by Jordan Gruenhage | Gay Mental Health
Feeling Behind in Life? If You’re a Gay Man, This Might be the Reason One of the most common things I’ll hear from gay men in counselling is that they feel like they’re “behind” in life. Now, it could be argued that the current job market and cost of living are...
by Jordan Gruenhage | Gay Mental Health
This One Word Makes Gay Men Cringe When I started working with gay men in the mental health field, I noticed a phenomenon that puzzled me at first. I’d hear gay men say things like: • “I want to be kinder to myself.” • “I want to love myself more.” • “I beat myself up...
by Jordan Gruenhage | Gay Relationships
What is the Gottman Method? Can it Help Gay Men Build Stronger Relationships? Let’s be real, a lot of gay men didn’t grow up with healthy models of gay relationships around them that they could internalize and then reference as adults. Even if you saw examples of...
by Jordan Gruenhage | Gay Trauma
3 Myths About Gay Men & Trauma The word “trauma” has become more common in everyday language, but what actually is trauma? And how does it show up for gay men? If you search for a definition of trauma, you’ll find a bunch of different answers. All this different...
by Jordan Gruenhage | Gay Mental Health
A Quick Guide for Gay Men Who Want to Set Better Boundaries Often times you’ll see the advice that you should just “set boundaries” to handle challenging relationship dynamics. But what does this even mean? You might be wondering: • Why are boundaries so difficult? •...
