The honest truth about fatherhood, loss, masculinity, and rebuilding yourself when no one’s watching.
Most men don’t talk about it.
Some don’t know how.
Others were never shown it mattered.
This is for the dads who stay silent.
The ones who show up anyway.
“No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.”
– Abraham Lincoln
This isn’t a parenting blog.
There are no “10 hacks to be a better dad” here.
No perfect routines.
No curated moments.
This is about:
- Loving your kids when you don’t get them every day
- Grieving parents who shaped you and then disappeared
- Carrying responsibility without applause
- Being strong without pretending you’re fine
If you’ve ever felt invisible as a man or a father, you’re in the right place.

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Steve Young – Ep#24 – Former Military PT –
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2drmi-10fcd8e This weeks the lads sat down with former Marine PT Steve Young to discuss his life growing, his illustrious career in the military as a PT in the Navy to having kids and leaving the forces. Steve now runs a Military PT bootcamp from Grantham which we both attended for our first Dads Vs Read more
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Relationships – The Answer To A Long Lasting Relationship
Bill and Melinda Gates seemed like the perfect couple! They have intelligent kids, all of the money in the world, a foundation that’s trying to save planet Earth – yet after 27 years of marriage they are closing up shop! What’s key then for this long lasting relationship? Are relationships really meant to last that Read more
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Lad Chat – Virtual Social #14 Who Cheats More Men Or Women, Social Media Crash, Fuel Crisis & Celebrities On Social Media
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-53va7-10f9e1c In this Virtual Social the lads take on the question of who cheats more in a relationship? men or women.. The lads also talk about the crash of social media giants Facebook with this weeks outage of its service, was it a good thing to take some time out.. Sticking on social media the Read more
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Justice Speller – Ep #21 marriage was so good he did it twice
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yzbbw-10f3ea6 Justice Speller – This week we sat down with Justice. Justice is married twice like many men but unlike many men married twice to the same women, really interesting conversation with Justice who describes how that happened as well as detailing his journey into the world of podcasting with his own show (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCk…) If Read more
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My Review Of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania was never a stamp I expected to get in my passport. Romania gets a bad rep in the press, being home of vadim, the Ceausescus and as a place where pickpockets are as common as pigeons doesn’t pay justice to beauty of the city and warmth of the people. Bucharest is a city Read more
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The Rona Finally Got Me
That pesky Coronavirus has finally caught up with me! yep that’s right after two years of bobbing and weaving Covid-19 has finally caught up with me, I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised statically it was an improbability I would avoid getting it, yet your still not prepared for when it comes. I suppose the Read more
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“From the moment I heard I was going to be a father, I knew my world would never be the same.”



