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Fresh writing from MENd Together's facilitators and editorial team — practical, honest, and rooted in the men's community work we do every week.
Supporting A Man You Love (Without Losing Yourself)
For partners, mothers, sisters and friends of a man who is struggling. What actually works, what backfires, and how to look after yourself in it.
Asking For Help As A Man
For men who know they need to talk to someone and cannot get the words out. A short, practical guide to the first ask.
Sleep For Men: What Actually Works
The single most cost-effective mental health intervention for men. A practical guide to fixing your sleep — without becoming a wellness project.
When Work Is Your Whole Identity
If your job is doing the job of your friendships, your meaning and your sense of self — this is the article. On overwork, identity and the life underneath.
Grief In Men: A Quiet Guide
Male grief rarely looks like the pictures. It looks like anger, overwork, silence, and sudden tears in the car. A companion piece for a hard season.
Porn And Men: An Honest Look
Porn use is one of the most private struggles men carry. A non-shaming look at what it is doing, what it isn't, and how to change it if you want to.
Being Present With Teenagers Who Won't Talk
Teenagers don't stop needing you. They stop needing the version of connection that worked when they were nine.
Grounding When Everything Feels Too Much
Five practical grounding techniques you can use in your car, at your desk, or in bed at 3am.
Why Every Man Needs Other Men
Male friendship isn't a nice-to-have. It's a health intervention. Here's what the research says, and what to do if yours has gone quiet.
Communication When You Shut Down
Stonewalling isn't cruelty. It's usually an overwhelmed nervous system. Here's how to work with it, together.
Burnout in Men: The Early Signs You'll Try to Ignore
Male burnout rarely looks like a breakdown. It looks like six months of low-grade irritation, poor sleep and a shorter fuse. Catch it early.
Separated Fathers: Staying Connected When You're Not There Every Day
Contact time isn't the whole relationship. Practical rhythms that keep the connection alive between visits.
Making Friends After 30
Adult friendship isn't broken — the scaffolding is. Here's a practical, unromantic guide to building it again.
Identity in Early Recovery: Who Are You Without It?
The first year of recovery is a long, uncomfortable answer to a question you didn't want to ask.
Male Anxiety: When It's Not Just Stress
Anxiety in men often shows up in the body first — tight chest, poor sleep, short temper — long before it shows up in your head.
Healthy Boundaries With Family
Boundaries aren't walls. They're the invisible rules that let you stay in the room without losing yourself.
Understanding Trauma in Men
Trauma isn't the event. It's what your nervous system carried away from the event. That distinction changes everything.
Coffee Changes Conversations
There's a reason our best conversations happen over coffee, not across a therapy desk. It's about the container.
Relapse Prevention Is a Community, Not a Technique
You can't willpower your way out of relapse. But you can build a life it can't get a foothold in.
Male Survivors: You Are Not Alone
One in six men in the UK has experienced sexual abuse in childhood. If that includes you, please read this at your own pace.