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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2025 · 49 MIN

How Do You Give What You Don't Have? Taking Care of Yourself to Take Care of Your Kids

from Why, Dad? · host Paul Wandrey, Andrew Stolpestad

What We Talk About:🧠 Why mental health maintenance (not just crisis response) is essential🥦 How nutrition, sleep, and blood sugar affect emotional regulation🏋️ The connection between movement, play, and showing up well as a dad🧃 Why your discipline slips when your energy does💬 Modeling emotional health for your kids by doing your own inner work🎯 Letting go of shame and starting small when building healthy habitsQuotes from the Episode:“We think discipline is about our kids—but we need it for ourselves first.”“You can’t regulate your kid’s nervous system if yours is shot from no sleep and four donuts.”“Therapy isn’t a fix button. It’s maintenance for the mind.”This Week’s Challenge:Take inventory of one area: sleep, nutrition, movement, or emotional processing. What’s one step you could take this week to support your health so you can better support your family?

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In this episode, Paul and Baba get real about what it takes to stay healthy as a dad — not just physically, but emotionally too. From therapy and fatigue to donuts and discipline, this episode explores how taking care of yourself helps you show up better for the people who need you most.

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