Author: Rich Gorecki

As I continue this subset of “Movember” posts in my series, One Man’s Voice… in the Noise, I want to turn your attention to an issue that too many men hide behind a mask: the struggle with their mental health. Among the expectations, responsibilities, and bravado that surround men’s lives, our fear of failure can overwhelm us. And our pleas for help go unheard. The good news is that more and more men refuse to stay silent in the fight against male suicide. As I wrote in my last post, Men’s Health Month Matters to Everyone since we all have skin in this game.  Bringing Suicide into the Light Every minute, a man somewhere takes his own life. Globally, more than 700,000 people die from suicide every year. In the United States, rates among men are four times higher than among women. Since 2010, suicide rates have risen by 30%

November is an important month since it’s the time to raise awareness and funding support for men’s health. This next post for my series, One Man’s Voice… in the Noise, introduces you to the “Movember” movement, along with an interesting contradiction about how men view their health. The rest of the month will include posts on several aspects of our health, specifically mental health & suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. These posts for Movember are a good follow-up to my earlier messages about Blood Pressure Management and Male Depression for One Man’s Voice… in which I curate content from around the web to sift through “the noise” with my viewpoint and “voice” about the issues we men face today.   So let’s start with an education on Movember.  About Movember As you can tell, the name “Movember” is a portmanteau (a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings

Books, articles, and pop culture have taught that every man will hit a big turning point in life — that dramatic moment recognizable as the classic “mid-life crisis.” This crisis is a sudden shift: a dramatic “What have I done with my life?” moment at some point between their mid-30s and mid-50s. In this next post for my series, “One Man’s Voice…in the Noise,” I’ll explore how men can move successfully through this critical point, not by fearing when the crisis will come, but by managing the daily questions about their decisions, regrets, and identity.  The Daily Midlife Crisis? For this next post of One Man’s Voice… I use an essay by blogger and pastor Justin Poythress. In The Midlife Crisis Is Dead. All Hail the Daily Midlife Crisis,” Poythress argues that the real struggle many men—and indeed people of all ages—face isn’t a single dramatic event but the relentless,