Are You Fit To Live?

Another way of explaining what I do in my work with men, is I help them to discover then live from their deepest truth of their lives.
What is the deepest truth of your life, and the greatest gift you know you possess?
If you know the answer to those questions, you are already way ahead of [...]

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A Man’s Way Of Striking Like Lightning

A couple weeks ago I was honored to spend some time with a young boy who was desperately in need of a fresh start. Conflict with family, disrespect, some bad habits and a normal boys exuberance, angst and confusion placed him in jeopardy of needing some drastic measures to get him back on track.
This guy [...]

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Lifestyle Artistry and The Escape From Insanity

Everything popular is wrong. ~ Oscar Wilde

The average man’s life unfolds thusly:
1. The birth of a body/mind (you)
2. Conditioning from family and friends
3. Programming from school and education
4. Creation and solidification of a ’self identity’ based on 1, 2 and 3
5. Employment, relationship, and family (creating more #1’s)
6. Consumption of as much as possible in [...]

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“What Is It You Try To Help Men Do?”

Of course I’ve been asked alot lately, “what is it you try to help men do?”
A simple way of answering is, “I help men create lives that make sense.”
Unending comfort, sleek packaging, quick fixes, shiny surfaces, countless possessions…
These are the things you are being offered by society.
But do these things concern you as a man? [...]

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Welcome To Alpha Male >< Omega Man

Aaron McNaught, the masculine creative force behind Alpha Male >< Omega Man, is a man interested in helping men in three ways.
1. Helping men locate and live from their deepest expression of who they are and what they value most.
2. Providing opportunities for men to come together to network, explore and challenge one another to [...]

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The Soulful Quest: Pilgrimage Into Soul

(I wrote this years ago, just after re-reading Same Keen’s Fire In The Belly)
This is a man’s journey into the depths of himself, where he confronts his false roles, illusions, deceptions, avoidance, feelings, shadows, demons, and eventually, despair. This is typically the Hero’s Journey where a man would call upon his warrior’s fierceness, courage, strength, [...]

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Some Men’s Work Suggested Reading’s

I’ve been asked a few times, what I would recommend to a man who has become interested in what is called ‘Men’s Work’.
Men’s Work is a term that encompasses that enormous body of topics that explores various aspects of what it means to be a man, relationally, experientially, socially, culturally, and philosophically.

When I look back [...]

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Multitasking For Men

Multitasking is getting bad raps from lots of circles these days, but I have found multitasking time to be one of the most productive and satisfying ways to spend an hour.
Not only do I get a lot done effectively and efficiently, when I’m finished I feel current and unencumbered, like I’ve just relieved myself.
This kind [...]

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Goals On Steriods and Nitrous

Most men know the value of having short, medium and long range goals. It provides a lens to stay focused with, and when used properly can keep us motivated and inspired.
But I want to propose something a little different here, and it’s based on an idea that incorporates goals, but also go far beyond them. [...]

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Blessing Young Men Today

I came across this passage several years ago, and the power of it changed me. It’s from an important Men’s book called King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette.
The book outlines what the authors suggest is the difference between Man Psychology and Boy Psychology.
The authors also provocatively suggest that if the Patriarchy [...]

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