With a Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill in Curriculum and Instruction, Guy Arcuri coaches teachers and school administrators, writes and edits curriculum guides for corporations and other organizations, leads men’s retreats, and teaches Spanish to students young and old. In all of his endeavors, one universal theme continues to surface. People teach and learn best if they are able to reflect on how.
To that end, he has dedicated his life to improving the lives of his clients by helping them reflect on their life, their choices, and their impact on themselves and others. Guy believes that learning to reflect on how one personally processes the world revolutionizes that person’s ability to learn and grow.
Guy has realized his adult successes and dreams in spite of the tragedy and pain he has had to overcome growing up in his mother’s world… what he calls Hazel World. His youth was limited by the mental illnesses and dysfunction of those around him including verbal, emotional, and physical abuse, and the heartbreak of losing his entire family of origin within nine years: sister, father, mother, and brother.
Born out of a deep commitment to truth, grace, and love, Guy believes it is his calling to help others, especially adult men who were, or are, being traumatized by a toxic mother. He is committed to helping others heal and enjoy a life of respect, dignity, love, and compassion.
Married and residing in North Carolina for almost four decades, he enjoys a healthy family life with his wife and their two grown children. Volunteering to enter his mother’s world to care for her during her terminal illness, despite the resentment he had for her, opened his eyes to the fact that he was about to conjure all he believed about life, love, anger, and bitterness. Practicing what he preached until even his remaining brother left this world a month after his mother, not only kept him sane, but led him to write his book Toxic Mothers: A Son’s Guide to Healing and Moving On and its workbook companion.
Dedicated to sharing these valuable lessons learned while he continues to work in academia, Guy also offers retreats and group support work to help other sons of toxic mothers get past their past and move into the world of their own making with love, character, integrity, dignity, and confidence.
“I have learned one huge, overarching lesson: Healing from childhood trauma really only happens
when you are loving people well.” -Guy Arcuri, National Publicity Summit