My friend Sandi got a bird who could’ve easily become a victim to his past life situation, but didn’t. We tell his story in this episode and pull out all kinds of ways to break out of a victim mindset and into who you truly are. Watch it on YouTube here. Listen on Apple here. Listen on Spotify here.

A man who can't regulate his emotions forces his wife and kids to do it for him. His kids walk on eggshells & his wife carries the entire emotional weight of the family. This is what we want to see change.

We have entered a time where men are finding their true voice: Learning how to articulate their thoughts and feelings with clarity, without being passive aggressive, or having a graduate degree from the “It’s nothing, I’m fine” academy. To do so, we must learn emotional and communication skills that go beyond single syllable sounds and grunts or passive aggressive teenage frustration. This level of clarity and communication, in sincerity, even though it’s uncomfortable, builds the foundation of authentic relationships (in our homes and outside them). It stabilizes our home, our marriages, and children. It takes off the masks we’ve tended to wear. And invites others to do same with us. But it requires active commitment, stimulating our brain instead of atrophying it, exploring disciplines that light us up. Being men who are capable of bringing more than a paycheck to our homes. More than complaints about the weather, traffic, or the game we just watched. More than surface level survival mode. It requires courage to tell the truth when we feel scared instead of pretending like we’re invincible. For us to turn difficulties into opportunities, failures into lessons, mistakes into experience. Without regrets, without excuses, without the annoying tendency to look for scapegoats outside of ourselves. To engage self-control and letting go of the illusion of controlling others. To listen without fixing, to see beneath the behavior, in ourselves and our family members. To come in contact with who we really are and in turn, with those we love. To protect our family because we’re connected to them. To leave something in our children, not just for them. To show our sons who to be and our daughters who to look for. To nourish them with the fruit of the Spirit, to model to them the husband and father Jesus models to us. As we find our true voice, we carry and project a signal that cuts through the noise of earth, and silences any whisper of the enemy. It’s what our families and all creation grown for.

Hey y’all, I’ve taken literally almost every electronic device away from my son lol lately for decisions that he has made. I gave him a little freedom here and there as a reward for when I do see him doing good and felt like I heard God say Fortnite is OK for him to play every now and then. But his behavior is still still still a little mean sometimes and wondering if it’s because of that. Do any of you have a experience with it or revelation the father has showed?

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