The first domino was a birth plan—and it toppled into a full rethinking of health, faith, and fatherhood. We sit down with Daniel from Honest Fatherhood to trace how one homebirth invitation exposed hidden assumptions about medicine, control, and fear, and how building competence as a dad creates the calm that mothers need to feel safe. From there, the conversation widens into family culture by design: not just what we believe, but the daily rhythms that prove it—food choices, tech boundaries, nightly AARs, and the quiet discipline of showing up.
We don’t dodge the charged topics. Daniel shares a ground-level view on race, DEI, and what real empowerment looks like—cultivating competence and opportunity instead of papering over problems with quotas. We model what the internet rarely allows: disagreement without contempt. The rule at home is simple and powerful—address behaviors, don’t shame character. It works with kids when tempers flare, and it works with adults when politics collide. Along the way, we revisit the father’s role as protector in a modern world: not from lions, but from algorithms, outrage, and passivity.
If you’ve felt the drift of doomscrolling, the weight of unspoken misalignment with your spouse, or the ache of wanting to lead without becoming a tyrant, this conversation is a practical reset. Learn how competence creates confidence, how confidence creates calm, and how calm creates safety—especially for moms in labor and kids learning who they are. Tap in, take notes, and then take one step tonight to turn belief into culture.
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