“You’re being reborn,” the voice says. “Exiting the womb of your mother. Coming into the earth as a small baby. Everything is new.” It is a Saturday morning in mid-March, and right now I’m lying on a yoga mat in a lodge in Ohio, surrounded by fifty other men who’ve come to the Midwest for […]

My first son was born in Montana. We went on our first hike when he was 2 weeks old. I started in the neighborhood, strapping him to my chest in the early morning. It was a win-win: His mom got some uninterrupted sleep and Duke and I got our quiet, simple time together.

“Better out than in.” This phrase cracks me up. It’s a folk saying that seems to go way back, but you might’ve heard it from “Shrek.” I’m not totally sure what it means, but it’s good advice for us all in the realm of emotions. Especially for men.

I host a weekly virtual happy hour for men all around the country and the world. Remarkably, these men have already opted into an ethos of vulnerability, connection, and personal growth. The happy hour is simply a relaxed and fun time to tell stories and get to know each other, but the participants come in […]

One of the scariest moments in my life was a near-drowning in my early 20s. I was in the jungle in Ecuador, studying and learning about indigenous culture. A group of fellow students and I were down on the Napo river, a big, broad, brown stretch of water. We were with some local kids who […]

In a chalet in the Massachusetts countryside, tears run down Lucas Krump’s cheeks as he pours his heart out at one of a new kind of support group growing in popularity among American men. ‘There were moments this year when I wanted to give up,’ the 40-year-old told the circle of participants, all tired of […]