To Be A Man: A Guide to True Masculine Power - Softcover

Masters, Robert Augustus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1683641280 ISBN 13: 9781683641285

Publisher: Sounds True Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Beyond the dog-eared men's movement classics or simplistic fitness magazine advice, men have been wanting for solid, core life guidance for years. For psychotherapist Robert Augustus Masters, this lack of guidance led to an ever-more-familiar refrain:

I've got it all--so why am I so dissatisfied with my life? Why am I never happy in my romantic relationships? How do I become more courageous and powerful without becoming that jerk everyone hates?

Masters has helped thousands of men address these issues. Based on those interactions, he's found that one solution is clear: we must face our early wounds and shame in order to bring our "head, heart, and guts into full-blooded alignment." With the paperback edition of his insightful book To Be a Man, this acclaimed expert guides readers in an exploration of: emotional mastery, confronting toxic beliefs about sexuality and intimacy, outgrowing pornography and other addictions, the power of vulnerability, deepening relationships, and more.

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Praise for "To Be a Man""
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Any book that unveils the male mystique with empathy and compassion, helping men understand themselves and helping women understand men, and that helps the culture understand the masculine dilemma should be hailed as a miracle. This is what Robert Augustus Masters does in "To Be a Man." Every man should read it as autobiography, every woman should read it as revelation, and our culture should embrace it as a healing balm.
Harville Hendrix, PhD, author of "Getting the Love You Want "and co-author (with Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD) of "Making Marriage Simple" " "A masterpiece of transformational wisdom.
Alan Clements, author of "Instinct for Freedom "and" A Future to Believe In" " " Robert Augustus Masters has written a powerful guide for men that integrates rigor and receptivity, aggression and authority, vulnerability and potency. With highly developed emotional intelligence, and a nuanced understanding of adult development including the importance of shadow work, Masters delivers a vision of mature, embodied male empowerment. "To Be a ""Man" is a fearless book from a master of psycho-emotional healing and awakening.
Diane Musho Hamilton, author of "Everything Is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution" Masters insights populate every page of this compelling book, and offer creative ways of thinking about many of our era s most complex and controversial issues, among them, pornography, sexual violence, militarism and war, the effects of trauma on men s psyches and identities, and much more.
Jackson Katz, PhD, author of "The Macho Paradox" and "Leading Men," and creator of the award-winning films "Tough Guise" and "Tough Guise 2" In this essential book, Robert Augustus Masters challenges current ideas about what it means to be a man," "and explores crucial gender issues that affect every man, boy, woman, and girl on our planet. By uncoupling anger from aggression, sexuality from rape and porn, and masculinity from brutality, Robert supports men and boys in reclaiming the sacredness, magnificence, and true power of healthy masculinity.
Karla McLaren, author of "The Language of Emotions" and "The Art of Empathy"
After thirty years of pioneering men's work, if I were to write "the" classic handbook for men this would be it. "To Be a Man "calls out the warrior to do battle inside, to find authentic masculine power, allowing truly intimate relationships with women, other men, and self.
Bill Kauth, cofounder of "The ManKind Project" and author of "A Circle of Men" and "We Need Each Other" " " " To Be a Man "is a book every man should read, especially if they long for their deepest sense of inner peace and wholeness. It's honest. Raw. Thorough. Deep. Such an important book!
Mary Allen, author of "The Power of Inner Choice" " " I have rarely heard such textured thinking from anyone: subtle energetic distinctions on the continuum of destructive and wholesome anger; the willingness to de-normalize pornography and a range of sexual and nonsexual immaturities that many would defend as being myself; the willingness to boldly put happiness as the basis of grown-up sex. The world has rarely seen a man who has worked his own process as Masters has, producing a brilliant, compassionate, paradigm-exploding instruction manual for any man or woman on the planet. What a totally beautiful, brilliant, fearless, and amazing book!
Nancy Dreyfus, Psy.D, author of "Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love" "To Be a Man" dissects the three words that echo in every man s psyche: Be a man! As a seasoned therapist, Masters identifies the accompan --Harville Hendrix, PhD, author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and coauthor (with Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD) of Making Marriage Simple

"In this essential book, Robert Augustus Masters challenges current ideas about what it means to be a man, and explores crucial gender issues that affect every man, boy, woman, and girl on our planet. By uncoupling anger from aggression, sexuality from rape and porn, and masculinity from brutality, Robert supports men and boys in reclaiming the sacredness, magnificence, and true power of healthy masculinity."
--Karla McLaren, author of The Language of Emotions and The Art of Empathy

"A masterpiece of transformational wisdom."
--Alan Clements, author of Instinct for Freedom and A Future to Believe In

"Masters' insights populate every page of this compelling book, and offer creative ways of thinking about many of our era's most complex and controversial issues, among them pornography; sexual violence; militarism and war; the effects of trauma on men's psyches and identities; and much more."
--Jackson Katz, PhD, author of The Macho Paradox and Leading Men, and creator of the award-winning films Tough Guise and Tough Guise 2

"A brilliant, compassionate, paradigm-exploding instruction manual for any man--or woman--on the planet. What a fearless and amazing book!"
--Nancy Dreyfus, PsyD, author of Talk To Me Like I'm Someone You Love

About the Author

Robert Augustus Masters

Robert Augustus Masters, PhD, is an integral psychotherapist, relationship expert, and spiritual teacher whose work blends the psychological and physical with the spiritual, emphasizing embodiment, emotional literacy, and the development of relational maturity. He is the author of thirteen books, including Transformation through Intimacy and Spiritual Bypassing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sounds True Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1683641280
• ISBN 13: 9781683641285
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320