Emotional Awareness for Men

​As men, most of us are socialised to contain our emotions. Boys don't cry, they have to be strong.

In this workshop specifically designed for men, we want to break that habit and actively work on our emotional awareness.

We'll go through several exercises to:

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1. Expand our emotional vocabulary.
2. Find our patterns: are we used to expressing certain emotions, while suppressing others?
3. Discuss where our patterns might come from (e.g. our family or upbringing).

Your active participation will be required in the workshop, but there's absolutely no pressure to share anything you don't want to share.

​Your host:

​This session is part of Brightroom's community events series - events organized BY community FOR community. It will be facilitated by Peter Fessel who has been running men's circles for three years as a co-organiser of the Berlin Men's Group. Last year Peter obtained a diploma in Men's Work as part of a training organized by the Bundesforum Männer in Germany in collaboration with maenner.ch from Switzerland. Peter also organizes a 6-week training program that helps men discover what their idea of 'positive masculinity' (as opposed to toxic masculinity).