Returning to the Practice of Listening, the new post on The Listening Room HQ speaks of listening, of strength for men coming through disciplined listening, noticing what is said and unsaid, before acting or reacting can be reax on The Listening Room HQ site.
Power & Conscience: Men, Secrecy, and the Nervous System the new post at https://www.thelisteningroomhq.com/ speaks of power, secrecy, and social reinforcement are structural forces in the male nervous system.
By understanding their mechanisms, men can notice early signs of ethical drift and respond with clarity, integrity, and restraint. The work is practical, neurobiologically informed, and deeply grounded.
Power & Conscience: Men, Secrecy, and the Nervous System can be read here.
The Walk – A Discipline For Peace the new post at The Listening Room HQ The Listening Room HQ comes from the Walk for Peace the Buddhist Monks walk, and speaks about peace as discipline, not performance. A 2,300-mile walk for peace that formalized an ongoing path. It can be read on The Listening Room HQ site.
The Sieve Year: What Remained is the closing reflection on my Sieve Year, speaks of what remains after the filtering, and how the next cycle begins in quiet clarity. It can be read both at The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ.
It closes The Sieve Year posts, pairing with The Sieve Year – Field Notes at The Polymath and The Sieve Year – Quiet Alchemy at The Listening Room HQ.
A recent interview with Josh Homme, of Queens of the Stone Age, on GQ Mexico lead me to write a post for The Listening Room HQ on leaving behind what no longer serves, staying present in the pause, and noticing when the old life ends and the next step arrives. It can be read here: here.
When You Meet Someone Who Dissociates – And You Don’t Know It at The Listening Room HQ is a personal reflection on encountering dissociation from the outside. How it feels when someone shifts state without awareness. The disorientation that can arise when shared presence and memory suddenly break for the person witnessing it. You can read it here.
The Body as Threshold the new post at The Listening Room HQ is A grounded reflection for men on the body as threshold, where change is felt before it is understood. Somatic presence, capacity, and embodied authority without performance. It can be read here.
When Authority Collapses But Structure Remains is a new post at The Listening Room HQ my men’s practice site. vision on masculinity, structure, and responsibility when authority collapses, without therapy language, rescue narratives, or fixes. It can be read here.
Bipolar Hypomania Also As Physical Illness is a new post by Neal Reid on The Listening Room HQ of first account living with bipolar. Bipolar Hypomania Also As Physical Illness approaches how physical illness is felt by those in a bipolar hypomania phase. It can be read here.
Nothing Is Being Asked of You Right Now the new post at The Listening Room HQ concerns guidance for men in stillness. Practising coherence, restraint, and presence when no action or decision is required and can be read here.
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