10 Lessons for Men…and how our partners can help

This book is about our relationships as men, the lessons we can learn, and how our partners can help us to become more human and relate more deeply. I believe you will find my observations and recommendations intriguing, whether you are the male or female in an intimate relationship. I hope to offer practical, hands-on ideas and soul-searching questions intended to bring about enduring improvements in relationships--and indeed, in the lives of men and their partners generally. In a decade of working with men of all ages in small groups, dozens of personal coaching/counseling sessions, interviews, and years of coaching executives, I have learned there are lots of men who see themselves as clueless about relationships, especially intimate relationships. While they would "take a bullet" to protect their partner or loved one, they seem mystified about what else to do to maintain and grow the relationship--and equally in the dark about how or where to learn that. This book is a collection of my own observations about men's issues based on 10 years of facilitating hundreds of small group and individual coaching sessions as well as serving as Executive Director of Men in BalanceTM, a nondenominational501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the spiritual development of men. The saddest realization for me in this work is that many men resist counseling or taking an introspective look at themselves, even when their job or marriage is threatened. Itis my hope that in this book men may find answers to some of the troublesome questions they wrestle with daily about life, career, marriage, relationships, and spirituality.