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Early Fatherhood: The Support She Needed (And I Didn’t See)

There’s a pain I carry. Not from something I said. But from something I didn’t see. She was hurting. And I missed it.

Episode 60 is about her return to work and the moment I realised I hadn’t truly been standing beside her.

This was the moment when as her husband and their dad she needed me and I wasn't ready.

This week we talk:

Returning to work after baby

The emotional toll on mothers

Equality vs partnership

The pressure career mums face

Employer conflict and identity erosion

How men overlook silent struggle

Why support isn’t fixing, it’s absorbing

Repairing connection before it fractures…

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