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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Have you ever taken a step back from a troublesome situation to look at it differently and then after doing so felt a whole lot better about what just occurred? For example, let’s say you’ve had a difficult day at work and as you exit your building to get in your car you’re feeling edgy, […]

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I am a simple guy who finds joy in simple things. So, as I sat at the breakfast table the other day with my 16-year-old daughter and had the opportunity to bring together my love of hockey with some friendly parenting advice (that invariably ends up being her teaching me a lesson) I felt giddy. […]

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How many of you are New Year’s resolution type people?  You know that sense that you want to wake up one day and make great big sweeping wholesale changes to your life, only to be disappointed by the fact that 3 months down the road you’ve not accomplished what you set out to do?  Is […]

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It has been far too long since I have written a blog post and I think I will chalk it up to both my short attention span and that Face It has been very busy.  I love the busy part and the short attention span…well let’s just say that is a work in progress.  Tomorrow […]

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So many of us are conditioned to believe it is our responsibility to take care of our own problems and as men we seem to carry forth an even deeper conviction that holds “if I ask for help, well then I am weak.”  I just hung up from a call with a man seeking a […]

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