The Father Wound: What It Is, How It Affects Men, and How to Heal It.
At a Glance: The Father Wound in Men The father wound is grief for the father you needed but never had. It isn’t a diagnosis but a deep, internal injury formed through emotional absence, criticism, unpredictability, or neglect — even when a father was technically “there.” It leaves men without a solid blueprint for masculinity. […]
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. […]
The Archaeology of Masculinity: Excavating the Self to Reclaim the Soul
By David Kernohan | Mentoring Through the Maze “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”— Carl Jung Like ancient ruins hidden beneath weathered earth, our sense of manhood is shaped long before we can name it. Expectations, cultural scripts, inherited roles, and unspoken pain settle over our identity like sediment, […]
Authentic Masculinity: What It Means and How Men Build It
What if the question isn’t “What makes me a man?”—but “What makes me honest?”
In this personal and culturally reflective article, David Kernohan unpacks the emotional cost of performing masculinity—and the freedom found in living authentically. Drawing on psychology, lived experience, and men’s emotional health research, he explores how shame, suppression, and peer pressure keep men disconnected from themselves. If you’ve ever felt trapped by roles or silenced by expectations, this article offers a path toward emotional truth, grounded courage, and real connection.
It’s not about being more of a man—it’s about being more of yourself.