We have come to learn just how much men appreciate reading/listening to the stories of other men who have dealt with depression, anxiety, and the challenges that go along with these conditions.  I have reached out to the 140 men who attend our support groups and asked them if they would be willing to share […]

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One of the painful realities of living with depression and anxiety is that far too often we get lost in our own distorted reality. We frame up the events and people around us in a manner that leaves us believing we are the victims of a world that is out to get us or that […]

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For Christmas this year my oldest child Archer gave me a book. This wasn’t a book they had read nor was it a book that had been recommended to them. Rather, as Archer explained to me “It just seemed like a book that might speak to you.” So, it was with great anticipation that I […]

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I can’t hear the message as clearly as I used to that bounced around my head so profoundly for years telling me to take my life. The constant and overwhelming belief that all the people in my life would be better off if I just followed through with taking my life no longer haunts me. […]

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Boy it’s been a long time since I sat down to write one of these blogs, but it feels good to try to get back on track with them again. I am sure many of you are familiar with the Serenity Prayer which goes something like this, “God grant me the serenity to accept the […]

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I had made a commitment to blog each week and I see it’s now been almost 2 months since my last blog. Ugh! Where does the time go? Oh, I know one place it goes and that is spending time building our Face It community! One of the themes that I have seen repeatedly with […]

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Last night I had the opportunity to sit in on a Face It group with men who I don’t have regular contact with. One of the men, who I met nearly 3 years ago was in this group and it was great to have the chance to connect with him again. When I met him […]

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As I sat yesterday with a man who is dealing with a number of life’s challenges and listened to him (and I have heard countless other men utter this same nonsense) say “I’m sorry I am bothering you with this and I should just be able to figure this out on my own.”  I kind […]

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I am sure you’ve heard the age-old debate about which came first, the chicken or the egg? There is a similar debate regarding depression, which comes first; the horrible feelings associated with being depressed or the negative thinking that accompanies being depressed? In other words, do I start to think horrible things because I am […]

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It is hard to believe that the calendar is telling me it’s 2018 because what seems like yesterday, the launch of Face It, is already approaching 9 years ago! How is that possible? Time sure flies when you’re busy having fun and growing. I was going to do a re-cap of our accomplishments over the […]

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