by Dennis Greeuw | May 7, 2025 | Healthy masculinity
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”— Victor Hugo There’s a dominant version of masculinity that leaves no room for softness. It says men should be strong but never vulnerable, present but never emotional, protective...
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. We were taught to hide it, fear it, or let it explode. Some of us, like me, shut down...
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 tried hard to look like I was. I smiled when I felt unsure, and I agreed to things I didn’t want. A lot of us grew up thinking...
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...
