When you coach other people’s kids, you can go home and turn it off.
When you coach your own—you can’t.

This episode explores the uncomfortable truth about coaching your own child:
the standards that must stay the same, the relationship that can’t, and the line that too many coaches cross without realizing it.

Fatherhood didn’t make coaching easier—it made it more honest.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re being too hard, too soft, or just trying to be “fair,” this episode will challenge how you think about leadership, legacy, and what kids actually remember.

Your child isn’t listening to your values.
They’re watching your behavior.

This episode breaks down fatherhood as pressure, responsibility, and refinement — and why presence, consistency, and discipline matter more than motivation or speeches.

Fatherhood doesn’t ask who you want to be.
It reveals who you are.

What happens when training is taken away?

Injury, illness, and forced stillness don’t just remove movement — they remove identity. For many men, the gym is where structure, emotional control, and self-respect live. When that disappears, whatever was underneath gets exposed.

In this episode of Through the Crucible, I talk about identity collapse, performance-based self-worth, and the uncomfortable work of rebuilding who you are when you can’t perform your way forward.

This isn’t about rehabbing faster.
It’s about becoming someone who doesn’t fall apart when the weight is gone