Revealing Men

Randy Flood didn’t set out to specialize in men’s work. As he tells Ken Porter, it all started with an internship at a forensic psychological practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "I stumbled into it," he says. More than 30 years later, Flood is the director and co-founder of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan. As [...]

Dr. William Keepin is a mathematical physicist, author, and co-founder of Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI). His book, Gender Equity and Reconciliation: Thirty Years of Healing the Most Ancient Wound in the Human Family, co-authored with Cynthia Brix, describes the origins of GERI and the process it’s developed and uses throughout the world in [...]

Research has shown that loneliness takes years off our lives. In fact, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy points to this research when he states that loneliness in the 21st century is a public health problem comparable to cigarette smoking in the 20th century. This is particularly noted in males, who historically prize independence and rugged [...]

Randy Flood met Mike Salisbury on a train ride traversing the Alaskan Wilderness while heading to Denali National Park. Despite being what he calls “the aloof traveler strategically attempting to avoid mindless chatter with bored extroverts,” Flood was drawn into a conversation with Salisbury. “I was captivated,” he says, “by the exquisite mix [...]

Somatic therapist, Ken Porter, is a regular guest on the Revealing Men podcast, hosted by psychotherapist Randy Flood, co-founder and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan. On previous podcasts, he and Flood have talked about innovative treatments focused on emotional well-being and their work to remediate the damaging long-term effects that emotional [...]

Randy Flood, psychologist and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan lets the listener know from the start that this segment of the Revealing Men podcast, which he hosts, is atypical. “We oftentimes focus on just men’s issues but we want to recognize as we talk about parental alienation that it not only [...]

Jonathan Cauchi is the Community Education Specialist for Disability Advocates and the host of its Flattening the Curb podcast. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the organization, founded in 1981, works alongside persons with disabilities as they seek to lead self-directed lives and advocates for accessible and welcoming communities. Cauchi recently sat down with Randy Flood, [...]

If we live long enough, we will age. Despite our protestations to the contrary, there will be things we can no longer do in the ways in which we’ve become accustomed. For many of us, that is inconceivable. Psychotherapist, Randy Flood, and clinical psychologist, Mark DeVries, Ph.D. are friends and biking enthusiasts. Flood hosts the [...]

Al Heystek and Brian Mulder are two leading therapists in the Transformations Toward a Healthy Sexuality program at the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan. There, they lead and co-facilitate groups for men who are struggling with their sexual behaviors, particularly around sex addiction or sexual compulsions. Unhealthy expressions of sexuality can manifest in [...]

In her more than 30 years working as a therapist in the field of addiction medicine and mental health, Steff Condon says she has seen what she calls the “beautiful fruit” of recovery in lives changed by restoration and respect. Now in private practice, she provides individual and group counseling for men and women, [...]