by Dennis Greeuw | Apr 1, 2025 | Emotional strength, Healthy masculinity
“Don’t get too close / It’s dark inside / It’s where my demons hide.” – Imagine Dragons Why Anger Feels So Dangerous for Men A lot of men were never taught how to deal with anger—only how to hide it, fear it, or let it explode. Some of us shut down completely. Others...
by Dennis Greeuw | Mar 30, 2025 | Healthy masculinity
“Confidence is not a belief in success. It’s a comfort with failure.” – Mark Manson For most of my life, I didn’t feel confident—I just tried to look like I was.I smiled when I felt unsure. I agreed to things I didn’t want. I stayed quiet in rooms that made me feel...
by Dennis Greeuw | Mar 29, 2025 | Healthy masculinity
“Don’t let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people.” — Roy T. Bennett “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing,...
by Dennis Greeuw | Mar 27, 2025 | Healthy masculinity
“Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”― Haruki Murakami...
by Dennis Greeuw | Mar 23, 2025 | Healthy masculinity
Start where you are. You don’t have to be perfect—just present. What does it mean to be a man today? “I think it’s time to take a step back and ask, what does being a man actually mean to me?”— Terry Crews If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t quite fit the mold—too...
by Dennis Greeuw | Mar 22, 2025 | Healthy masculinity
The Myth of the “Strong, Silent” Man “Healthy masculinity isn’t about rejecting strength—it’s about redefining it to include vulnerability, empathy, and emotional honesty.”— Dr. Andrew ReinerGrowing up in the 1980s and 1990s, masculinity was everywhere on screen—big,...
