The Briefing
Dispatches on dad life, mental health, gear, music, relationships, and staying alive in your forties.
Fighting Fair: How to Argue With Your Partner Without Wrecking Everything
Nobody gets into a relationship planning to fight, but if you have been in one longer than six months, you…
Home Studio on a Budget: Building a Recording Setup Under $500
The full $500 recording setup, every dollar accounted for: the interface, the mic, the headphones, the free DAW, and the…
Why Your Friendships Change After Kids and What to Do About It
Losing friends after kids is one of those things nobody really warns you about when you're standing in the hospital…
The Co-Parenting Playbook: Making It Work When You’re Not Together
If you've gone looking for co-parenting tips online, you already know the problem. Most of what's out there reads like…
The Dad Bod Debate: What the Research Actually Says About Body Image in Fathers
The meme gave dads permission to exhale. Then it got complicated. What the research actually says about body image and…
How to Stay Connected to Your Partner After Kids (According to Research)
The relationship after baby is one of the most studied transitions in all of couple psychology, and the findings are…
Anxiety and the Working Dad: Managing Stress When Everything Depends on You
Working dad anxiety is one of those things that fills the room without anyone naming it. You are the provider,…
Finding a Therapist as a Man: A Practical No-Nonsense Guide
Figuring out how to find a therapist as a man is, for a lot of guys, the hardest part of…
Building a Backyard That’s Fun for Kids and Tolerable for Adults
Stop the plastic graveyard. Zone the yard, buy gear that serves two generations, and reclaim a corner that belongs to…
Screen Time and Your Brain: What the Studies Say About Doom Scrolling
Doom scrolling effects on mental health have become one of the more quietly urgent conversations in behavioral research, and if…