by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Dec 11, 2023
Confront your shame head-on. It does not matter how it got there or who put it there. It is yours now. And the only way out runs straight through it, not around it. A lot of people have a hard time with that framing because it sounds like victim-blaming. It is not....
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Dec 10, 2023
Every resentment I carry is telling me something about myself. That took me a long time to accept, because it is a lot more comfortable to believe that resentment is about the other person, about what they did, about how wrong they were. And sometimes they were wrong....
by Brad Singletary, LCSW | Nov 22, 2023
There are moments when a person feels like they are the only one who cannot get it right. Like something is fundamentally broken in them. Like the love and connection that seem to come naturally to other people will always be just out of reach. I have been there. I...
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 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...