1. Why I wrote How to Human
A personal reflection on the questions that led to the book — and why conversations about masculinity often seem to stop at the surface of the problem rather than reaching the deeper developmental patterns underneath it.
2. The Man Trap – what it is and how it works
An introduction to the core framework behind How to Human — exploring how an overdeveloped individual perspective can shape perception, relationships, defensiveness, disconnection, and violence.
3. The Relational Perspective
An exploration of what it means to see human life relationally — not simply through empathy or kindness, but through recognising the deeply interconnected nature of human existence itself.
4. Beyond Masculinity
A detailed exploration of the core theory underlying How to Human — presenting the Social Orientation Model and examining how developmental imbalance between individual and relational ways of perceiving the world may shape violence, masculinity, disconnection, and prevention.
5. The Leaning Tower of Masculinity
Using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a metaphor, this essay argues that masculinity may be structurally unstable from the beginning — and asks whether prevention work should move beyond reconstructing masculinity altogether.
6. The Masculinity Red Herring
An exploration of whether masculinity may be drawing attention away from a deeper developmental imbalance underlying violence, disconnection, and relational harm.