In this episode, we explore one of the most common — and least talked about — patterns among men in their later years: the habit of holding grief inside until it finds its own way out. Drawing on both personal
In this episode, Bill Leighty tells the story of Mary Jo Rose — a lifelong friend, a former flight attendant, a woman who built a sanctuary for troubled teenagers in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. For nearly two decades, Bill and his
If you’ve decided it’s time to get some professional support for your grief, the next question is: what kind? Individual counseling, group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, art and music therapy, even pet therapy — the options are broader than most
Healing from grief doesn’t happen in a single breakthrough moment. It happens in the accumulation of small, intentional daily choices — the morning walk, the journal entry, the phone call to a friend, the meal you actually cook for yourself.
There’s a difference between grief that hurts and grief that has taken over. Most senior men can recognize the former — it’s painful, but you’re still functioning, still showing up, still moving. The latter is something different: prolonged, debilitating, affecting
No one chooses grief. But for senior men who are willing to sit with it rather than run from it, grief has a strange way of opening doors — to self-understanding, to deeper relationships, to a clearer sense of what
Grief is hard enough on its own. Carrying it in silence — with no one around who truly understands — makes it heavier still. For senior men, who often have fewer close friendships than they once did and may have
Grief doesn’t just affect the person who’s grieving — it ripples through a marriage, reshaping how couples communicate, connect, and support each other. For senior men who may have been with a partner for decades, losing a loved one outside
Losing a spouse, a lifelong friend, your independence, your purpose — grief in later life piles on in ways that younger men rarely face all at once. And for men who were raised to be strong and self-sufficient, asking for
Sometimes, when you’re in the middle of grief, someone else’s words say exactly what you can’t. A single sentence — from a poet, a philosopher, a king, or a friend — can cut through the fog and make you feel
Sadness you expected. But anger? Numbness? The strange guilt of having a goodday? For older men navigating grief, the emotional landscape is far more complicatedthan anyone prepares you for. Cultural expectations have told men to stay stoic, to holdit together
Grief hits every man differently — but for senior men, it often arrives without warningand without a map. You’ve likely been taught to hold it together, to stay strong, to keepmoving. And yet here you are, feeling things you weren’t