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Fatherhood requires an honest self-appraisal, not just good intentions.

Emotional openness is the key to men evolving as fathers.

Many men struggle to grieve and regret, remaining “asleep” to their deeper needs and losses.

When asked, “Are you a god or a man?” the Buddha replied, “I am awake.”

Awakening is one of life’s most profound achievements—and one of the hardest to achieve. That's because awakening requires us to see ourselves clearly, and seeing ourselves clearly is often painful, the very last thing we want to do since we are usually (and sometimes justifiably) afraid of what we might see.

This series of posts will be about fathers awakening—waking up to see themselves not as the parents whom they have intended to be, but as the parents whom their children have actually encountered and experienced over the years.

That kind of awakening often does not take place until our........

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