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Mental Wellness for Dads – Emotional Connection is the Key to a Healthy Sex Life
In my most recent post, I shared that being vulnerable does not equate to being weak. I also outlined the importance of healthy communication and healthy boundaries when opening yourself to being vulnerable with someone. Vulnerability is a challenge, but with the...
How Dads Can Embrace Vulnerability Without Weakness
Do you remember in 2010 when Brené Brown's TED Talk The Power of Vulnerability went viral? Maybe you don't, but I do. I remember feeling inspired as I listened to her words, and as a young aspiring mental health professional, I shared the TED Talk with a male friend...
Mental Wellness for Dads – Navigating Conversations in Early Parenthood
Dads, something that comes up when I work with men in the counselling room is how difficult communication with your partner can be. There are many factors that impact the communication styles that you grow up to favour. Where you grow up impacts the unspoken rules of...
How to Overcome Dad Guilt: Being Enough for Your Family
When I surveyed dads to ask for topics they would like to read about this month, one of the responses that was mentioned frequently was how to deal with the pressure to "be enough" for the family. Having a new baby is incredibly demanding, and much of the process is...
Healthy Ways to Manage Anger as a Dad
What makes you angry? Is it when you have asked your kiddo ten times to pick up their shoes, and then you trip on the shoes that are still in the middle of the hallway? Or maybe you feel angry when the baby is crying and just won't stop crying. You know it is...
When Do I Ask for Help? Navigating Mental Health Challenges as a New Dad
When you found out that you were going to be a dad, what was your response? Did your heart leap with joy, or did anxiety cause your breath to stop? Maybe you felt both. When someone announces that they will be welcoming a baby into the world, the response is usually...