Dad Tribes Podcast

For a long time, “protect and provide” felt simple:

 Pay the bills. Keep the family safe.

And for many of us, that definition made complete sense — especially in homes where the man worked and the woman handled the home.

But what if the tension a l... more

Most dads don’t have an anger problem.

 We have a patience problem — and most of our guilt lives there.

In this episode, we talk about the moments that stick with us as fathers —

 not the big blowups, but the short responses, the tone we didn’t mean... more

When you’re responsible for a family, your mind never fully powers down.

Not because you’re anxious—but because you’re accountable.

Fatherhood creates background processes: tracking risk, income, health, schedules, and long-term outcomes. None of i... more

Most conversations about fathers frame struggle as emotional: stress, burnout, overwhelm. 

But that’s not how it actually feels. 

For most dads, the weight of fatherhood is practical. It lives in responsibility, systems, logistics, and long-term th... more

When pressure builds in fatherhood, most of us respond the same way:

 we tighten our grip. 

We manage schedules.

 We control outcomes.

 We try to hold everything together. 

Not out of ego — but out of fear of letting things fall apart. 

In this ep... more

Fatherhood doesn’t break men — it compresses them.

In this episode, we talk about the part of fatherhood nobody warns men about:

 the quiet pressure, the shrinking world, and the feeling that everything suddenly carries more weight.

This isn’t regr... more

Most of fatherhood doesn’t happen in the big moments.

It happens on regular days.

 Rushed mornings.

 Long afternoons.

 Tired conversations.

In this episode, we sit with a simple but uncomfortable realization: our kids aren’t learning from our highl... more

I’ve never met a father of young kids who felt proud of himself.

Not confident.

 Not like he was “crushing it.”

And I’ve met a lot of dads.

What I have met are fathers of grown kids who light up when they talk about who their children became — not... more