The Masculine Heart

Michael Sam was given the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2014 ESPYs on Wednesday night. His acceptance speech was incredibly powerful. ...

Here is another cool collection of links from Bookforum 's Omnivore blog - this one centered on all things gender-related. I highly rec...

Over at the Good Men Project , Chris Kyle shared an excellent post on masculinity and vulnerability - two great things that go great togethe...

It's an act of bravery for a soldier to thank his therapist when accepting a Congressional Medal of Honor, but in an era where more men ...

On July 4th,  Dr. Brené Brown  spoke at The RSA about her research into vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. The original talk o...

Phil Stutz and Barry Michels are "Hollywood psychologists," with a new book out, The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Crea...

It's rare that a cyclist makes the news in this country for anything other than a spectacular win. American pro and future cycling st...

I'm glad Robbie Rogers felt safe enough to come out and live his own life, but I am saddened that he felt the need to walk away from ...

This is a kind of follow-up to yesterday's post from Graham Phoenix  on vulnerability and shame. In this short (a minute or so) video...

I haven't seen this show, but after reading this column I am inclined to see if it is on Netflix or some other streaming service (we are...

Somehow I have not been a fan of this Ze Frank 's work. Possibly it's the ever-present smirk just below the surface when he speaks t...

I don't really have heroes, but if I did, Henry Rollins would certainly be one of them. He's intelligent and self-educated, tale...

This story conveys the heart of sports - the compassion and the courage of fighting challenges and honoring that fight, even when the person...

When my friend Mark sent this video my way, I didn't watch it first. For whatever reason I did not make the seven minutes needed to sit ...

 This is a cool TEDx Talk on letting go of the self-imposed limitations that keep us from pushing ourselves deeper into the experiences t...

Yesterday I posted a moving video of a young man talking about the pain and suffering he has endured and inflicted on himself (cutting)...

For those who have never encountered parkour - free running - it has become one of the fastest growing training and fitness models in re...