Dr. John Duffy

04/08/2026

You’ve likely encountered and subsequently dismissed the term ‘empath’ as pseudoscientific nonsense. Well, I’ve become a believer. Empaths experience others’ emotions with heightened sensitivity, which is often reflected in their compassionate care for those around them, particularly in the way they care for their people. Today’s Substack. Link in bio.

04/08/2026

You've likely encountered and subsequently dismissed the term 'empath' as pseudoscientific nonsense. Well, I’ve become a believer. Empaths experience others' emotions with heightened sensitivity, which is often reflected in their compassionate care for those around them, particularly in the way they care for their people. Today’s Substack.

Have you ever heard of an empath? You know, these select people who apparently feel the feelings of others, can even predict them, just as deeply as they themselves do, if not more so?

04/02/2026

The Supreme Court decided the other day that a Colorado therapist would be allowed to administer conversion therapy with young LGBTQ+ clients through what feels to be a loophole of sorts - that therapist’s free speech. It’s a dangerous, alarming ruling, and places a highly-vulnerable population at even greater risk. Here’s what we can do. Another Substack. Link in bio.

04/02/2026

The Supreme Court decided the other day that a Colorado therapist would be allowed to administer conversion therapy with young LGBTQ+ clients through what feels to be a loophole of sorts - that therapist’s free speech. It’s a dangerous, alarming ruling, and places a highly-vulnerable population at even greater risk. Here’s what we can do. Another Substack.

I spent the past few days desperately trying to wrap my brain around the US Supreme Court’s recent judgment on the practice of conversion therapy in the state of Colorado.

04/01/2026

We don’t laugh nearly enough, especially when we are modeling life for our kids, and especially in difficult times. Some deep, serious thoughts on laughter. Today’s Substack. Link in bio.

04/01/2026

We don’t laugh nearly enough, especially when we are modeling life for our kids, and especially in difficult times. Some deep, serious thoughts on laughter. Today’s Substack.

I suspect you, my treasured reader, are well aware of my deep concerns about the well-being of our young people, and the growing degree of hopelessness I’m seeing in them regarding the future.

03/30/2026

03/25/2026

Youve probably heard a lot about it since Netflix released ‘Inside the Manosphere’ last week. It’s a really important documentary about awful, influential men who have been creating an absurdly, dangerously misogynistic culture. My thoughts on what the filmmakers got right, and the crucial points they missed. Today’s Substack. Link in bio.

03/25/2026

Youve probably heard a lot about it since Netflix released ‘Inside the Manosphere’ last week. It’s a really important documentary about awful, influential men who have been creating an absurdly, dangerously misogynistic culture. My thoughts on what the filmmakers got right, and the crucial points they missed. Today’s Substack.

Man, am I ever tired of the manosphere.

03/18/2026

Amid their underperforming, isolation and disconnection, I am seeing a positive trend among our boys and young men - overt empathy. Here’s what it looks like, and how we can continue to nourish it. Today’s Substack. Link in bio.

03/18/2026

Amid their underperforming, isolation and disconnection, I am seeing a positive trend among our boys and young men - overt empathy. Here’s what it looks like, and how we can continue to nourish it. Today’s Substack.

Over the past couple of weeks, my feeds have been bursting with news about the increasingly concerning views of young men, men being radicalized against young women, that backwards, Alpha Male thinking we’ve all been hearing about over these past several years.

03/11/2026

Each day, I learn a LOT from my clients. Here, I discover a fresh tale on cringe culture worth considering. Today’s Substack. Link in bio.