EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 34 MIN
Supporting dads in their parenthood journey with Jeff Hittner, founder of the Ambitious Dads Project
from The Parent Doctor Podcast · host Dr. Marissa Caudill
In this episode, Dr. Marissa Caudill interviews Jeff Hittner of the Ambitious Dads Project to discuss the challenges dads face in parenthood, and how we can best support them. Jeff discusses the challenges he faced in having to accept his infertility on the path to becoming a father, and how that challenge gave him the gift of having to embrace imperfection and failure and vulnerability before he even became a dad. We also discuss the difficulty dads face with self-criticism and shame, and how co-parents can best support fathers to step into their vital and important role in their kids' lives. Sign up for Jeff's Substack at https://ambitiousdads.substack.com/, and listen to his podcast on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/4xCHG30Ms9wcGRJmDqHcW8and on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ambitious-dads/id1815863328
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In this episode, Dr. Marissa Caudill interviews Jeff Hittner of the Ambitious Dads Project to discuss the challenges dads face in parenthood, and how we can best support them. Jeff discusses the challenges he faced in having to accept his infertility on the path to becoming a father, and how that challenge gave him the gift of having to embrace imperfection and failure and vulnerability before he even became a dad. We also discuss the difficulty dads face with self-criticism and shame, and how co-parents can best support fathers to step into their vital and important role in their kids' lives. Sign up for Jeff's Substack at https://ambitiousdads.substack.com/, and listen to his podcast on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/4xCHG30Ms9wcGRJmDqHcW8and on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ambitious-dads/id1815863328
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