by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Sep 28, 2023
If I had to identify a single thing that makes relationships actually work, it comes down to this: she has to be able to feel and express her emotions fully, and he has to be able to hold that without falling apart or shutting it down. That is it. That is the whole...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Sep 18, 2023
You cannot starve yourself to death to avoid the possibility of hunger. Yet that is exactly what a lot of men do with connection. They pull back, stay surface-level, never let anyone fully in, all because they are afraid of the day it might end. That is not wisdom....
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Aug 12, 2023
People ask me all the time how I carry the weight of other people’s problems without getting crushed by it. The honest answer is that I don’t carry it alone, and I don’t carry it blind. I help people move through it, and then they get better. That is...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Aug 1, 2023
I hit 100 episodes of the Alpha Quorum podcast and I was proud. I had been on nearly every single one of them. I had poured time, money, and a lot of myself into that work. And then someone casually recommended an episode to me, episode 30, and I realized I had never...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Jul 10, 2023
The man who is always trying to dominate everyone around him is usually running from something he cannot dominate inside himself. You see it everywhere. The guy who has to win every argument, control every situation, assert himself in every room. He looks powerful...