Hi, I'm Jesse

Growing up I was taught, “hide your feelings, don’t show pain, be a man.” These were the lessons I thought I needed to teach my kids to become well-adjusted strong men, fathers, and sons. But after years of working in youth shelters, rehab treatment centers, and child protective services, I saw the true results of these teachings. Violence, addiction, and self-harm. I also saw the impact this had in the lives of many men today: absent fathers, broken homes, and failed relationships. I’ve reflected on this and I say to myself, “What else did we expect to happen when you hand a boy his own raw unfiltered emotions with no guidance or model on how to deal with them appropriately?” The cycles that we men keep repeating and passing down to the next generation of men, come from the behaviors and patterns that we were taught by those before us. Now, my goal is to help as many men create and build healthier patterns of dealing with the crap our traumas left us with. Not only so we can be better teachers for the generation that succeeds us, but so that we as men can also enjoy the benefits of living as a whole human being. If this resonates with you, reach out and let’s chat.

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