If you have read Michael Gurian’s book, How Do I Help Him? A Practitioner’s Guide to Working With Boys and Men In Therapeutic Settings, you will have read about male-friendly social emotional approaches, including an archetypal (Jungian) approach to male development. This week we are featuring Part II of Dr. Jed Diamond’s analysis of male suicide, depression, and the evolutionary biology behind the archetypal approach to helping our men and …
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September 19, 2024
Dr. Jed Diamond, an evolutionary medicine specialist, has studied male depression and suicide for decades. He recently joined with colleagues to develop Moonshot For Mankind, a coalition to advance male and female positive programs worldwide. This week’s blog post by Dr. Diamond is the first part of two parts in which he looks at male development from an evolutionary viewpoint. Homecoming: An Evolutionary Approach for Healing Depression and Preventing Suicide, …
August 30, 2024
Sex trafficking is a heinous crime, and there is more of it going on than we realize. This week we want to feature a new podcast and documentary about Jennisue Jessen, who was trafficked starting at four years old. We became aware of this podcast and story through Daniel Clary, a documentary film maker and podcaster who was Michael Gurian’s neighbor. This is a very compelling story. Jennisue and …
August 16, 2024
We are proud to announce that Michael Gurian is one of only two authors to appear twice on the Top 20 Essential Books for Fathers List just released by the Fatherhood Channel. His two books are The Wonder of Boys (1996) and Raising Boys By Design (2009) co-authored with Dr. Gregory Jantz. Michael is honored to be included on this list! The Fatherhood Channel page for the list begins this …
July 31, 2024
Michael Gurian has published more than thirty books and dozens of articles. In the last couple years, he has been watching how membership services and Substack have evolved. This year he took the plunge–he joined Substack! As he puts it, “This is a wonderful way to reach my readers directly with my newest work.” We hope you will subscribe to michaelgurian.substack.com/ Subscribing is easy to do, inexpensive (the cost for …
July 18, 2024
Michael Gurian, Founder of the Gurian Institute (GI), is writing a new book on male development with Sean Kullman, the President of the Global Initiative for Boys and Men (GIBM). This book will feature boy-friendly programs from around the U.S. and the world. Do you have a boy-friendly program, organization, school, or agency you would like us to feature? Do you know of one? Please send us the name of …
July 8, 2024
Many thanks to everyone who participated in our 26th annual Summer Training Institute this last weekend. Many of you are still participating via recordings on a registrants’ website. We are honored to be serving nearly 400 of you in your work with children. Please reach out to us at info@gurianinstitute.com for anything you need, and please visit www.gurianinstitute.com if you want to learn more about what we do. Note: our …
June 24, 2024
It is almost time! Our Summer Training happens this next weekend. This is our 26th annual event. We are now in our third decade of presenting this information and these practical strategies. Our event will be held on Zoom on June 22 – 23, 2024, with expanded opportunities to watch all the sessions. Pre-Service workshops are available now through July 8. The live weekend sessions will also be available through …
June 16, 2024
The Gurian Institute has been certifying Trainers to provide professional development and consulting in schools, organizations, and communities for more than 25 years. Meet some of our Trainers on https://gurianinstitute.com/trainers/. We hope to facilitate at least one certified trainer in every school to train faculty, staff, and parents in brain-based teaching and whole child growth. At our Summer Training Institute you, individually, or a cadre of qualified people, can certify …
June 6, 2024
You have asked for GI to provide workshops on classroom management, and we are delivering on that request. Between them, Dakota Hoyt and Diane Roberts have more than sixty years experience in the classroom and in administration. Their workshops are insightful and practical deep dives into working students who need extra attention. Join them and all our keynotes and workshops on June 22 – 23 and/or via pre-service recordings …
June 1, 2024
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