IF YOU CAN’T CONTROL WHAT’S INSIDE, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANY SHOT OF CONTROLLING ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF. There’s a story men tell themselves. Maybe at 2 a.m., staring at the ceiling, with their jaws tight, and mind running laps. The story is some version of this: if I could just get the right job, […]
Sometimes I want to watch basketball, eat some crappy food, then binge a Netflix show, and not be emotionally available to anyone. Not my wife. Not my business partner. Not my family. Not my community. Just me, my couch, TV, and a bag of chips or cookies that I absolutely do not need. And there’s […]
You Went to One Retreat. What Did You Expect. Are men’s retreats worth it? Depends entirely on what you do when you get home. A few weeks ago I drove to meet a guy for lunch. He lives in another state, but he’s in California for the week. He reached out. He came on […]
A few years ago, I started making sourdough bread. I still make it every few weeks. It’s really good. Really good. Honestly. People come over, eat it, make the noises people make when bread is really good, and say things like, “Oh my god.” “Are you kidding me?” “You made this?” And somewhere in those […]