Community and Brotherhood 6/3/25

This morning, I had a conversation with 4 other men that were part of a 3 month program I invested in to understand and experience our dark masculine. The program ended a few months ago but this was the first time several of us connected since then.

These were REAL conversations.

Not just surface-level updates on what we’ve been up to.

But real struggles to empathize with. Real victories to celebrate together.

Experiences with our partners, families, financial struggles, addictions,

I also loved that we didn’t need to hop around the topics to get to the root issues. These men have the language to verbally express these experiences AND the practiced tools to manage their emotions.

We started at square 4 (not square 1) because we’d already experienced deep brotherhood in our respective tumultuous times during the program.

I really feel like men, especially young adult men, don’t have these spaces to explore their full range of masculinity. It’s whatever they see on TikTok and Instagram or haphazardly secondhand intake with their friends.

I’m brought to tears because this is the type of community that I want to be part of / create.

Can anyone else relate to experiencing (or not) deep brotherhood/sisterhood recently?

And before I get ripped for promoting toxic masculinity, this is a Yes AND situation.

Women NEED women only groups to help express their fullest selves too.