COUNSELLING FOR MEN
Every man has mantras he lives by—codes, narratives, a belief system. Sometimes those mantras need updating. They stop working. They cause stagnation or even harm. This is where we begin our conversation.
What are your mantras? Mantras are things we tell ourselves, sometimes consciously but more often unconsciously. They are things we believe to be true and valuable, or cautionary, or confirming of beliefs about ourselves. Some mantras are well thought out, but others sneak into our thinking through positive and negative lived experiences.
We turn to mantras to guide us and keep us directed—sometimes wisely and sometime not. Sometimes our mantras become a rut we are stuck in.
In many ways, we are all living by mantras—stories we’ve absorbed, codes we follow, beliefs we’ve built. Talk therapy is an opportunity to notice the mantras at work in your life and to create new ones that better reflect who you are and who you want to become.
If you are one of those men who carries a lot of unspoken thoughts, maybe it’s time to talk them through...
(Image: My son climbing in California)