Ever since my little one was born, I have tried my best to be an emotionally engaged, supportive, and involved modern dad. I took a ten week parental leave to spend as much time with my daughter just before she turned one. I am usually the one to drop her off and pick her up from […]
Walking the plank: How to never fail as a man or a father
Marriage, fatherhood, family—facing these challenges is like walking along a plank. You strive to walk down the middle of the plank and avoid falling off the edges. Problem is that there are trolls living under the plank, throwing rocks at you from time to time to try and knock you over the edge. As time […]
Flywheels
Lately I have been thinking about all the things in life that are like flywheels. A flywheel is a mechanical device that stores rotational energy. Think a heavy metal disc gradually being spun up to speed. After putting work into spinning up the flywheel, you gain the benefit of a tremendous amount of stored energy […]
A Man’s Guide to Newborn Babies – Now Available on Amazon Kindle and Paperback!
Hi everyone, A Man’s Guide to Newborn Babies is now available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback! I am really excited to release this book! It is packed with the lessons learned after a year of being a dad. Below is the text from the back cover: Every man has the same challenges when facing the […]
How to Get the Right Attitude as a New Dad
Think about anything that you currently do in life that you really enjoy. Maybe it’s soccer, or perhaps writing, or you might like to do home improvement. Myself, I love writing. In addition to writing this new dad blog, I’ve created a science fiction series called “Coma Imprisonment”. It’s a crazy premise: one day in the […]