Episode #62 | Dad, Here is What I REALLY Need From You | Featuring Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield

Dads, wouldn’t it be great if there were some handy resource to help you understand your daughter, her behavior, and how to communicate with her more effectively?  Dad, Here’s What I Really Need from You is all about.  

Our guest today has authored a very practical guide for men to be able to understand the importance of our role in our daughter's life and packed it full of practical “how to’s” that will help us all be better at one of our most important roles in this life.

From Michelle’s past experiences, field of study, and years of clinical work with her clients, not to mention her being a woman, she speaks practical truth to us dads.    She offers Tools that we men can relate to that will help us know what topics we need to think about to be successful as a dad.  

Four main sections walk us men through this wonderful journey.  Things like the Why, the Toolbox, the Heart, and looking inside of ourselves.  

Just some of the tools found in the second section are: 

• Be an active listener
• Help her find her own voice 
• Give her quantity time 
• Lead with vulnerability 
• Learn to read her eyes
• Convince her she is worthy
• Put it in writing 
• And a whole lot more 

If your daughter is young or even if she is not, this is a tool that you will want to have in your tool belt.   Everything I heard from Michelle and see in her book has tremendous application to my relationship with my wife as well.   

Men, I encourage you to take this journey and like everything else you do, be willing to fully commit for the long run, and it will pay generational dividends.  

You can reach Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield and get all of her work, including many free resources, on her website: www.drmichellewatson.com

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