An essential guide to the challenges men in recovery face in creating and sustaining healthy relationships in all areas of their lives.
Every idea is presented through the lens of the ?Man Rules??the often unconscious ideas men carry with them into every relationship they have that affect their ability to find true connection. Dan Griffin excerpts interviews with men who share their innermost lives and experiences with relationships and draws from his own life with over two decades of recovery and ten years of marriage. Readers will learn to recognize how their ideas about masculinity have shaped who they are and how they approach their relationships.
A Man's Way through Relationships offers practical advice and inspiration for men to define, with their partners, their own sense of masculinity, and thus heighten their potential to love and be loved.
Dan Griffin excerpts interviews with men who share their innermost lives and experiences with relationships. He draws from his own life with over two decades of recovery and ten years of marriage. Reads will learn to recognize how their ideas about masculinity have shaped who they are and how they approach their relationships.
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An essential guide to the challenges men face in creating healthy and engaged relationships in all areas of their lives.
"For every man who has wandered through the entanglements of love, unwilling to ask for directions, and secretly hoping for a guide, Dan Griffin offers a clear and comprehensive road map."?Terrence Real, bestselling author of I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression.
Every idea is presented through the lens of the "Man Rules"?the often unconscious ideas men carry with them into every relationship they have?that affect their ability to find true connection. A Man's Way through Relationships offers practical advice and inspiration for men to define, with their partners, their own sense of masculinity, and thus heighten their potential to love and be loved.
Dan Griffin excerpts interviews with men who share their innermost lives and experiences with relationships. He draws from his own life with over two decades of recovery and ten years of marriage. Readers will learn to recognize how their ideas about masculinity have shaped who they are and how they approach there relationships.
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Chapter One: The Man Rules
Chapter Two: My Story
Chapter Three: Men, Relationships, and Trauma
Chapter Four: Manly Feelings
Chapter Five: Creating Healthy Relationships
Chapter Six: Staying in Healthy Relationships
Chapter Seven: No Man Is an Island: Men and Asking for Help
Chapter Eight: Shame and Vulnerability
Chapter Nine: Violence and Abuse
Chapter Ten: Sex and Sexuality
Chapter Eleven: Separating the Men from the Boys
Chapter Twelve: Codependency
Chapter Thirteen: Healing Trauma
Chapter Fourteen: Final Thoughts on Men and Relationships
Appendix A: Eight Agreements on Males, Trauma, and Addiction Treatment
Appendix B: The Men of A Man's Way Through Relationships
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