#40 Back From Hiatus, Life Updates, Sobriety, Combatting Dopamine Addiction

If this episode resonated, leave us a 5-star rating — it takes 2 seconds helps other dads find the show.We're back after a two-month hiatus, and life didn't slow down while we were gone. Between a brutal round-two stomach flu that wrecked a family trip, a baseball season that's eaten every weeknight, a UK tour stop, and a genuinely terrifying dirt bike accident with a 13-year-old and a Life Flight helicopter, there was a lot to catch up on.We also get into something we don't talk about enough — what happens to the rest of your day, and your life, when your brain is being rewired by your phone. Not the four-hours-a-day stat everyone already knows, but the part nobody's measuring: what it's doing to your ability to just read a book, sit in a car, or have a conversation.In this episode:Why we disappeared for two months Coaching travel baseball and why the "season" never actually endsA UK festival, a legendary stage mosh pit, and catching up with Jack OsbourneBuying 10 acres of raw land in Idaho and the LARPing that's followedThe dirt bike accident that ended in a helicopter — and what it taught us about risk, fear, and raising capable kidsWhy hardcore music (and staying sober) shaped one of our lives more than almost anything elseQuitting the phone cold turkey and what that's actually revealed about the rest of the day