by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Apr 6, 2024
Just because your energy crashes for a day or two or three doesn’t mean something is clinically wrong with you. Sometimes you just need to eat, sleep, and slow it down. Give it a minute before you diagnose yourself with something serious. We live in a time when...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Apr 3, 2024
I am writing this to my future self as much as anyone else. Don’t let the music die. Don’t let the weight of the world convince you to go quiet. Keep showing up for the things that light you up. Say exactly how you feel. Stay in the arena of your own life....
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Mar 5, 2024
I don’t love everything about social work. The bureaucracy, the paperwork, the politics of it, the way the system sometimes gets in the way of the people it’s supposed to serve. There are real frustrations in this profession that nobody talks about in the...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Feb 23, 2024
We don’t just hide our indulgent behaviors. That would be manageable enough. What we actually hide is deeper and more damaging: who we are, what we’ve experienced, what we feel, what we need. We keep the real stuff locked up and call it protection. We tell...
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Feb 15, 2024
I run six men’s groups, each with six or more men. One evening, after a quick dinner at home, I spent two hours with five young guys in one of those groups. It was only the second meeting of this particular group, and these guys were twenty to twenty-four years...
