grow.

Don‘t worry. I‘ve got you covered. Give yourself a break from all the reading and research. Make some time to consider these questions. Included at the end of this ebook is a free journal for you to reflect upon and write about them.

You won‘t regret it.

If you’re anything like the vast majority of dads I’ve supported over the years as a nanny, doula, and childbirth educator, then you have a deep yearning to show up for your kids emotionally in ways that many of us did not receive when we were kids.

Of course, because many of us grew up without sufficient examples of men who had both the willingness and ability to speak openly about their feelings, experiences, challenges, hopes, fears, and dreams, there’s often a gap between our desire to show up for our kids in these ways and our current ability to do so.

When we make a habit of ‘starting from the finish line’ with questions like the ones above, they help us to see more clearly what’s in that gap between the individuals we are today and the dads we aspire to be. Once we’ve established that awareness, it helps us to identify where we need to do our own work in order to be able to show up for our kids emotionally. It shows us what skills we could stand to sharpen.

Over time, these questions, and our everevolving answers to them, become our internalized compass -- guiding and navigating us as closely as possible to our ultimate destination: raising kids who are capable of living the most fulfilling lives possible, even through the most challenging terrain.

Speaking of challenging terrain…

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