Shattering the Silence

(By Cecil Murphey) One reason for murky statistics about male survivors of sexual assault is that many of us aren't forthcoming. That is...

(By Cecil Murphey) Needy is a good word I've used to describe myself since the early days of my healing. At first I saw needy as applyi...

(By Cecil Murphey) I cringed when I heard other men speak of their painful childhoods, especially when they talked about how they hated what...

(This post is an excerpt from an unsolicited email from Mark and is printed with his permission.) I recently read your book Not Quite Healed...

(By Cecil Murphey) As we venture more fully into healing, our emotions don't always comply with our desire for progress. At times, we fe...

(By Cecil Murphey) Responsibility is a strange word. For some, it delineates who we are—the one on whom others can depend. We receive commen...

(By Cecil Murphey) We often speak of wearing masks—hiding our real selves so that others don't see deeply inside us. When I was a teen, ...