Workplace Burnout in Men: Understanding the Hidden Grief Driving Male Exhaustion
For the Burnt-Out Provider who’s held too much for too long. Main Points Workplace burnout in men is often driven by accumulated emotional strain, not just workload or deadlines. Many men carry unspoken grief from years of responsibility, identity pressure, and self-silencing, and this grief quietly fuels exhaustion. The roots of workplace burnout for men […]
Emotional Fusion in Men: When Caring Becomes Control
What if all that caring you call strength is just another cage? Main Point Many mistake emotional fusion in men for love. What feels like care is often control—an inherited pattern born in boyhood, where safety depended on keeping someone else stable. Real maturity begins not when a man manages better, but when he stops […]
Divorced Fathers and Grief: Rebuilding Fatherhood After Separation
When Fatherhood Changes Shape and Love Learns New Forms of Presence Main Points Divorce doesn’t end fatherhood — it changes its shape. Many men grieve the loss of a daily connection with their children. This grief is often silent, mistaken for anger or emotional distance. Rebuilding fatherhood means redefining strength through consistency and emotional presence […]
Male Grief in Australia: Understanding How Men Grieve and Rebuild
Male Grief in Australia: How Men Reclaim Themselves Through Loss At-a-Glance Summary Core idea: Australian men grieve differently, often through silence, work, and duty — and these expressions deserve recognition, not correction. Why it matters: Misunderstanding male grief leaves many men unseen, unsupported, and silently suffering under outdated masculine scripts. What helps: Understanding instrumental vs. […]
Fathers and Grief: The Silent Sorrows of Love
This article is the last reflection in The Seven Faces of Grief for Men series.It explores fathers and grief. The losses fathers experience that come not from death, but from distance, disconnection, and unmet dreams. At-a-Glance Summary Core Idea: Fatherhood grief is not only about losing a child; it is about the living losses fathers […]
The Grief of Disconnection for Men: Loneliness and Men. The Quietest Loss of All
Loneliness and men are two words that are deeply entwined. Loneliness isn’t just solitude; it is a kind of grief that chips away at a man’s sense of belonging and identity. This essay explores how disconnection can lead to loss — through fading friendships, emotional silence, and cultural pressure to appear strong — and suggests […]
When Dreams Die: Men Grief and the Loss of Identity
This article is the fifth instalment in my “Men and Grief” series. Here I explore the topic of men grief and the loss of identity and how the death of a dream quietly shapes a man’s sense of self and hope for the future. In earlier pieces, I explored the grief of divorce, job loss, […]
Men and Grief: Reclaiming Pathways to Honour Our Universal Humanity
What you will find in this article on Men and Grief: Grief is universal, but men often face cultural silencing and isolation that creates unique challenges in male grief counselling Suppressing masculine grief processing leads to masked depression, health risks, and relational breakdown Men need alternative pathways through men’s grief support that allow action, ritual, […]
Migration and Grief: How Displacement Shapes Men’s Hidden Sorrows
Seven Faces of Male Grief – Part 4 This is the fourth in my Seven Faces of Male Grief series, where I explore the hidden ways grief shows up in modern men’s lives — often masked as ambition, withdrawal, rage, or numbness. This article explores how migration and grief intertwine in men’s inner world. […]
Job Loss and Grief: How Men Rebuild Identity, Purpose, and Meaning After Career Loss
This article is Part 3 of my ongoing series on men and grief, exploring the hidden losses men carry and how they shape identity, meaning, and healing. “In the shadow of job loss and grief, we discover that work is not just what we do—it is who we are allowed to be in the world.” […]