authenticiteit, verbinding, nieuwsgierigheid, moed en humor

The common version of masculinity is is about "thinking and wanting", but lacks the aspect of "feeling".. That this is a lack is, paradoxically, something many men do not notice. Because if you don’t feel it as a lack, then it isn’t there, right? Many men only find the gateway to this feeling—and everything that comes with it—after they have run into problems (and even then, not always), such as a divorce, having children who are struggling, losing their job, or experiencing a burnout. When these situations become an entry point to feeling and to a richer inner life, they are often seen in hindsight as a blessing. Why is it that men tend to find this more difficult? Unlike women, men are not drawn inward by nature. The female cycle, and even more so the bearing of children, is a natural invitation for women to feel and to turn inward. Of course, our society does its very best to keep women from this as well, but still… In the past, men were guided by older men into understanding the meaning of life, their responsibility, and learning to feel their place within the whole. Today, that has become more difficult or is often entirely absent. That is what we aim for in our work: to give men a place and a space where they are free and allowed to feel themselves, to learn to take responsibility for it, and to take their place in the world.