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