Revealing Men

It might seem unusual for a counseling and therapy center to publicly celebrate the anniversary of its founding. But the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan (MRC) is, itself, unusual. Co-founder and Director, Randy Flood, M.A., L.L.P., describes the decision he and Charlie Donaldson, M.A., L.L.P. made in 2000 as: “an audacious, some would say, [...]

Recent events remind us that political violence rarely ends with one act—it sparks more violence. Politicians then exploit that violence to score ideological points or to win votes. But too often, the spotlight skips over the men who actually commit these acts. On this episode of Revealing Men, host Randy Flood takes on a question [...]

As host of the Revealing Men podcast, psychotherapist Randy Flood interviews a variety of experts who focus on men and their inner lives; what they are least likely to show to the people around them or even acknowledge to themselves. For this segment, Flood speaks directly to his audience about what he sees as an [...]

Marcel Fable Price is a storyteller and poet. He was the youngest, the first person without a college degree, and the first person of color to hold the title of Poet Laureate in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Through deeply personal, brilliant, and colorful writing he invites his audience (readers and listeners) to reimagine what healing [...]

Randy Flood, host of the Revealing Men podcast, is an avid reader of The Sun, a non-profit, ad-free magazine that publishes personal essays, short stories, and poetry. It was there that he first encountered author, Doug Crandell, through an essay about his father’s life as a laborer: “His Body of Work.” Flood, a psychotherapist and [...]

Dr. Ronald Levant is widely considered one of the key people responsible for creating the field of psychology of Men and Masculinities. He’s a feminist scholar, Professor Emeritus of psychology at the University of Akron, the past president of the American Psychological Association and the Association's Division 51, the Society for the Psychological Study of [...]

As host of the Revealing Men podcast, Randy Flood usually engages a guest in conversation about the issues men face in working through their own and society’s expectations of what constitutes masculinity in the 21st century. This time, there is no guest. They fell ill. Instead of canceling, Flood uses the time to talk about [...]

In 2009, while a client at the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, Jim Musial —an avid runner— wrote a guest post about how “running could be hazardous to your emotional health.” He only hints at what it is he was running from; at the time, emotionally able to share just part of his story. [...]

The Revealing Men podcast typically features conversations that seek to pull back the curtain to reveal the inner lives of men. For this conversation, host Randy Flood, psychotherapist and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, and his guests, somatic therapists Ken Porter and Monica Vergara do more than pull back the curtain; [...]

In his work with the Men’s Resource Center, Zach Flood’s focus is on men and their relationships, especially where those relationships are fractured or broken. He helps families navigate the family court system and the turmoil associated with parental alienation and resist and refuse dynamics. He also provides online domestic abuse coaching and counseling for [...]