Category: Wisdom for Men

Throughout this series, One Man’s Voice… in the Noise, I’ve tried to speak plainly, personally, and purposefully about the issues that many men face. In this next installment of my subset of “Movember” posts, I turn our attention to a threat that affects millions of men: prostate cancer.  During this subset of posts, I’ve highlighted the efforts of the Movember Foundation, which raises awareness and funding for men’s health issues such as Mental Health and Suicide Awareness (my last post), this one on Prostate Cancer, and the next one about Testicular Cancer. November is important since Men’s Health Month Matters to Everyone and since “we all have skin in this game.”  Surprising Facts About Prostate Cancer Did you know that 1 in 8 men (15%) in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime? This is the nearly same rate as the number of women (16%)

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