The deep social expectation that women will shoulder the exhausting mental and emotional work at home—a type of labor that goes largely unnoticed by those it benefits most—has made it all too easy for such insidious expectations to follow us into the world, as we step gingerly through a culture that has left us little choice in the matter.”

Gemma Hartley, Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward

Mankeeping describes how in relationships the more feminine partner takes on more of the emotional load. The emotional load is the invisible work of managing emotional dynamics. This isn’t out of laziness or entitlement. It happens out of a lack of emotional awareness and emotional regulation on the part of men. Many women are no longer willing to do this work in their relationships. Women who are currently in marriages and younger women hoping to find a long-term partner don’t want to to take care of their partner’s emotional and social well-being.

In this online men’s group we are teaching men how to manage, regulate and create more tenderness for their internal world. We want to break through the limitations we as men are conditioned through our culture to not engage in our inner life of emotions and bodily sensations. Our hope is to help group members find more wholeness and flexibility in moving into their emotional expression and awareness.

Are you a man navigating challenges in your romantic relationship? Join our Men’s Group for Healthier Relationships.

We are bringing a group of men together to challenge them in their relationship beliefs and help them to develop new skills and tools that will benefit them in all their relational challenges. The group will bring the masculine and feminine into the online experience to help the group understand those important dynamics. The goal of the group is to help men find a way to fully embrace their power and leadership in their lives while also finding the tenderness and care that they want to bring to the people they love. You can embrace your greatness as well as your gentleness.

Learn how to:

• Regulate your nervous system
• Repair issues that come up
• Work with the feminine
• Express your needs better
• Communicate in a way that your partner can hear it
• Lead the relationship back into connection
• Show up with clarity and presence.
• Learn how to build emotional intelligence

More information here: https://brassballstenderheart.com/denver-mens-issues-support-group/

Email me at bryce@brassballstenderheart.com or Text me at 720-935-2706

Women are taught to be emotional caregivers, to bear the weight of others’ feelings, and to prioritize relationships over personal well-being.”
— Bell Hooks

Women don’t get credit for emotional labor because it’s often invisible. It’s assumed that they just know how to do it and that they will do it, because they’re supposed to.”
— Sheryl Sandberg

Emotional labor is about making the effort to be emotionally attuned to the needs of others, but it’s exhausting when it is unbalanced and unreciprocated.”
— Dr. Jessica McCabe

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Denver Men’s Issues Support Group Details:

When: Every Other Wednesday at 2pm – starting June 4th, 2025

Cost: $100 per session with a 4-session minimum.

Group Details and Info: Sign up directly or contact via email: bryce@brassballstenderheart.com

Where: Virtual

About BrassBalls TenderHeart: Denver Men’s Therapy

Bryce Giron Mathern is a counselor in Boulder and Denver specializing in working with men struggling in relationships. As a father and husband, he helps men find meaning in their partnerships and in parenting. Bryce has a mindful, authentic, and bold approach to living your life the way you want to, on your terms, while connecting with your loved ones in a renewed way. For Denver men seeking therapy, a Denver Men’s Issues Support Group can be a way to get help in a collaborative setting.

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Often as men we are not fully engaged in life, but rather just floating along. We are coming up short when it comes to connecting fully with our partners, our careers, ourselves. This leaves us depleted and unfulfilled.

How can we engage effectively if we don’t have the skills to know how we feel, what we need, and how to communicate it? How can we shift from just surviving to actually thriving in the world as a man?

In this men’s group, you will:

• Explore what it means to be a man in the new millennium
• Develop emotional intelligence skills
• Understand how thoughts, emotions, and sensations influence us as men
• Learn how to communicate effectively
• Authentically engage with others
• Learn how to be strong while also being vulnerable
• Be a positive role model for for younger boys and men

When: Men’s Group meets every other Thursday evening for men ready to go to the next level in their life. We meet every two weeks from 6:30 to 8:00pm. (Click here for the full schedule listed on our Facebook Page.)

How Much: Cost is $35 per group.

Where: 750 East 9th Avenue, Suite 201

Contact: bryce@brassballstenderheart.com

Bryce Giron Mathern is a counselor in Boulder and Denver specializing in working with men struggling in relationships. Bryce leads men through coaching and counseling to help them create amazing relationships with others and themselves. Men’s group settings can be a cost-effective and supportive way to get mental health support and have a supportive place to unpack life’s many challenges. We never know what’s ahead, but we can focus on the now, together.

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The power of men’s groups is captured so well in this short trailer.

Men showing up for each other is a beautiful thing. It is something that women cannot provide in the way that men can provide for each other.  I have been in men’s groups before and I long to find one again. To sit in that flow of masculine and feminine energy and be allowed to engage with whatever you are feeling. It is a special experience.

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