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"Men are in crisis. Ensnarled in a culture of masculinity driven by powerful patriarchal ideals, whipsawed by competing views of men and gender expectations, many men struggle to form true connections, find personal fulfillment, and experience happiness. We feel caught between our desire for change and fear of it, stuck in a ""box"" that harms us and those we love. To escape, each man must determine for himself what it is to be a man, and rebuild his masculine identity from the inside out. Getting Naked: A Field Guide for Men offers a roadmap out of the set of expectations that hold us hostage, frozen in place. Author Mark Grayson describes the critical steps a man can take toward personal transformation, leading to a new masculine identity and the life of connection, meaning, and purpose that he desires. He explores seven key tenets that are conditioned into men from an early age, suggests actions men can take to reclaim aspects of our personalities that our culture devalues, and shows men how we might expand our identities as providers, warriors, and protectors to become nurturers, companions, seekers--and authentic men. Getting Naked proposes a framework to help men make a transformative mental, emotional, and behavioral shift. Weaving together the latest academic research, stories of men who have navigated their own journeys toward a new masculinity, and perspectives gained from Grayson's own path toward an expanded conception of masculinity, this book will help men experience the grace, power, and joy of being alive, connected, and unabashedly male."

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"""Mark Grayson is a thought leader among a generation of men advocating for a new healthy masculine culture of connection. He invites men to follow our joy and our curiosity, to self-reflect on the vast capacities and interests we can all choose to hold. His work as a c-suite leader, a father, a writer, and as an advocate for men's wellness shows how, over the course of time, an ongoing self-reflection about men and masculinity invites us into spiritual frames of understanding. Mark's writing documents his striving for what is possible for all men, a model of masculinity which is a combination of deep contemplative thought merged with action and doing. His work as founder of the Trinity Spiritual Center an expression of exactly this."" --Mark Greene, founder, Remaking Manhood podcast, author of The Little #metoo Book for Men ""In his timely book, Mark Grayson makes the urgent point that men like all humans have a soft or what has been deemed ""feminine"" sides to themselves that includes their capacity to be emotionally sensitive and expressive, empathic, and connected to themselves and others. These qualities are essential to their health and wellbeing, and are also the driver of their relational intelligence or their capacity to be curious about others which is essential for human connection. The book is beautifully written and filled with practical advice that will be helpful most assuredly not only for men but to all who read it regardless of one's identities."" --Niobe Way, professor of developmental psychology at NYU, the author of Deep Secrets: Boy's Friendships and the Crisis of Connection ""Mark Grayson has an uncanny way of capturing the emotional climate of this moment on a micro and macro scale. His writing spans the entire range, connecting the deeply vulnerable and personal to the political and cultural zeitgeist. His curiosity takes him places where readers do not usually find themselves - for that and many other reasons, I love him and his writings."" --Sunny Bates, author, entrepreneur, advisor ""If you're looking for a road map on how to live as a man for the 21st century and beyond, look no further. Mark Grayson's writing is chock full of guidance for all males but particularly younger men who might feel as though there are no clear guideposts on redefining and expressing what it means to be male. Grounded in his lived experience as a man of the world who is deeply spiritual, and integrating ancient --wisdom as well as contemporary insights, he offers a path out of the current cultural conventions that constrain men and harm women. He is a practical, steady guide-a bold, funny, irreverent, wise leader-for these times."" -- Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D., world-renowned spiritual advisor"

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A small-town guy who attended Harvard and Columbia, Mark Grayson is a writer and serial social entrepreneur. He helped launch three award-winning start-ups for children; is a Featured Columnist for The Good Men Project; and is the Founding Director of Trinity Spiritual Center. He lives in Fairfield, CT, with his wife, two sons, and a rambunctious Havanese.

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