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Deric was a stepkid himself, so he knows exactly how it feels from the other side. He refused to adopt his stepdaughters for years, purely to protect himself: "Oh my God, what if they destroy me?"
Then she turned eighteen and legally changed her surname to his, so his name would be on her diploma.
Also the most honest thing any man says about ego and what it costs you.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Yes, no, or maybe. Why sitting on the fence is its own decision, and what it costs the people waiting on you to make one.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Robert Gardner spent eighteen years in it before he got free, and now helps other men do the same. This is the conversation almost no father has had, and almost every father will need.
The centre of it is how he handled finding out his own son had gone looking. He sat on the floor so the boy was higher than he was. No confrontation. No shame.
Content note: explicit. Pornography, addiction, sexual shame.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
The return and report. What a week like that leaves you with once you're home and the washing still needs doing.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Day 16. Asking for forgiveness, asking for permission, and knowing which one you actually need.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Day 15. Following your heart as the guide, and what happens when you stop.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Day 14. Your biggest lies are killing you, and the one you'd least like to say out loud.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Day 13. Real, raw, relevant, results. On the lies men tell themselves first.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Day 12. Reasons, excuses and maybes, and what they cost your family.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
Day 11. Wants, desires, and why it matters that you can say them plainly.
A short entry from a daily series recorded in 2017, while James was working through a men's intensive and reporting back on what it was surfacing at home.
The six moves that make a stepkid choose you: www.stepdadsuccess.com
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