Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing His Feelings

by David Kundtz

This no-nonsense guide helps men recognize, process, and express their emotions to experience healthier, happier, and more successful lives.
 
Men have long been conditioned to conceal a full range of emotions, including sadness, anxiety, and worry. Suppressing these emotions not only cuts men off from their true selves, it can also inhibit decision making and lead to other negative consequences. Author David Kundtz shows men how to identify and express whatever they're feeling in a healthy way and to learn to be comfortable with the feelings of others. He provides the tools and language men can use to access deep, vibrant, emotional lives.

Written for males, from teenagers to grandfathers, Nothing's Wrong presents a variety of stories, simple exercises, and a three-step, daily practice for emotional fitness. Men are encourage to notice what they’re feeling and stay with it, name the feeling, then express it to the outside world. In straight-talking, no-nonsense language, Kundtz helps men liberate themselves to live more fulfilling personal and professional lives.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

180 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Egon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing's Wrong provides a simple approach to manage feelings appropriately.
Essentially, it boils down to three steps: (1) notice the feeling, (2) name the feeling and (3) act out the feeling.
Kundtz presents many real-life examples where dealing with feelings was impaired, which both enhances the credibility of these techniques and makes the content very easily digestible.
I think this was one of my most enjoyable and constructive reads of the last year.

[Zach Lowrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My FEELINGS on this book

The author does a great job making this easy to understand. Good stats to help support ideas and it’s not a long, complicated read. The example stories are very brief and concise.

[Aaron Imholte · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brief, great way for men to explore their feelings and how to better cope

David’s approach to the issues that many men face in today’s world is both straightforward and easy to follow. He gives some great anecdotal examples of where other men fell into the common pitfalls that many of us experience - and follows them up with some great solutions and potential workarounds. So we can learn from them, with his guidance. With definitely recommend this book to any man looking to “up their game” from an emotional standpoint and better understand their emotions and responses to them.

[Michael Thumann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Self help/psychology books kind of were something I would be wary of typically but honestly this book really resonated with me.

I don't know if it's going to change my life or anything but at the least the examples of emotional release or lack there of he gives are very validating and at the least make me not feel so lonely.

[Gregory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whenever you don’t know how a man should feel in any given situation that you’re experiencing…ask yourself: “How do I feel?”

That’s it.

That’s how a man should feel.

[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Generalizations with no data to back up claims makes this feel stereotypical

[Matt Styles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great refresher on the crucial importance of stopping to listen to your own feelings and give them the expression they deserve. A lesson that I, as a man who keeps to himself, need constant reminder of.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty interesting