ABOUT US

I grew up in Philadelphia without a real example of a good man to follow. My father was in the home, but there was no real relationship there. So, I needed to build one myself by piecing together traits from different men I respected over the years. What I found was that no man had it all. Only Jesus Christ did. That’s when I understood: men don’t just need examples, we need a community that pushes us toward who God has called us to be.

I’ve seen what happens without that community. A friend of mine, married over fifteen years, called me raging about his wife wanting to check up on him, after she caught him in infidelity, but she forgave him. I let him vent, then told him, “Only a child complains about the punishment he gets after being caught doing wrong.” He didn’t like hearing that, but he did and he started to change. Some men can’t see their own wrong until someone they trust points it out.

That conviction is why I’ve spent my career doing this work, long before Centry League had a name. As a Certified Professional Life Coach through the Transformation Academy and Mental Health First Aider certified through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, I’ve spent years advising and creating content designed to help men build better relationships with their mothers, girlfriends, wives and others. That’s what led me to write several books meant to help men “Do Life Better” (available on Amazon).

It’s also why I’ve volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and other mentoring and faith-based organizations, and spent years working in the Georgia school system with General Education, Emotional Behavior and Autistic children. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when a child — especially a boy — has no one to help him understand, process and release the hurt he’s carrying. It shows up later as emotional struggles, negative behavior, and a lack of respect for himself, women and others.

That’s what The CENTRY™ League is for: content, counsel and community that help men see clearly, and point them back to who God already calls them to be.

To Your Success, Eric M. Watterson
Founder, The CENTRY™ League