Dan Griffin
Dan Griffin is an internationally recognized author, thought leader, and speaker on masculinity and men's relationships. Dan's work and life is dedicated to exploring and redefining what it means to be a man in the 21st century. In the face of the changing expectations for men and our overall social landscape, Dan is dedicated to helping men navigate their professional and personal lives and setting them up for the greatest success. Griffin's newest book, A Man's Way through Relationships, is the first book written specifically to help men create healthy relationships while navigating the challenges of the "Man Rules," those ideas men internalize at very young ages about how to be real boys and men.
Griffin's professional background includes over two decades in the mental health and addictions field. He is also the author of A Man's Way through the Twelve Steps, the first trauma-informed book to take a holistic look at men's sobriety. He co-authored Helping Men Recover, the first comprehensive gender-responsive and trauma-informed curriculum for addiction and mental health professionals. Griffin earned a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Kansas where his graduate work was centered on the social construction of masculinity in the process of therapeutic change.
Griffin grew up in the DC area and lives in Minnesota with his wife, Nancy, and his daughter, Grace, and has been in long-term recovery from addiction since he graduated college in May of 1994.
Dan Griffin is an internationally recognized author, thought leader, and speaker on masculinity and men's relationships. Dan's work and life is dedicated to exploring and redefining what it means to be a man in the 21st century. In the face of the changing expectations for men and our overall social landscape, Dan is dedicated to helping men navigate their professional and personal lives and setting them up for the greatest success. Griffin's newest book, A Man's Way through Relationships, is the first book written specifically to help men create healthy relationships while navigating the challenges of the "Man Rules," those ideas men internalize at very young ages about how to be real boys and men.
Griffin's professional background includes over two decades in the mental health and addictions field. He is also the author of A Man's Way through the Twelve Steps, the first trauma-informed book to take a holistic look at men's sobriety. He co-authored Helping Men Recover, the first comprehensive gender-responsive and trauma-informed curriculum for addiction and mental health professionals. Griffin earned a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Kansas where his graduate work was centered on the social construction of masculinity in the process of therapeutic change.
Griffin grew up in the DC area and lives in Minnesota with his wife, Nancy, and his daughter, Grace, and has been in long-term recovery from addiction since he graduated college in May of 1994.
Transforming Tragedy into Triumph
This presentation looks at the power of pain and hardship to become the catalyst for an individual's success in life. Dan shares some of the most painful and seemingly tragic parts of his own personal story in a candid and humorous way to illustrate the transformative power of attitude as we realize we can rewrite the story of our lives.
Putting the "Fun" in Dysfunction
It is too easy to be too serious about all of the pain and problems in our lives. It is too easy to lose our sense of joy and play working in the field of addiction and recovery. In a light and interactive presentation, Dan explores the different ways and provides practical steps on how we can apply humor and the act of play to our lives and the work we do.
All is Well
There is a truth that all of the mystics over the ages have spoken of: all is well. That despite all of the appearance to the contrary and underneath all of the seeming insanity and chaos, all is well. It is a truth that transcends belief. Dan shares parts of his own personal story and offers practical steps one can take to make this truth a core part of your spiritual practice.
What do we really think about fathers?
This presentation offers a unique perspective on men and fathers and practical guidance and tools to better support fathers. The link between abuse and trauma is well known but that link is often not taken into consideration in the context of how men father and men's abusive behavior. Men and women experience, respond to, exhibit the symptoms of and recover from trauma differently from women. These experiences affect how men father, view fathering, and deal with attempts by others to...
How Men Relate
This presentation uses Dan's unique and groundbreaking ideas around how men engage in intimacy in the context of The Man Rules and the challenges that presents for men to have sucess in their personal lives. Essentially, the tenets of intimacy are directly opposed to the Man Rules yet in these changing times we simply expect men to be able to engage in loving, supportive, and vulnerable relationships. While it may be what they desperately desire - that desire does not automatically equal...
The Man Rules: Don't Let the Rules, Rule YOU.
Dan presents his unique and groundbreaking ideas on masculinity particularly how the Man Rules, those internalized ideas about what it means to be a "real" man, constantly challenge a man's ability to show up as authentically and vulnerably as he wishes. Dan focuses on how men navigate the challenges of relationships. What it means to be a man has changed dramatically in the 21st century - but we have not done the best job of helping men meet those changing expectations. This presentation...
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