For generations, men have been told that toughness is strength and caring is weakness. Yet a quiet shift is underway. Across worksites, locker rooms, and living rooms, more men are discovering that empathy and kindness are not signs of softness but marks of real courage. Being strong and being kind can, and must, live side by side.
Cool to Care
Over years of guiding white-water rafting trips through the wild mountain rivers of southern Oregon, I have witnessed moments that still surge through my memory like the currents themselves. Recollections of black bears, curious otters, and mountain lions mingle with the thunder of helicopters scooping water from the river to battle nearby bushfires.
