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Gap to Gig

Auteur(s): Michael Jacobs
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Build the life you’re working for.

Gap to Gig is the podcast for dads who want to crush it at work and still show up at home.

Each week, host Michael Jacobs talks with dads, founders, career experts, and creators about what it really takes to balance meaningful work and active fatherhood. From navigating career transitions and side hustles to staying present for hockey games and bedtime stories, Gap to Gig helps you create a life that feels steady, fulfilling, and built to last.

Whether you’re a stay-at-home dad reentering the workforce, a working dad craving more purpose, or a creator building your own path, you’ll find stories and systems to help you move forward with confidence.

Expect honest conversations about:

  • Work-life balance that actually lasts
  • Career change and meaningful work without losing yourself
  • Parenting and productivity that fit real life
  • Fatherhood, identity, and growth in the modern world
  • Mindset and systems that keep both business and family running smoothly

No fluff. No hustle-culture noise. Just real stories, practical tools, and genuine conversations about being a dad who wants both: meaningful work and a meaningful life.

If you’ve ever felt pulled between your career ambitions and your kids’ soccer schedules, you’re not alone. Each episode offers ideas you can apply right away, whether that’s a way to structure your week, handle burnout, or rethink what success really means for you and your family.

The show blends personal storytelling, expert insights, and actionable takeaways from guests who are building careers, companies, and creative projects that fit their lives, not the other way around.

Recent episodes feature:

  • Entrepreneurs who’ve built businesses around their families
  • Career coaches helping dads find work that fits their values
  • Creatives balancing passion projects with parenting
  • Productivity pros teaching how to reclaim time and focus
  • Everyday dads sharing their journeys from burnout to balance

If you’re ready to rethink success, build balance that lasts, and create space for what matters most, this podcast is for you.

Gap to Gig: Helping dads build the life they’re working for.

New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you listen.

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Épisodes
  • Sean Waldron on Purpose, Creativity, and Becoming a Present Dad

    Sean Waldron on Purpose, Creativity, and Becoming a Present Dad
    Dec 16 2025

    How do you hold onto your creative identity while trying to be the parent you want to be?

    Sean Waldron has built a life around creativity from music to video production to brand storytelling. He has freelanced, gone in-house, flipped houses, and wrestled with the tension between purpose and practical responsibilities. Becoming a dad pushed him to rethink all of it.

    Sean shares how to:

    • Blend creative skills with fatherhood in a way that builds connection
    • Separate who you are from what you do after layoffs, pivots, or burnout
    • Navigate the pull between purpose, mastery, and paying the bills
    • Pursue creative work without letting perfectionism take over
    • Find meaning in seasons of uncertainty
    • Recognize early signs that you are on the right path even without results
    • Carry ambition into parenthood without letting it overshadow your home life
    • Create simple moments of delight using the skills that light you up
    • Explore the stories you learned growing up and how they shape the dad you want to become

    If you have ever felt torn between your creative passions, your responsibilities, and the desire to show up well for your kids, this conversation offers clarity, grounding, and a reminder that purpose is built one small moment at a time.

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    ROAR Dads

    Silly Cannonballs

    Girl Above

    Set Your Mind

    Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture by David Murray

    Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy

    Bluey

    Red Hot and Blue Pit Barbecue

    Jason Mraz

    My Humps

    Baby Got Back

    The Roost Stand

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    1 h et 4 min
  • Kristian Leavell on Finding Calm and Becoming the Dad You Want to Be

    Kristian Leavell on Finding Calm and Becoming the Dad You Want to Be
    Dec 9 2025

    What does it really take to be present as a dad while juggling work, pressure, and your own mental health?

    Kristian Leavell, a licensed clinical social worker, therapist, and dad, brings both clinical insight and lived experience to this honest conversation about the weight many fathers carry and how to navigate it with clarity and compassion.

    Kristian shares how to:

    • Be truthful about what you feel and what you need

    • Understand the voice behind internal pressure and self doubt

    • Redefine what it means to provide for your family

    • Manage guilt around work, parenting, and expectations

    • Let go of perfectionism and the anxiety under it

    • Reset when you feel disconnected from yourself or your family

    • Build routines that protect your mental health

    • Model emotional honesty for your kids while keeping boundaries

    • Build real community even when adult friendships feel difficult

    • Cross the swamp of discomfort to become the parent you want to be

    If you feel stretched thin, quietly anxious, or simply trying to show up better for yourself and your family, this episode offers grounded guidance and a way forward.

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    Kristian’s video about being a girl dad Instagram | TikTok

    Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls by TLC

    Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes

    The Man Who Sold the World by Nirvana

    Texas State

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    55 min
  • Erin Aldrich Shean on Redefining Success for the Season You’re In

    Erin Aldrich Shean on Redefining Success for the Season You’re In
    Dec 2 2025

    What happens when the chapter you spent years chasing finally ends and you’re left asking what comes next?

    In this episode of Gap to Gig, host Michael Jacobs talks with Erin Aldrich Shean, a former Olympic and professional athlete who has reinvented herself multiple times across sports, corporate strategy, and now career coaching. Erin helps people navigate life and work transitions using her LAND method, a framework built around learning, alignment, networking, and delivery.

    Erin shares how to:

    Redefine success when life shifts and old identities fall away

    Find clarity before rushing into the next job or direction

    Ask for support instead of trying to figure everything out alone

    Balance ambition with the life you want at home

    Navigate seasons of grind and seasons of rest

    Align your values with the work you choose

    Keep your network warm and active after you land

    Take care of yourself so you can show up fully for your family

    Whether you’re returning to work, pivoting into something new, or simply trying to make sense of the season you’re in, this conversation offers perspective, honesty, and practical ways to move forward with more clarity and less pressure.

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    LAND Method

    Ikigai

    Ascension Coaching and Consulting

    Ascension Coaching and Consulting on LinkedIn

    I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

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