The Men's Collective

In PART 2 of this episode, we are joined by Jay Skibbens.  He shares: shocking news following a DNA test and overcoming lies, making a hard decision, and showing up with no strings attached, how children can impact you.  How important Nurture is. He shares an important message, that "if you do things out of love you can't get it wrong."  He also proposes a definition of love - wanti...

In PART 1 of this episode, we are joined by Jay Skibbens.  He shares his journey of becoming a father.   He shares about growing up without a father and being raised by a single mother.  He shares about how he has learned from making mistakes.  He shares about how he has a big heart to help coach fathers, running dad support groups, making them part of the solution, rather than...

In PART 2 of this episode, we are joined by Kelly Jean-Philippe.  He shares his journey of becoming a father.   How the face of his child starts his day or right!  Processing grief and loss differently.  Feeling helpless and unsure. Seeing the anatomy scan of his baby and jumping for joy! Allowing the emotions to come out.  Talking to your baby.  The power of connecti...

In PART 1 of this episode, we are joined by Kelly Jean-Philippe.  He shares about coming to the US during childhood, his cultural background, and adapting.  He opens up about not having a father around, being shipped around to different homes, and experiencing emotional abuse.  He shares how he survived and how poetry helped him cope.  He closes with how he confronted the witch...

In this episode, we are joined by Hunter Taylor.  He has lived in Orange County for three decades.  He and his wife and are both practicing attorneys raising three boys: ages 8, 4, and 18 months.  We discuss his journey as a father up to this point in life.  He shares how he and his wife overcame a significant loss of TBT.  Not having all the answers and accepting reality...

This episode features a conversation with Joshua Busch.  He works as a real estate agent for Kase Real Estate .  He is married, a father of two, and expecting a third later this year.  We explore thoughts on having children, having and practicing patience, intentional connections with your kid when it is not always easy, scheduling dates with your kids, how to tell if you need self-...

This episode features a conversation with Nolan Sisk.  He works from home as a freelance graphic designer and his wife, Megan, works full time in residence life at a small private university. He is a girl dad to Elliot.  In this episode, he shares his experience of having a baby during the peak of the COVID pandemic.  We discuss that children would be the best to decide which music...

This episode features a conversation with Shaun Smith.  He shares about fathering twin boys that are not biological his.  He shares about the importance of father figures, the roles that they played in his life, and how that has influenced him. Connect and Support Travis Check out the Website: Therapy4Dads.com Instagram: @Therapy4Dads

This episode features a conversation with Ryan Bair.  He is a dad of two boys and shares his journey of becoming a father.  He opens up about his infertility journey, the ups and downs, and the expectations we have about having children.  He also shares about his son who is on the spectrum and navigating the early years.  Connect and Support Travis Check out the Website: Therap...