ManKind Rising Signature Workshop Free to attend. One hour. Online
Dropping the Armour. A Man's path back to presence.
Many responsible men find themselves reacting in ways they later regret, particularly in moments of pressure, conflict, or emotional intensity with the people they love the most. Not because they don't care. Because, nobody ever showed them what's actually driving those reactions, or gave them practical tools to respond differently.
Men aren't broken. They are burdened by years of conditioning that taught them to “man up, suck it up, and never ask for help", and it’s hurting them and everyone who loves them.
These patterns aren't your fault
But they are your responsibility
How you learned to handle anger, avoid difficult conversations or shut down under pressure wasn’t a choice. It was survival. You learned what worked when you were young, and you've been running with it ever since. Understanding that is the beginning of everything.
The people closest to you are experiencing the impacts of these patterns you've probably not examined before. Not because you're a bad man but because nobody ever showed you another way. This programme does.
"This free one-hour workshop is a grounded introduction to the work of ManKind Rising."
At the workshop
Together we'll explore why those patterns exist, where they come from, and, crucially, how they change. Not through willpower or self-improvement in the usual sense, but through five small shifts in awareness and response that, practised consistently, begin to reshape how you show up in the moments that matter most.
Throughout the session, you won't just hear ideas, you'll be guided through reflections that invite you to look honestly at your own patterns and begin to see yourself more clearly. Many men describe the session as the first time something has genuinely made sense of what they've been experiencing.
This is not a lecture. It is a space for, honest inquiry, practice, and is designed for men who are ready to look at what's really going on.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
In this FREE 60 minute experiential session,you will.
Understand why emotional shutdown isn't your fault, but is your responsibility
Explore the 5 Shifts that change how you show up at home
Practice a simple tool to pause instead of react
Discover what's really underneath your triggers
Begin breaking the generational cycle, because what you don't transform, your children inherit
P.S. Authenticity and integrity matters to me, and I’d like you to know that during the workshop I’ll be taking a couple of minutes to talk about some of the things I have coming up in case they might be of interest to you. No pressure or obligation, it’s not my vibe!
The Five Shifts
Five things that change everything else.
The work of ManKind Rising draws upon Nonviolent Communication, Mindfulness and Body Awareness and is built around five simple but powerful shifts that help men interrupt old patterns and supports them to respond, relate, and show up differently in the moments that matter most.
01
From Reaction to Pause
Learning to recognise your stress response, regulate your nervous system, and create space before reacting, instead of dealing with the consequences of your reaction.
"I have a choice in that moment."
02
From Blame to Responsibility
Moving away from defensiveness and towards ownership, awareness and emotional maturity. Owning your part, fully, honestly and without collapsing into shame or self-criticism. Understanding what is driving your perceptions, thinking and actions.
"I can own my part and still respect myself."
03
From Control to Curiosity
Letting go of needing to win, fix or control, and learning how to listen and understand in a way that changes things.
"I wonder what's really going on here."
04
From Performance to Presence
Putting down the version of yourself you thought you had to be. Showing up without the mask and perfectionism and discovering how much more powerful that is.
"Being real is enough."
05
From Isolation to a Community of Practice
Doing this work alongside other men, being witnessed, holding each other accountable, and discovering that you were never as alone in this as you thought.
"I'm not the only one and that changes everything."
Meet Barry
I Live what I teach.
My name is Barry Jones. I'm an internationally certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication, and I've been married for 24 years. I have two grown children, 23 and 19. On paper, that might sound like someone who had it figured out.
I didn't. For a long time, I carried what a lot of men carry, the unspoken instruction to chin up, man up, be strong. I learned to push through rather than feel, to perform rather than connect. That way of living caught up with me. I've had my own experience of addiction and mental health struggles. I know what it costs to keep the mask on.
What changed wasn't a single moment. It was a slow process of learning to see myself clearly, my patterns, my defences, the gap between the man I wanted to be and the man I was showing up as. The tools in this programme are the tools that changed my life. I don't teach theory. I teach what I practice.
I created ManKind Rising because I believe most men don't need to be fixed. They need to be seen, challenged with care, and shown a different way. That's what I'm here to do.