Tim Wright, co-host, with Michael Gurian, of the Wonder of Parenting Podcast (www.wonderofparenting.com), is author of the popular Toby Baxter series of young adult novels. Today’s guest blog post is Part III in his series on “Use Your Words,” a fascinating study of how we use words to convey meanings–and sometimes miss the meanings for stereotypes and confusions, especially as we are educating and raising young people. To read Parts …

For seven years, the Gurian Institute has been working with Head Start of Phoenix on Pilot and Comprehensive training programs as well as program development alongside Marion Hill, the Program Coordinator for Phoenix Head Start.  Marion is a dynamic program head, speaker, Gurian Certified Trainer, and founder of M.A.N.C.A.V.E., a Nurturing Fathers program This last year, M.A.N.C.A.V.E. partnered with Dads Together.  In our blog post today, you will hear from …

This summer the Gurian Center for Educational Excellence and Crespi Carmelite High School welcomed educators from the Los Angeles Region for a powerful PD day at Crespi, the Helping Students Thrive Summit.  The day featured Dr. Michael Gurian, Dr. Glynetta Fletcher, and Crespi staff and Gurian Certified Trainers. This Summit day was just one of the many exciting things going on at Crespi and the Center.  Check out www.crespi.org to …

Warren Farrell and Michael Gurian have been friends since the late 1980s.  Some of you may know Warren from his book The Boy Crisis (2019).  He is one of our foremost thinkers on the needs of women and men.  His new book, Role Mate to Soul Mate, has just been published. We are happy to republish his latest article today.  This was published by Fox News on September 22, 2024.  …

Need some school wide and/or more personal certification hours?  The Gurian Institute is offering a great opportunity for professional/personal development with a 20% discount on all our online courses until November 30. These courses are specifically designed for teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and more. Each course comes with a Certificate of Completion that can be used for recertification or for annual PD hours. Here’s a brief overview of the courses …

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 …

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, …

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 …