From the Listening Room HQ – The Midlife Crisis Decision Map

Gunter Damisch – Gelbe Kaskade, 1985

I continue my four-part series on male midlife thresholds and male midlife crisis on The Listening Room HQ with the third piece: The Midlife Crisis Decision Map.

This magazine note links the conversation between the magazine and The Listening Room HQ — my men’s practice – carrying the series’ practical focus on stages, fork points, and the choices that either trap men in repetition or open a path toward integrity and real inner work.

Previously on Mondo Bizarre Magazine:

On The Listening Room HQ the series reads as:

For those who want to follow the full sequence, visit The Listening Room HQ or read the pieces above. Each post builds toward practical language and tools for noticing stages, choosing differently, and moving through midlife with presence, clarity, and accountability.

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 – photolog 4

Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

This is our fourth and final photolog of Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025 held in Leipzig. We will be back to Wave-Gotik-Treffen next. You will find links to this year’s previous photologs, and to other editions next year. It was a pleasure. We will see you in 2026.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

2025 photolog 1

2025 photolog 2

2025 photolog 3

Other Years:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 coverage connection

From the Listening Room HQ – The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop

Gerhard Richter – Abstraktes Bild Nr. 611-1, 1986

In The Listening Room HQ, my men’s practice, I continue the deep dive into the male midlife journey with the second post in a four-part series: The Universal Midlife Crisis Script | The Midlife Crisis Loop.

This piece maps the repeating beats of midlife unraveling across psychology, mythology, addiction recovery, organizational burnout, and even astrology — showing how the same loop resurfaces in different guises.

It follows directly from our earlier feature on Mondo Bizarre Magazine: From The Listening Room HQ – Living the Archetype of Unsupported Male Midlife, where the groundwork for this series was laid.

The full four-part series on The Listening Room HQ:

Each post builds on the last, offering practical language and tools for noticing stages, making clearer choices, and moving through midlife with integrity and care.

My Sessions for Men, and Maps & Readings at The Listening Room HQ

Étienne Gélinas – Comp.494, 2018

At The Listening Room HQ I offer sessions that help men, and Maps, and Readings to anyone who resonates.

These aren’t about performance, quick fixes, or abstract theory. They are about presence, clarity, and gentle guidance. About noticing what’s real, what’s moving, and what needs tending.

Sessions, are space for men to be met as you are. Presence is the practice, and clarity emerges from gentle, grounded support.

Maps & Readings are for everyone provide context and insight. They’re tools to see patterns, understand cycles, and reflect on life’s current. Not predictions, but mirrors for awareness. You can read more about The Listening Room HQ Sessions for Men, and Maps & Readings for everyone here.