Character Development

How To Handle The Pain Of Sexual Rejection From Your Partner
Ever been sexually rejected by your partner?
If you've ever been in a relationship that's lasted longer than six months, the answer would be yes.
I recently got this email from a reader, and I decided to answer it in a long-form article, as I know that others would benefit from it.
Here's the letter,...
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5 Steps To Working Through Entitlement In Relationships
Intimate relationships are breeding grounds for entitlement to surface.
And it's understandable that this theme would bubble up in certain partnerships.
If we're being honest with ourselves, we all have an entitled child inside of us who wants life to be easier than it sometimes feels.
Who would...
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The 4 Most Valuable Things My Therapists Ever Told Me
Every single person on the planet would benefit from seeing a therapist at multiple points throughout their lives.
Whether it's for navigating a significant transition (like leaving high school, entering the work force, first experience with death, getting married, becoming a parent, first major breakup...
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3 Things To Do About Fear Of Your Partner Dying
My partner Demetra and I have lived together for a little over a year.
We are committed to each other. We talk about getting married in the not-so-distant future. And each time our relationship has gone a layer deeper, we have both had a corresponding layer of fear accompany it.
"What if she...
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7 Ways NoFap Improves Your Relationship (And Your Life)
Think your chronic masturbation habit could be negatively impacting your relationship?
Well, you may be right. And you’re also not alone.
If you don’t spend much time on internet forums, you probably missed the millions of men who have already been sharing their struggles in love and sex, and...
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The 3 Biggest Obstacles Impeding Men’s Development Today
If you’re a modern man, you’ve probably noticed how hard it can be to make real progress on your most significant goals.
Do you feel like nothing is changing in your life, despite having good intentions?
Or like you’re just crawling along in first gear, and not feeling enough traction or aliveness?
Or...
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4 Difficult Ways For Men To Build Confidence
Confidence is the deepest core desire of any man. It is the thing we yearn for above all else, whether we know it or not.
It’s the drive hidden behind all of our conventional desires. We seek the high-paying job, the romantic partner, the fit body, or the emotional and psychological healing, because...
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10 Ways For Men To Sharpen Their Sword
If you want to become a more effective and powerful man, it will require methodical training and conquering challenges.
Now, if you’ve been reading my other writing on integrating your masculinity and becoming a stronger person, you’ll find that I might often stress the inner work, or, more specifically,...
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Suicidal To Successful To Self-Loving: The First 33 Years Of My Life
The following is a summary of the first 33 years of my life. Kind of like a thus-far-autobiography.
It should be noted that I am an unreliable narrator... as all narrators are. Because my perspectives are only my own. I'm sure some facts are muddied by my highly fallible human memory, especially...
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3 Ways To Reparent Your Inner Child
It is an unequivocal fact that your childhood shaped who you are today.
And no matter how self-aware, loving, and supportive your parents were, it’s also a fact that they passed on their unprocessed emotions and unexamined habits on to you.
So, as you’ve grown from being a child to being an adult,...
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