A Second Curve book series
The Second Curve books
Most books for the second half of life sell either reassurance or a hormone. Second Curve does neither. Each book names the claims its reader has absorbed, states them at full strength, and grades them against the evidence in the text itself: Not the Epilogue for the working life (the CRAFT method), Still Rising for a man’s body, mind, relationships and purpose (the RESET method and a 90-day plan), The Woman Problem for what men are told about women (the TRUTH method, every claim graded solid, mixed or thin). Calm, plainly honest, written for people who are not beginners and know when they are being sold something.
Books
The Second Curve series
Not the Epilogue
A Midlife Guide to Purpose, Calm, and Meaningful Work
Your career works. So why does it feel like repetition?
A calm, practical guide for professionals in the second half of working life, built on the CRAFT method (Clarity, Rest, Awareness, Focus, Transformation) with "Try this" exercises and a 90-day plan. Grounded in psychology and neuroscience, written without jargon. No hustle, no self-optimization pressure.
Still Rising
A Man's Guide to Energy, Confidence, Connection, and Purpose in the Second Half of Life
You've built the life. So why doesn't it feel like yours anymore?
Written for the specific challenges men face in the second half of life. It treats you as a whole man across four pillars — Body, Mind, Relationships, and Purpose — and treats testosterone as one doorway, not the whole story. No hype, no "alpha" nonsense, no fear. Includes the RESET method and a complete 90-Day Second Curve Reset. General information, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor.
The Woman Problem
What Men Are Told About Women — and What the Evidence Actually Says
You have been told a great deal about women. Most of it by men.
Plenty of books promise you the truth about women; this one shows its work. Every chapter takes a claim men live by, states it at full strength, shows what women actually said when researchers asked them, puts the real number on the table, and grades the evidence out loud: solid, mixed, or thin. When a hard claim comes back partly true, it says so. The woman problem is not women.
From the Journal
Latest notes
- The clean streak is a fantasy sold by people who want you to feel bad enough to buy something.
- A man with energy and no direction just becomes a restless man with energy.
- Begin your second curve while the first is still going well. Waiting turns a graceful change of course into an emergency.
- You don't think your way into a new self-image. You act your way in — one delegated task, one declined meeting at a time.
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