armor when my Father died. I’d been unaware until a confrontation with a neighbor revealed how guarded I’d become. She’d learned of my Father’s death and asked, “How are you?” “Fine,” I replied. “Fine?” She...

Lessons I Learned from Nightfall

by Keith R. Jarvis When I first learned about the solar eclipse of August 2017, I immediately thought of Asimov's short story Nightfall, and the later novelization with Robert Silverberg. Of course the total eclipse that arrives on Monday won't affect us in the same...

Arm Your Children

by Snake Bloomstrand We are raising a generation of armored children. “Don’t talk to strangers,” we warn and for good reason. The polar bears are dying! - Black lives matter - Leaders are not to be trusted – and lets not neglect the daily wave of tragedy washing...

To Be A Man – an interview with Robert Augustus Masters

by Boysen Hodgson Bill Kauth, the co-creator of the New Warrior Training Adventure and co-founder of the ManKind Project sent me Robert Augustus Master's book "To Be a Man" early in 2015, signed with an inscription: "For Boysen: If, after 30 years, I was to write a...

Out of Our Heads – a film about Men's Work

by Boysen Hodgson It is not easy or comfortable to overcome cultural stereotypes of masculinity. "Out of Our Heads" is a film about 'Men's Work' similar to that offered by the ManKind Project. Men's work is about reclaiming the disowned emotion, connection, spirit,...

Prodigal Father, Wayward Son – a Book by Sam & Gifford Keen

by Boysen Hodgson I read "Fire in the Belly" in my early 20's. It was a powerful addition to my list of favorite personal development books, along with "The Book; on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are,""Way of the Peaceful Warrior," "The Road Less Travelled," and...

40 Powerful Purpose Quotes from Across the Ages

by Brandon Peele Since the beginning of history, humans have had a deep relationship to their life’s purpose, and sought to gift future generations with this message, weaving purpose into art, philosophy, literature and religions.  Our ancestors who heeded the call of...

From Dad's Toolbox

from the Lair of the Wildman There's a wrong I'd like to right. The man I wronged is dead, so I am asking you to hear my truth in this regard. If it resonates, so be it, or, share your truth. I was 48 when I first heard of a Warrior Weekend and the idea that there...

The first stone

from the Lair of the Wild Man When my eyes opened this morning, my head had been working for some time already. I woke with a late-night conversation poking at my sensibilities and weighing on my heart. A man I have known only briefly through social media has begun to...