Ever have those moments where it seems like the house is on fire with screaming kids and wild behavior? It can feel like you are standing in the middle not sure what to do next? When we served, we were trained to remain in control, have a plan, always know the next step to take. When it comes to being a dad, you generally have little control, no plan, and stuck to know what that next step is. That is what I loved about this episode with Alisa, she lays out a framework for that and so much...

When we think about coming home we don't often think about ourselves. We typically think about our family and friends. We think about the time we were away and that its time to be with them. There is some truth to that, but what most of us don't realize that coming home also means taking off the uniform. And when we take off the uniform we go from Superman to Clark Kent. We don't know who we are without it. Why is this important you might be thinking? If we don't know who we are, what we...

We have had just 10 episodes so far in the Military Veteran Dad podcast and each episode I have seen a common theme. That when dads come home we don't always recognize we need to meet our families where they are. It can be very easy for us to walk into the family and think since that we are home its time for us to take back control. Couldn't be further from the truth. While you were gone your family learned to live without you. They created systems to deal with things that didn't involve you....