In our marriage and parenting, we’re often too hard or too soft.

When we’re too hard, we are angry, frustrated, or overly controlling of what people do.

This comes from our own discomfort of letting others do things differently.

And, it leads to people distancing from us.

When we feel that distance, we often go too soft. Too permissive. Too weak.

And, our wives and kids kind of like that…

But they don’t respect us or feel safe with us.

And we don’t feel safe or respect ourselves.

Thankfully, there is a “just right” place to be a parent and a husband.

One where we have the love AND respect of others…

And we love and respect ourselves.

Learn about this in today’s episode.

Listen on the Strong Men Strong Marriages Podcast.

https://strongmenstrongmarriages.buzzsprout.com/

Watch on YouTube here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxd3VzEvgo

And to join us in growing our gardens and husbands and fathers with God, join us in Strong Men Strong Marriages.

Dr. Mike

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You want to be the best husband.

You want to be the best father.

You want to be the best at your job.

That pressure can help you perform…

But it also leads to a feeling of pressure, stress…

And even rejection and not feeling good enough.

Unfortunately, those aren’t the best feelings to build a family foundation on.

Instead, you can view your family as a garden.

A garden that God is in charge of, and that you have a part in.

A garden that if you make a mistake, God can heal it.

Now you can rest, play, grow and create. And work. But you don’t have to work to earn rest or earn your place in the garden.

You belong.

Watch on YouTube here.

And to join us in growing our gardens and husbands and fathers with God, join us in Strong Men Strong Marriages.

Dr. Mike

P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.io

P.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157

I used to think that the way to heal was three simple steps.

Step 1 –Identify your old, negative, unattractive patterns.

Step 2 – Create new positive attractive patterns.

Step 3 - Practice the new patterns until you can’t get them wrong

And, that sequence does work.

However, it misses some important things.

Mainly, it misses acknowledging why the old patterns were there in the first place.

It doesn’t give compassion to the younger you’s and the current you that are acting the way you are because you’re scared or sad.

And, because of that, you don’t really heal and keep acting out the same old patterns.

Learn what to do instead in today’s episode.

Watch on YouTube here.

And to join us in becoming better husbands and fathers, join us in Strong Men Strong Marriages.

Dr. Mike

P.S. Join our email list and get the training, How To Be More Attractive To Your Wife In The Next 7 Days, at StrongMen.io http://strongmen.io

P.P.S. Making $250k+ per year and want to work more intensively with Dr. Mike and his team? Our Intensive Program is only open to a few men each month by invitation after a call with Dr. Mike. Apply here. https://form.jotform.com/230614546765157