Reflections on Year 7: Men Should Not Do Life Alone
As December draws to a close, it’s time for my annual summary of this year’s posts. What started as making the case for 2025 as ‘The Year for Better Male Friendships’ evolved into a broader examination of why men are struggling. Drawing on excerpts from my book, Get Out of Your Man Cave: The Crisis of Male Friendship, I described how men live, relate, heal, and grow. The common thread through every post—whether focused on friendship, health, faith, or modern pressures—led to a single conviction: Men are not meant to do life alone. That belief leads me to ask for your help in connecting with others who share my vision of deeper, more authentic male friendships. This summary explains why men need to surround themselves with higher-quality men, who help each other become better men. They become better husbands, fathers, workers, and neighbors, so we can reverse the troubling trends that
