There's a powerful force influencing our young men out there, and it continues its influence into our adulthood if we don't actively choose to do some work to undo it. There’s a critical need for us to learn how to connect inward so we can expand our range mentally, emotionally, and relationally in order to better serve ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.
Read MoreIn this last installment in our series on the Five Growth Challenges, we look at the challenge of Acceptance, which emerges as we begin to interact with the greater world and experience the responsibilities of being a member of the community. Getting feedback from our actions and what we produce encourages us to begin gaging our skillsets, drawing conclusions, and judging ourselves. Am I a person who can produce? Am I skilled in the work I do? Do I get positive reinforcement?
Read MoreWhen you get feedback, or when someone challenges you to grow in a particular way, what’s the impact on your system? If you’re like me at all, the initial impulse might be to resist. When I’m able to sit and study that resistance, and open my awareness to what’s underneath that feeling, what I find is a young part of me saying something like, “Don’t tell me what to do.” This set of responses is rooted in our fourth growth challenge: Freedom.
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