As humans, we often think categorically to create order. Otherwise, all thinking would be novel and laborious. Once categories are solidified, we carry anchor biases and struggle to think of competing truths. For instance, in [...]
Research has shown that loneliness takes years off our lives. In fact, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy points to this research when he states that loneliness in the 21st century is a public health problem [...]
At the Men's Resource Center, we acknowledge October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We'd like to take this opportunity to underscore that “domestic violence” or “domestic abuse” doesn’t always mean physical violence. And that abuse [...]
Randy Flood met Mike Salisbury on a train ride traversing the Alaskan Wilderness while heading to Denali National Park. Despite being what he calls “the aloof traveler strategically attempting to avoid mindless chatter [...]
“As a linguist, I ask you to please consider the following often overlooked reason why use of the term ‘toxic masculinity’ is and will always remain counter-productive, despite any good intentions - such as the [...]
Somatic therapist, Ken Porter, is a regular guest on the Revealing Men podcast, hosted by psychotherapist Randy Flood, co-founder and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan. On previous podcasts, he and Flood [...]
Randy Flood, psychologist and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan lets the listener know from the start that this segment of the Revealing Men podcast, which he hosts, is atypical. “We oftentimes [...]
Jonathan Cauchi is the Community Education Specialist for Disability Advocates and the host of its Flattening the Curb podcast. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the organization, founded in 1981, works alongside persons with disabilities as [...]
If we live long enough, we will age. Despite our protestations to the contrary, there will be things we can no longer do in the ways in which we’ve become accustomed. For many of us, [...]
Randy Flood, Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan has decades of experience working within the family court system and has written and spoken extensively about Parental Alienation and the toll it takes [...]
