Man Tuesday

01/04/2025

Only 2 places left on this Hero's Journey workshop, 12-13 April in Springhead (near Oldham). Just £50pp.

To explore what is holding you back from wholeness, please contact Paul ASAP:
info@pathlight.org.uk
07971143571

10/03/2025

I’m excited to announce this group therapeutic workshop, which I’ll be facilitating in Saddleworth in April.

In this transpersonal weekend workshop, we will use the lens of mythology to come into relationship with our unconscious ‘personal myth’ – the limiting stories we tell ourselves that hold us back.

We will then connect to the numinous, archetypal wisdom, themes and energy of the Hero’s Journey myths. Through creative work including visualisation, meditation, artwork and writing, we may transform our relationship with those fear-based barriers and invite more spiritual wholeness, inspiration, liberation and belief.

If you would like to work creatively with mythology to explore what more life may hold for you, please get in touch ASAP*

info@pathlight.org.uk
Paul Wolstenholme - 07971143571

* Open to adults who are in therapy and/or have a strong spiritual practice.

19/11/2024

Today is International Men’s Day. An opportunity to appreciate and celebrate the men in our lives and the contribution they make to society. This year's theme is positive role models.

🧠Men’s mental health can be overlooked for many different reasons. Some men feel pressure to appear strong and self-sufficient, which can lead to difficulty asking for help.

Many feel that there is a stigma around mental health, reporting feeling ashamed or weak for experiencing poor mental health. While others speak of a fear of judgement or being seen as a failure when seeking help.

💚We believe we can all be positive role models in and out of the workplace and make mental health an everyday conversation.

For more on creating inclusive and safe workplaces: https://brnw.ch/workplace

📢 If you need support today please visit www.hubofhope.co.uk, Text 'Shout' to 85258, or if you or someone you know is in immediate danger call 999.

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17/02/2023

Recommended podcast episode.

our own masculinity, our own masculine core, in a healthy way? How as men do we welcome the parts of ourselves we dislike the most? Where can we find the validation and recognition we seek? These are the questions that Connor Beaton addresses in his new book, Men’s Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom.

In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Connor about his life and work, discussing why the work of men begins with pain; the consequences of the belief that strength equals suppression; “fathering yourself” and carrying your pain more effectively; welcoming and healing a hurtful inner dialogue; breaking the erroneous rule that blocks real intimacy; transforming the spirit of competition into a positive force for mutual support; the conundrum of male vulnerability; the skill of opening up; leadership, self-respect, and how we conduct ourselves in hard times; emotional sovereignty; self-regulation and the practice of moving from rationalizing into sensation; infidelity and p**n; building your own system of self-validation and recognition; and more.

What does it look like to connect to our own masculinity, our own masculine core, in a healthy way? How as men do we welcome the parts of ourselves we dislike the most? Where can we find the validation and recognition we seek? These are the questions that Connor Beaton addresses in his new book, [.....

05/02/2023

Man Tuesday is still running.
We meet on Zoom.

24/07/2022

I found this article on male friendship interesting. Many blokes, it seems, do banter and ‘side by side’ activities like football rather than having emotionally intimate conversations…

How lack of intimacy – and effort – can undermine male friendships

23/12/2021

Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic continues to bring challenges to our personal and social health, there is a hidden epidemic that is a harmful to men’s health as heart disease: LONELINESS

Male loneliness is a taboo subject but one that we need to address urgently. In this blog, I explore the individual and social factors beneath loneliness, and I share my personal journey out of chronic loneliness.

Male loneliness: the hidden epidemic that is as harmful as heart disease...and my personal journey out of chronic loneliness.

10/12/2021

Men’s loneliness: an epidemic that is as harmful as heart disease…

Do we actually need "Man Parks" to spark socialization?

08/10/2021

Recommended podcast talking about the psychology of men...including why men generally are reluctant to talk about our feelings:

‎Show Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke, Ep James Hollis on the psychology of men | Living Mirrors #68 - 29 Sept 2021

20/06/2021

Depressed
Anxious
Suicidal
Panic attack
Self harming
Eating disorder...

- Do you know how to spot the signs of mental ill health?
- Would you know how to support someone experiencing a mental health issue?

Gain these skills and much more - become a Mental Health First Aider
Online evening course this July...

Register your interest here:
https://bit.ly/3cRqfVG

13/05/2021

Important messages around (men’s) mental health in this short video.

In this episode of Modern Masculinity, journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Chris, who after being diagnosed with schizophrenia spent a long time in the mental h...