by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 20, 2023
Whenever I find myself around a man I genuinely respect, I ask him to teach me something. My dad, my brothers, my friends, even strangers who carry themselves in a way that tells me they know something I do not. I want to grow from them. I make no apology for that and...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 20, 2023
A few spare minutes with the people I love and somebody pulls out a book. That is the kind of environment I have built and been raised in, and I would not trade it for anything. It changes the quality of every conversation in the room. What a Reading Family Actually...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 17, 2023
I spend a lot of my life trying to pour into other people. That is the job. That is also the calling. But there comes a point where every man who gives consistently and heavily has to stop and do something for himself. Not out of selfishness. Out of survival. You...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 16, 2023
There are three things that define whether you are actually in a relationship or just sharing an address with someone. Passion. Intimacy. Commitment. If all three are absent, you are living with a stranger. If one of them has turned hostile, you might be living with...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 15, 2023
I have done 118 episodes of a podcast for men. I have earned exactly zero dollars from it. And I have spent what amounts to $165,220 worth of my time building it. Most people would call that a bad investment. I call it some of the most important work I have ever done,...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 14, 2023
Gratitude is not just a feel-good practice that belongs in a journal or a morning routine. It is the prerequisite for hope. And without hope, a man cannot move forward in any meaningful direction. That connection matters more than most people realize, and...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Oct 22, 2023
There is more than one reason I drive a 2009 Chevy Silverado with plenty of miles on it. One reason is that I am not about to spend $700 a month just to drive to stop signs on the way to work. The other reason is better: I have six sons, and when that truck breaks, we...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Oct 9, 2023
Carrying a casket is one of those experiences that changes the texture of a day. Every step drives something home that most people spend their whole lives avoiding: time is short, and what you do with it is the only thing that actually matters in the end. The Weight...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Oct 4, 2023
We are often more confident than we are correct. Read that again slowly. Most people will agree with it in the abstract and then immediately exempt themselves from it in practice. That is the trap, and it is one of the most common traps I see men fall into in my work....
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Oct 2, 2023
I used to despise how I looked. I avoided photos at all costs and hated every single one I was in. And here is the thing that still gets me: I felt that way even when I was 200 pounds, 20 years old, and in peak physical condition. I hated myself when I had every...
