RESOURCE HUB FOR (EXPECTING) DADS
WITH DAN DOTY
👋 Hi Dads, I’m Dan…
I’m honored that you are here.
Fatherhood is the biggest job you’ll ever have, with monumental consequences – and yet most of us stumble into it.
I consider fatherhood a sacred responsibility, and the greatest opportunity for growth and maturity in a man’s life.
What you’ll find below is a collection of resources designed to open up the door to the initiatory process of becoming a dad. Not just pregnancy and birth and car seats and feeding schedules, but what it means to love fully and take on the truly sacred responsibility of tending another life.
Listen to my Fatherhood Journey here.
MY PODCAST
FATHERHOOD UNLOCKED
Fatherhood is the biggest rite of passage in a man’s life. This podcast is intended to be a lightning rod to call men to action, to create community, and to set a new tone and standard for what fatherhood means.
IMMORTAL DREAD AND GETTING OUT OF THE WAY W/ STEPHEN JENKINSON
THE DOUBLE-BIND OF MODERN PARENTHOOD W/ KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON
DEATH PULLS UP A CHAIR AT THE TABLE W/ JOHN WINELAND
THE INTIMACY AND VASTNESS OF FATHERING W/ JOSH SCHREI
LAYERS OF SUPPORT W/ RACHELLE GARCIA SELIGA
THE FATHER SON CONNECTION W/ LUKE ENTRUP
8 MEDITATIONS
FOR EXPECTING
DADS
WITH DAN DOTY
Rachelle Garcia Seliga, Innate Traditions: Physiological Baby Care & Holistic Postpartum Care
Kimberly Ann Johnson: The Fourth Trimester book & Sex Birth Trauma Podcast
Fully Funded, Jen Mayer: Financial Education, Coaching and Planning
Earth Milk Moon Krista Tarantino: Provides holistic, in-home and virtual postpartum wellness care, lactation support, classes, and guidance during pregnancy and postpartum, as well as educational opportunities and mentorship for providers.
Books for dads: The Will to Change by Bell Hooks, all books on fatherhood from Jed Diamond
Intentional Fathering Audio Course by Dan Doty – An adventure of self reflection, embodiment practices, guided meditations, storytelling and challenging assignments to help dads be fulfilled and successful fathers.
L O C A T I O N - B A S E DBirth Smarter: Practical Birth Wisdom & Guidance, NYC, Salt Lake City and beyond
Mother Wit Maternity, Tanya Tringali: Preconception, Pregnancy, Postpartum Support, Florida
Susannah Rickman @liv_moder Treatments, Courses, Gatherings for Women & Mothers, Sweden
SolFuel Wellness, Nicole Bulow: Pre & Postnatal Care, Seattle
RESOURCE LIST
FOR DADS & FAMILIES
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If you are truly willing to take on the challenge and transformation of fatherhood, you can’t do it alone. Our group training and programs bring you together with dads running the same gauntlet that you are.
MY INITIATION PROGRAM FOR DADS
FATHERHOOD READY
Fatherhood Ready is an 8 week intensive men’s training to address generational trauma, explore beliefs, and align your life in preparation for the biggest job and journey of your life: becoming a father.
“Fatherhood Ready found me at the perfect time as I was gearing up for the birth of my first child. The lessons that I learned through the cohort were invaluable - a great mix of practical programming with deep self-reflection led to me feeling much more confident to step into my new role as a father. Perhaps most valuable was the community of men in my cohort. Each week, our gatherings became a touchstone for me during the later stages of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. I can not understate the value of having heart-centered support from a community of men who are going through a similar transition, or have recently done so.
I would recommend Fatherhood Ready to any man who is ready to embrace fatherhood wholeheartedly.”
R Y A N V A N V A L I N
ALREADY A DAD? THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY
FATHER’S FIRE
Father’s Fire is a professionally guided weekly men's group for dads who are willing to step into the fire of life and lead themselves, their families and their communities into a better future.
DAN DOTY
Dan Doty is a writer, wilderness guide, men's work leader, and somatic meditation teacher, and has helped to instigate and lead a part of the current global men's movement. He is also a partner at Evolution and works with leaders to bring humanity and sanity into organizations now and forward into the wildly unknown future.
Dan is the founder of Fatherhood Unlocked, and has developed a blueprint for educating and connecting today's fathers and expecting fathers. He is the former director and producer of MeatEater, he co-founded the men's organization EVRYMAN, and has been featured on the Joe Rogan Experience, the Today Show, and many national and international publications.
Dan's point of view has been developed as a long time wilderness guide, a Vajrayana buddhist practitioner, and a dad. His work is rooted in the experience of basic human goodness, and calls forth the need for courage in this time of unprecedented change. With an emerging specialty and focus on the metacrisis, Dan is intently asking questions about what our families, relationships, communities, and organizations need in our accelerating world.
Dan lives with his wife and 3 children in Maine, very close to the land, near the sea, where it’s quiet and beautiful.
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