In this show we discuss the practical applications of masonic symbolism and how the working tools can be used to better yourself, your family, your lodge, and your community. We help good freemasons become better men through honest self development. We talk quite a bit about mental health and men's issues related to emotional and intellectual growth as well.
Latest Episodes
Don't Spread Salt: The Cost of Commiseration
Workman's Rule Number Two is don't spread salt. It sits deliberately alongside Rule Number One from Brian Mattocks's book A Mason's Work, which calls on every Mason to...
Playing Peacemaker Is Not the Same as Keeping Peace
The week's arc lands here: the peacemaker move. When two people in your life are in conflict and you step in to smooth things over, lower the temperature, and keep eve...
Don't Feed the Animals
Everyone carries an unlimited supply of gold stars, and plenty of people are quietly angling to collect one. This episode introduces one of the more seductive misappli...
Sitting With It: The Problem With Cheering People Up
When someone near you is hurting, the discomfort is real and the pull to relieve it is almost automatic. This episode looks at why that pull — the instinct to cheer so...
Why Giving Advice Breaks Relationships
Continuing the examination of how the trowel gets misapplied, this episode tackles one of the most common and socially accepted forms of false care: giving unsolicited...