Recovery academy
Learn. Reflect. Grow.
A free learning centre for men doing the work of understanding themselves. No upsells. No funnels. Just material you can sit with.
Subjects
What you can study here.
Understanding Trauma
What trauma is, how it lives in the body, and what healing actually looks like.
EnterUnderstanding Addiction
Why we use, what recovery requires, and what life beyond addiction can become.
EnterUnderstanding Relationships
Attachment, trust, communication, repair, the architecture of closeness.
EnterUnderstanding Self-Worth
Where shame comes from, why it persists, and how worth is actually built.
EnterFatherhood
Presence, identity, repair, the work underneath being a father.
EnterPersonal Growth
Awareness, responsibility, change, without the self-improvement noise.
EnterEmotional Awareness
Naming, feeling and regulating emotions you may have spent years avoiding.
EnterPurpose & Identity
Who you are beneath the roles, and how to live from that place.
EnterFormats
Different ways to take it in.
Mini lessons
Short, focused reads on one idea at a time.
Guides
Longer-form walk-throughs for specific challenges.
Videos
Reflections and talks you can watch in under ten minutes.
Worksheets
Reflection prompts you can sit with, not just scroll past.
Reading lists
Books and writers we return to, again and again.
Audio
Listen on a walk, a commute or a quiet evening.
Writing
Long-form pieces, beside the lessons.
The Academy is the curriculum. The Writing is the conversation around it. Honest essays on trauma, recovery, fatherhood and the things men carry quietly.
Childhood trauma
Why Childhood Sexual Abuse Can Still Affect You Decades Later
Why something from years ago can still shape trust, shame, anger and intimacy today, and why freezing, not telling anyone, and not calling it abuse are all common, not weakness.
ReadFatherhood
Co-Parenting After Separation
Co-parenting with someone you're no longer with asks you to stay regulated in the exact place you feel least safe. A trauma-informed look at what actually helps.
ReadFatherhood
Reconnecting With Your Children
Whether it's been months or years, reconnecting with your children isn't about explaining yourself. It's about becoming reliable. A trauma-informed guide for fathers.
ReadRecovery
Life After Addiction: What Comes Next
Getting sober solves the emergency. It doesn't answer the harder question of what your life is now for. An honest look at the flat, strange months after stopping.
ReadRecovery
Cravings and Emotional Triggers
Cravings are rarely about the substance. They're a nervous system asking for relief it already knows how to get. How to read them, and what to do in the twenty minutes that matter.
ReadLong-form
Why Am I So Anxious All The Time?
Chronic anxiety in men isn't a flaw. Understand why your body remains on high alert and how to navigate the persistent feeling of dread.
ReadComing soon
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