if you’re like most of the guys on this planet, you may choose to contort yourself, hide out, or play the chameleon in your relationships in order to protect your self-image. You may choose to betray who you truly are and what you deeply value, just so you can avoid the possibility that somebody might judge you or belittle you in some way.

But, for many men, it is still not enough. The freedom or love they have achieved and the way they have given their gifts often leave a sense of incompleteness. Something is still lacking. There is still a desire to go beyond, to untrap themselves, to enjoy life free of a subtle sense of constraint, loneliness, underlying tension, and fear. And, fo

Sometimes this can be painful, and perhaps more commonly so for men, who tend to equate success with achievements and standards external to themselves.

When the American Dream is taken to its outer limits, there is often a kind of existential breakdown among men who have followed the good-husband fantasy to the letter and have gotten to the top of