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06/25/2025

🧠 HUMILITY HEALS. RESPONSIBILITY RESTORES. 👊

“I may have caused my pain. But that means I can also cause my healing.”

I had a powerful conversation today about humility —
Not as weakness.
Not as shame.
But as the first real step toward change.

See — I used to feel ashamed when I didn’t know something.
I didn’t want to ask for help.
I didn’t want to admit I was struggling.

Because that felt like failure.
Like weakness.
Like I was less of a man.

But I’ve come to realize…

👉 Humility is not weakness.
👉 It’s self-respect.
👉 It’s strength that knows how to ask for help.

Most of us — especially men — don’t know how we got into this pain.
Back pain. Mental fog. Emotional burnout.
It builds slowly, quietly… until one day we can’t ignore it.

And the truth?

💥 I caused it.

Not intentionally.
But through my habits, my thinking, my resistance, my pride.
I stopped moving how my body was designed.
I ignored how my thoughts shaped my emotions.
I thought if I just “toughed it out,” it would fix itself.

It didn’t.

But here’s the shift that changed my life:

If I caused this pain — I can be the one who heals it.

That’s not shame.
That’s power.

📌 It means I’m not a victim.
📌 It means I can take responsibility.
📌 It means I can get curious, not defensive.
📌 It means I can get humble enough to ask for help.

When I stopped pretending to have it all figured out, I finally started learning.
And learning gave me technique.
And technique gave me results.
And results gave me hope.

Men — your healing begins the moment you say:
“I don’t know how I got here. But I’m ready to learn how to get out.”

That’s humility.
That’s mental strength.
That’s the kind of man I’m becoming.

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06/16/2025

Fundamental to Men's Mental Health; Your thoughts create your reality. But they are not you.
There’s a difference between the mind that runs on autopilot—and the part of you that can direct it.

Most people never learn that difference.
The mind races. It reacts. It loops old stories.
And without awareness, we believe it all.

But through the practice of meditation, we learn something life-changing:
That we are not the thoughts—we are the one observing them.

🧘‍♂️ The first step is detachment.
Not to ignore our thoughts, but to step back and see them clearly.
To realize we don’t have to obey every worry, fear, or self-judgment that arises.

There’s deep value in understanding the content of our thoughts—
because this is where the work of spirituality begins.

It takes truthfulness and humility to say:
“I don’t like what I’m thinking.”
“I’ve been running on fear.”
“I’ve been harsh, resentful, ashamed.”

And when we confess these thoughts—whether through prayer, in community, or with someone who understands (a qualified therapist or sponsor)—we clear space.
We create room for healing.
We interrupt the cycle of suffering.

This is how we begin to direct the mind with clarity, rather than being dragged by it blindly.

Letting go is a process.
But awareness is the key.
And truth is the doorway.

Jordan Peterson rightly says "The TRUTH always leads to the best outcome."

It's time to be truthful. Our mental health ad men depends on it.

You are not your thoughts.
You are the one becoming free.

06/16/2025

POV: Men's Mental Health requires PURPOSE.

First we become aware of our thoughts.
Then we learn to understand them.
To confess them.
To detach from them.

And then—we learn to direct them.

Not just toward any distraction, but toward something grounded, real, and present.
This is where our attention begins to serve a higher purpose—
through work.

( I offer this as a way to understand your purpose)
In the story of Adam and Eve, after the fall, God says:

“By the sweat of your brow you shall eat your bread.”
“With hard labor you shall eat from it all the days of your life.” (Genesis 3:17-19)

Men were given the burden of labor.
But within that burden is also a path to liberation.

Because our work, when done with intention and humility—
can become a form of worship.

It can silence the chaos of a distracted mind.
It can anchor us in the present.
It can purify us—when we offer it up to something greater than ourselves.

This is not just about jobs or careers.
It’s about learning to direct the mind toward the task at hand—
with focus, with purpose, with reverence.

Work, when fueled by awareness and service, is no longer a curse.
It becomes a discipline, a sacrifice, and a gift.

If you’re seeking peace—
Start with your thoughts.
But don’t stop there.

Direct them into the work.
And dedicate that work to God.

That’s where healing lives.

Alcoholics Anonymous

06/16/2025

Men's Mental Health Awareness Month: Spiritual growth saved my life—because it gave me something deeper to live for.

Over the years, I’ve drawn strength from many sources:
✝️ The quiet depth of Christian faith
🧘‍♂️ The embodied stillness of yoga
🔄 The honesty and humility of 12-step recovery
📚 And the timeless truths in books like As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Each one opened a door to something I had forgotten:
That peace doesn’t come from fixing the outside world—
It comes from aligning with something higher on the inside.

Spiritual practice isn’t about being perfect.
It’s about being present.
It’s about making space for grace, for discipline, for forgiveness—
And for a new way of seeing yourself.

These tools helped me:
🔹 Quiet my mind
🔹 Hear my intuition
🔹 Rebuild self-trust
🔹 Release guilt and shame
🔹 And remember that I’m never walking alone

If you’ve been searching for meaning, or feel disconnected from yourself or your purpose—
Know that the path is already within you.

All you have to do is start walking.

06/16/2025

Essential to Men's Mental Health; Your thoughts are not just passing clouds. They’re the architects of your reality. Are you aware of your thoughts.

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
James Allen wrote that over a century ago—and it still rings with timeless truth.

But the yogis knew it long before.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras begin with this foundational teaching:
“Yogas chitta vritti nirodhah” — Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.

Translation?
👉 Awareness of thought is not optional—it’s essential.
Because what you think repeatedly, you become.
And if your mind is left unchecked, it can become the biggest barrier to your peace, your healing, your purpose.

Mental health begins when we start observing, not just obeying, the thoughts we’ve been conditioned to believe.

That voice that says you’re not enough?
That anxiety loop replaying worst-case scenarios?
That story you tell yourself about failure or regret?

You’re not those thoughts.
You’re the one watching them.

When you begin to notice your thinking, you open the door to change it.
And when you change your thoughts, you change your emotions, your decisions, your life.

🧠 Awareness is power.
🧘‍♂️ Stillness is freedom.
🗝️ Practice is the key.

This is the heart of yoga.
This is the heart of healing.

06/06/2025

REAL TALK: Therapy shifted my life.

Not overnight.
Not with magic words.
But with time, truth, and the courage to look inward.

There’s this myth—especially among men—that therapy is only for when you’re broken.
The truth? Therapy is for the brave.

It’s for the man who’s tired of repeating the same patterns.
For the man who wonders why he’s angry, why he shuts down, why he feels numb even when life looks “good.”

Therapy helped me impoverish the illusions I was living in—and enrich my understanding of who I really am.
It stripped away the false identities I clung to and helped me rebuild from a place of truth.

Because you can’t heal what you won’t face.
And you can’t grow if you’re stuck in survival mode.

Here’s what therapy gave me:
• Tools to understand my triggers instead of explode from them
• Language to name my emotions instead of bury them
• Awareness of patterns I inherited but didn’t have to keep
• The strength to forgive—and the power to change

Therapy didn’t just help me feel better.
It helped me see better.
See myself. My past. My choices. My potential.

Men—this is not weakness.
This is warrior work.
And you don’t have to do it alone.

If you’re struggling, reach out.
If you’re numb, ask yourself why.
If you’ve been “fine” for too long, maybe it’s time to stop surviving and start living.

Ask for help.
It’s not the end. It’s the beginning.

06/06/2025

MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.

I’ve struggled with mental health.

I’ve been in the dark places—where isolation feels safer than connection, and silence feels easier than vulnerability.

But I chose the harder path:
Therapy.
AA.
Yoga.
Tony Robbins events.
And most importantly—I chose to expand my circle.

Because growing your circle outside of isolation is courageous work.
It takes strength to say, “I’m not okay.”
And even more to ask someone else, *“Are you?”

Men—we need each other.
We’re not meant to do this alone.
So I’ll ask the hard question:

👉 Have you asked the man next to you how he’s really doing?

Not the “I’m fine” version.
The real one.

You don’t need to fix him. Just see him.

One honest conversation can change a life. Maybe save it.

If you’re reading this and feel alone—reach out.
There’s no shame in healing. Only power.

06/06/2025

Recovery gave me more than sobriety. It gave me connection. (Check the link below for additional resources)

When I first started my journey through addiction recovery, I thought I was chasing freedom from a substance.
What I didn’t realize was—I was also starving for connection.
Not just to others…
To myself.
To truth.
To something greater.

Addiction isolates. It convinces you you’re alone in your struggle, that no one would understand, that shame is safer than honesty.
But recovery—real recovery—destroys that illusion.

Through therapy, AA, yoga, and personal growth work, I found a circle of people who saw me without judgment.
People who didn’t flinch at my darkest moments, because they had their own.
And that’s when the healing began—not when I got clean, but when I got honest.

💥 I learned that connection is the opposite of addiction.
💥 I learned that community doesn’t fix you—it walks beside you.
💥 I learned that vulnerability is the real flex.

When we share our stories in safe places, we don’t just unburden ourselves—we give permission for others to do the same.

Recovery is not just about staying sober.
It’s about rebuilding your relationship to life.
It’s about remembering your worth, re-learning trust, and rejoining the human race—not as someone who’s “damaged,” but as someone who’s waking up.

To anyone still out there thinking they’re too far gone, too messed up, too ashamed—
You’re not.

You’re one honest conversation away from a new chapter.
You’re one brave step away from a circle that gets it.

If you’re in recovery—keep going.
If you’re curious about it—reach out.
If you’re struggling silently—you don’t have to.

We rise together.

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