Essentially Men Workshop

Essentially Men is a personal development workshop highly relevant to New Zealand men wanting to learn more about themselves and make changes in their lives.

The workshop is led by Rex McCann, supported by a team of men experienced in men's groups, and is held in Auckland on a regular basis, and occasionally in Wellington and Christchurch.

It provides a safe place for men to explore their identity, recover their ability to feel, and experience new ways of being a man in today's world.

There are some issues that repeatedly emerge through men's groups that you may recognise.

• Isolation, competitiveness, loneliness and lack of friendship with other men.

• Numbness to your own feelings and difficulty in developing intimacy.

• Emotional over-dependence on women.

• Lack of positive masculine identity.

• An un-nameable sense of loss due to the absence of fathering.

• Cycles of control, depression, frustration and inappropriate expressions of anger.

• Challenges in relationship and family life.

• Questions of who am I and where am I going with my life? - especially in relation to midlife transitions.

Men are bought up to cope by themselves and experiencing safety and support with other men is a powerful catalyst to breaking isolation and creating positive change in life.

It works for men of all ages - from young men making their place in the world, midlife men who are facing the deeper questions about who they are in the world, and older men moving to the next stage in life.

Outcomes

The course will assist you to:

Move beyond the limitations of narrow male scripts and conditioning to create much more choice about how you can be in the world.

Develop emotional competence and improved your ability to express feelings and relate to loved ones and colleagues.

Strengthen your sense of boundary, purpose and direction in relation to others.

Develop your ability to create more trusting relationships with men and with women.

Enhance your spontaneity, vitality and joy in life as a man.

Be a better father and partner.

Essentially Men, 13 Maidstone Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, Phone: (09) 376 2386, essentiallymen@clear.net.nz