About this site (and me)

Me

My name is Jerry Kennard. I'm a psychologist (retired). I've worked in health settings and in Higher Education, and I've spent more years than I care to count thinking about how people's minds work — particularly men's minds, and particularly what happens when life starts throwing the bigger, harder stuff at us.

Men of a certain age may recall the site About.com (started in 1996 but now gone). I was the Men's Health writer. I then became a medical reviewer and contributor for HealthCentral.com (still going). I must have written thousands of articles, and I've turned out some books along the way, but this site is my project - free from editorial constraints.

Men

Here's what I noticed over my career: men in their 40s, 50s, and beyond often navigate some of the most significant psychological terrain of their lives — identity, purpose, health, relationships, loss — and doing so largely in silence. Not because they're incapable of reflection, but because most of what's out there wasn't really written with them in mind.

This site

This site came to life in April 2026 and is no doubt fighting for a toehold in overcrowded search engines. It's for men who are willing to think about how they're doing without the hand-wringing and without being made to feel like a problem to be solved.

The topics covered here span mental health, relationships, work, retirement, physical wellbeing and the various transitions that tend to ambush you just when you thought you had things figured out. I've tried to keep the tone informed, honest and light-hearted, because if you've lived long enough, you know that life frequently is.

I'm not here to tell you what to think, how to feel or how to behave. But if you find that something on this site helps you think a little differently, or feel a little less alone with something you've been carrying, then I've done my job.

Finally, I'd like to mention that this is not a commercial venture. The site carries no advertising. It is not affiliated with any commercial organisation, treatment provider or subscription service. It does not sell data, promote products, or generate revenue through any mechanism other than the voluntary contributions of readers who want to support it.

Podcast

Finally, if you prefer audio over reading (good for the commute), my podcast is called The Quiet Midlife. You can access it on this site as well as Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, Player FM, Podchaser, and Boomplay, to name but a few.