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Father's Day was Sunday. Everybody posted "best dad ever" — the cookouts, the cards, the whole thing. And then by Wednesday it all went quiet. The feed moved on. But some of us are still sitting in it.This episode is for the brother Father's Day was hard for. Because Sunday wasn't a celebration for everybody — for a lot of men it was a reminder. Of who wasn't there. Of who they lost. Of a phone call they wanted to make and couldn't, or one they waited on that never came. And nobody checks on you after the holiday. Everybody talks to you before it comes — but the feeling doesn't end when the day ends.Frankie Lubin (Mr. Made Different) almost didn't make this episode, thinking he was too late. But because everybody moved on so fast, he knew he had to. Because that hurt doesn't get stored in a calendar — it gets stored inside you. In your heart.Frankie names it plainly: the man whose father passed and had nobody to call. The man estranged from a father who's still alive — grieving someone who's still breathing, with no funeral and no ceremony for that kind of loss. The man whose father was there but never really there — provided everything, said nothing. And the man who never knew his father at all, who doesn't even know what he's grieving because he never had it to lose.And here's the word: you're a grown man and you're allowed to hurt about your father. The world told you to man up and not feel it. This episode tells you the opposite — bring it out. Because what you don't bring out, you act out.Anchored in Psalm 34:18 — "the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit" — this is a man-to-man reminder that God isn't far from you in your pain. He's closest to you right there in it.If Father's Day hit different this year, you're not the only one. Pull up. This one's for you.⏱️ Chapters00:00 — Sunday went quiet. You're still sitting in it.02:07 — Welcome / happy Father's Day, wherever you stand03:25 — Nobody checks on you after the holiday04:13 — Naming it: the ways Father's Day hurts a man05:00 — Grieving a father who's still alive05:47 — The father who was there but never really there06:29 — The father you never knew07:23 — You're allowed to hurt. Bring it out.08:04 — Psalm 34:18: near to the brokenhearted🔍 Father's Day was hard, father wound, grieving a father, estranged from father, growing up without a dad, Christian podcast for men, men's mental health, Words of Encouragement Podcast, Frankie Lubin, Mr Made Different, Psalm 34:18, fatherless, healing the father wound, men and grief, absent father———————————————🙏 JOIN FRANKIE'S MONDAY PRAYER GROUP — 8PM EST👉 https://frankielubincoach.lovable.app📲 FOLLOW FRANKIEhttps://instagram.com/iamfrankielubin———————————————#WordsOfEncouragement #MrMadeDifferent #MensMentalHealth #ChristianMen #FathersDay

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