October brings pink ribbons into our timelines, workplaces, churches, and communities. The ribbon is recognizable, but sometimes the symbol becomes so familiar that we forget the person it represents. A ribbon can raise awareness. A name reminds us who the awareness is for.

At some point, a woman can become so dependable that everyone knows what she does, but very few people know how she is doing.

Most men are taught to absorb everything until they break. Handle it. Figure it out. Keep working. Take care of the family. Solve the problem. Be dependable. Don't complain. And when someone asks, "How are you doing?" “I'm good.” Sometimes you are. And sometimes “I'm good” really means I don't have time to unpack all of that right now. The problem isn't that men are incapable of handling pressure. Men handle enormous amounts of responsibility every day. The question is whether constantly...