A Man’s Way Through Relationships

A Man’s Way Through Relationships: Learning to Love and Be Loved

Author: Dan Griffin, MA

An essential guide to the challenges men face in creating healthy and engaged in relationship in all areas of their lives. Every idea is presented through the lens of the “Man Rules” – the often unconscious ideas men carry with them into every relationship they have – that affect their ability to find true connection. A Man’s Way through Relationships offers practical advice and inspiration for men to define, with their partners, their own sense of masculinity, and thus heighten their potential to love and be loved. Dan Griffin excerpts interviews with men who share their innermost lives and experience with relationships. He draws from his own life with over two decades of personal growth – the successes and the failures. Readers will learn to recognize how their ideas about masculinity have shaped who they are and how they approach their relationships.

“A beautiful book about men and for men, A Man’s Way Through Relationships takes the reader through the journey of how the Man Rules, as part of socialization, often combine with trauma in early childhood to impact the ability of men to feel safe and embrace and flourish in relationships. I am a big fan of Dan Griffin and his contributions to treatment and recovery. This book is important to men in general, and specifically to men in recovery. Every man needs to read this!”

Claudia Black, PhD, Addiction and Trauma Specialist
Author of It Will Never Happen to Me and Intimate Treason

About the Author

Dan’s professional background includes over three decades in the mental health and addictions field. In addition, he is the author of seven groundbreaking books and curricula. He is a nationally recognized expert and a sought after speaker and trainer. Dan served as a senior fellow at The Meadows from 2015 to 2017. Dan earned a Master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Kansas. For his graduate work, Dan completed the first qualitative study centered on the social construction of masculinity in the culture of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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