I’ve been in a males’s group that has been assembly for 46 years. I used to be thirty-five years outdated when it started and I’m eighty-one now. I need to begin a brand new group and am in search of ten mid-life males who wish to be within the group with me.
Midlife is a time for change and transformation. Success is enhanced by surrounding oneself with different males who’re studying, evolving, and supporting one another on this journey with an skilled information to mild the way in which. We are going to deal with the next 4 pillars:
- Turning into your genuine self and being the very best you that you would be able to be.
- Deepening your love on your intimate associate, kids, household, and mates.
- Embracing your calling and bringing your distinctive work to the world.
- Being a champion for good in a world the place a lot dangerous is going on.
Why I’m Searching for a Few Good Males to Be part of Me Now
Once I turned 80 in December 2024, I started pondering of beginning a brand new males’s group. I had simply interviewed my pal and colleague Chip Conley, CEO, and founding father of Fashionable Elder Academy about his new e-book, Studying to Love Midlife. Chip supplied a brand new and expanded understanding of midlife change and described three midlife age levels: (1) 35 to 50, (2) 50 to 60, (3) 60 to 75.
I had the distinctive privilege of becoming a member of a males’s group in 1979 after I was 35 years outdated. It perpetually modified my private {and professional} life. The group is coming to an finish after forty-six years. 4 of our members have died and we now have come to a pure ending level. I really feel known as now to mentor and study with others. I’m in search of a couple of good males to hitch me in an journey of a lifetime.
The Czech stateman and dissident, Václav Havel, spoke to our occasions when he stated,
“As we speak, many issues point out that we’re going via a transitional interval when plainly one thing is on the way in which out and one thing else is painfully being born. It’s as if one thing had been crumbling, decaying, and exhausting itself, whereas one thing else, nonetheless vague, had been arising from the rubble.”
That is our time to do our half to assist create a greater world for everybody. The world wants you. Your loved ones wants you. You want you! And we’d like one another.
Who Ought to Contemplate Making use of to Be part of the Group?
- You’re a midlife man who has been in a males’s group or has thought-about being in a single.
- You acknowledge the worth of being with caring and supportive males to share your journey.
- You might be profitable in life and a pure chief however are able to do extra and be extra.
- You starvation for a smart neighborhood of colleagues in your nook who help your development, maintain you accountable, and rejoice your victories.
- You might be a counselor, coach, or healer, however no matter your career you need to assist individuals thrive and reach life.
- You might be able to be mentored by an skilled elder and need to share what you might have discovered with different males.
I Invite You to Be part of the Diamond Males’s Circle: Right here Are Solutions to Some Necessary Questions
What’s The Diamond Males’s Circle?
The Diamond Males’s Circle is an internet group teaching program for private {and professional} growth. The group meets particularly for the aim of supporting acutely aware and intentional self-discovery, development, and transformative change. The Males’s Circle is an economical strategy to have interaction in highly effective teaching with out the non-public 1:1 teaching price ticket. The spirit of the assembly is to domesticate a robust and reliable fellowship of help by permitting the traditional knowledge of males the boys’s circle to information our journey collectively.
What number of members are within the circle?
The circle will probably be restricted to 10 males, plus Jed as your mentor, coach, and facilitator.
How often will we meet and for a way lengthy?
The Males’s Circle meets twice a month for 90 minutes every session. The minimal dedication is three months, or chances are you’ll select a 12-month membership. The Males’s Circle runs perpetually so enrollments could roll into one other three- or 12-month membership. Some members proceed indefinitely and think about The Males’s group an necessary a part of remaining wholesome, grounded, and profitable via the years.
When will the group start?
These can apply now. The group will start in June (Males’s Well being month).
How are the teams facilitated?
By a custom-created curriculum, construction, and Jed’s facilitation, members discover subjects and practices collectively, in addition to deeply have interaction in their very own studying edges simply outdoors their consolation zones. Whereas Jed designs and facilitates the workout routines, sensible functions and practices, a number of the content material can also be pushed by the members themselves – on the subjects they want to discover.
Homework and assignments happen in between calls to maintain the educational momentum and engagement going, in addition to sensible actions steps to implement in your life. Networking with different members of the group is inspired throughout and between periods.
Are different specialists concerned?
I’ve quite a few colleagues who share their very own experience in recorded discussions with Jed and might also be accessible to reply individuals questions reside. Listed below are a few of these concerned:
- Dr. Gary Barker, Worldwide voice for wholesome manhood, gender equality and violence prevention. CEO of Equimundo.
- Chip Conley, Co-founder and CEO of the Fashionable Elder Academy and writer of Studying to Love Midlife.
- Michael Gurian, Journalist and bestselling writer of 32 books together with The Marvel of Boys and Boys: A Rescue Plan (with Shaun Kullman).
- Kelly Wendorf, Founder/CEO of Equus, writer of Flying Lead Change: 56 Million Years of Knowledge for Main and Residing.
- Richard V. Reeves, Founding President of the American Institute for Boys and Males, writer of Of Boys and Males.
- Mo Gawdat, Former Chief Enterprise Officer at Google X, bestselling writer of Resolve For Comfortable.
- Marianne J. Legato, M.D., Founder Basis for Gender-Particular Drugs, writer of Why Males Die First: Easy methods to Lengthen Your Lifespan
- Drs. Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt, Relationship specialists, authors of Getting The Love You Need.
- Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor, Harvard-trained neuroscientist, writer of My Stroke of Perception and Entire Mind Residing.
- Dr. Warren Farrell, Writer of The Boy Disaster and Function Mate to Soul Mate.
What’s the funding?
- Three-month program $900 ($300/month).
- Twelve-month program $3000 (Save $600).
- There’s potential for the group to proceed past a 12 months if the members have an interest.
Is particular person counseling accessible if desired?
Personal, particular person periods with Jed are on the common fee of $450 per hour. Members of the Males’s Circle who want particular person counseling may have precedence when a gap is on the market.
Who’re Males’s Circles for?
Males’s Circle is ideal for you if:
- You might be able to jumpstart your private {and professional} development.
- You search a neighborhood of like-minded people who share your objectives and values for transformative change.
- You understand you could enhance your love life.
- You might be contemplating shifting or upgrading your work life and need to work smarter with much less stress, extra function, elevated revenue, and better satisfaction.
- You need deeper and extra satisfying friendships with males.
- Your life is altering and you could get readability about your priorities and the right way to stay true to your self.
- You understand humanity is in hassle and also you need to guarantee a greater future on your kids, grandchildren, and future generations.
Who’s Dr. Jed Diamond?
You might know me from one of many seventeen books I’ve written since me first e-book, Inside Out: Turning into My Personal Man, was printed in 1983 or from one in every of my worldwide bestsellers, Searching for Love in All of the Improper Locations, Male Menopause, or The Irritable Male Syndrome. You might not know that I’m one of many world’s main specialists on Gender-Particular Therapeutic and Males’s Well being, have run a profitable million-dollar-one-person enterprise for a few years, and have been married to my third spouse, Carlin, for 45 years. Now we have six grown kids, seventeen grandchildren, and 4 nice grandchildren.
What’s subsequent? I believe this could be what I’ve been in search of.
For those who really feel moved to behave, I wish to meet you. Drop me a notice to Jed@MenAlive.com and put “Males’s Circle” within the topic line. I’ll get proper again to you so we will meet, focus on your wants, reply your questions, and see if that is proper match for you. There are solely ten spots accessible. So, if you’re , I recommend you contact me immediately.
I’ll share extra concerning the group and the significance of males’s work in future articles. For those who haven’t already, be at liberty to subscribe to my free weekly publication right here: https://menalive.com/email-newsletter/