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Real men don’t eat quiche
‘Real Men don’t eat quiche’ is a well known phrase, but where did it originate from? This article exposes our masculine ways and asks whether we have a model of man bound in many stereotypical but unnatural forms.
Competition, Feelings, Hardness, Lifestyle, Tenderness, Rejection
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The corporate takeover of our kids’ future
There is an alarming new trend for privatizing education around the world. Corporations have their eyes clearly set on education as a new opportunity for profit. But who are the winners and losers here as our children become ‘products’ in a corporations’ lust to make bigger profits?
Competition, Performance management, Money, Teachers, Corruption
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When exam stress becomes a matter of life and death: The effect of exams on student health and wellbeing
True intelligence springs from a healthy mind and body. Stress has a significant effect on mental health and physical well-being. Are we putting our students’ well-being first? Or, in the drive for academic achievement, are we leaving self-care, loving relationships and a healthy body behind?
Competition, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Well-being, Intelligence
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Surviving university
A discussion of how universities operate and how this impacts students. Some pointers for students on how to self-care and organise their study responsibly.
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What does music education In schools really teach?
From the love of playing music to the ‘fight to get it right’. A personal account of what happens to kids when musical education and competition go hand in hand.
Children, Competition, Confidence, Education, Musicians, Tension
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Competitive sports: the pursuit of emptiness
What happens in competitive sport, one man's story of the aftermath of an endurance cycle race.
Competition, Fitness, Human body, Connection, Healthy living
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The state of our work today
What is the state of our work today? How healthy, and joyful are we at work? What are the issues we face in our workplaces today?
Career, Work stress, Technology, Productivity, Opinion, Money, Corruption, Competition
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A tender man – before and after competitive sport
I started to play competitive sport when I was very young. I played rugby union from when I was a thin, tender and delicate 9-year-old boy and in my second year my team lost every game.
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You are more than a muscle
The need for the perfect body can be a relentless and intimidating push to exercise just for looks, but what about health?
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How noble is the Nobel Prize?
We look up to those who win global awards like the Nobel Prize. But what truly lies behind the choices of the winners, and what does this tell us about how we value these competitions?
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He who controls movement controls it all
I’m sure you’ve heard expressions like ‘you are what you eat’ or ‘your thoughts shape who you become’. What if we are what and how we move?
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The lifestyle bubble and the curse upon men
Serge Benhayon first introduced the lifestyle bubble in 2012. What is it, and what has it to do with connecting to the heart of the everyman?
Competition, Depression, Lifestyle, Men's health, Anxiety, Tenderness
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The great difference in a job interview
Read how Steve takes a different approach to conducting interviews that takes out the need to intimidate people.
Livingness, Brotherhood, Career, Competition, Leadership, Returning to work, Self-esteem
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Competition and self-esteem: Turning the tide on competition and comparison in schools
Here Judy Felix looks at competition and comparison, the extent to which it has become part our lives, the impact on self esteem and relationships and asks: could there be another way for us to live and be educated?
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Ball games for kids: Co-operative learning or a not-so-healthy competitive race?
From a cooperative ball game to chaos and competition: a classic situation that many of us accept as normal played out in front of my eyes at my daughter’s school. Is competition truly healthy for our kids?
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Competitive sport and men
Sport and competition go hand in hand in today’s society and men feel obligated to participate at all levels: do men really need to be a winner to feel validated as a true man? Five men discuss their experiences in sport and competition.
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Real men don’t cry
Real men don’t cry, but the suicide statistics are telling us a different story – that perhaps it is time to question our male role models.
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Do we really have to be competitive to be a man?
What is the purpose of competition except for us to measure ourselves against others? And once this measurement has occurred, why do we keep searching for the next thing to measure? Even when winning we are never satisfied with the result.
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Yoga and competition – letting the body speak
Have you ever noticed competition feeding into your yoga practice – trying to be better, stretch harder, get to the next point? In this audio Rosanna reflects on the space Esoteric Yoga offers for the body to open and shift and heal.
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REVIEW: What Does It Profit a Man?
An eye-opening exposé of the fact that success, profit and recognition in our world today are not really ‘it’. Eight men share how they have found a much healthier, vastly more settled and truly successful way of life based on the riches within
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Just joking
This article explores why men banter and joke with each other to avoid depth of intimacy between them. The game is to put someone down to mask your own insecurity.
