What I Found While Looking for Love | w/ Beleaf in Fatherhood | Ep 216 | The Dear Son, Show
Every father should have honest conversations with his son. In this episode of The Dear Son, Show, we explore the lessons fathers must teach their sons before adulthood.
Beleaf on Fatherhood, Identity, and Healing: From Baltimore Trauma to Building a Family Legacy
In this episode of The Dear Son Show, the host talks with Glen “Beleaf” Henry, creator of Beleaf in Fatherhood, about growing up in Baltimore with a single mother, a distant but present father, and how trauma shaped his views on love, Black identity, sex, and family. Glen shares suicidal thoughts from childhood, the pivotal call to his father that led him to move to California, and how exposure to other families, mentors, hip-hop, Upward Bound, and an HBCU helped restore pride in Blackness and expand his vision of manhood. They discuss marriage, serving a spouse, pressures of leadership and entrepreneurship, boundaries around family and public life, and how Glen’s book "Father Yourself First" pushed him toward therapy conversations with his mother. Subscribe for more meaningful fatherhood conversations, and comment with the moment that hit you the hardest.
00:00 Searching For Love
01:55 Dear Son Show Intro
03:41 Roots And Home Base
04:55 Baltimore Survival Lessons
05:57 Learning Black Is Beautiful
08:40 Complicated Father Bond
12:18 Suicidal Crisis And Reset
16:39 Moms Trauma And Abuse
20:16 Sex And Seeking Validation
28:04 Mentors And Better Models
33:00 Reclaiming Black Identity
35:48 Upward Bound Awakening
39:17 College Culture And Hotep Era
41:21 Faith Shift In California
42:54 GPA Confessions And Distractions
44:23 Leaving College Hungry
44:53 Meeting His Future Wife
45:59 Myspace to Marriage
47:23 A Pastor Models Family
49:48 Learning Leadership at Home
53:23 Serving Through Pregnancy
55:59 Strength Misread as No Help
01:00:05 Entrepreneurship Pressure
01:01:02 Obedience Over Comfort
01:10:47 Losing Deals Going Offline
01:16:28 Writing the Book Therapy
01:21:41 Marriage Is a Future Bet
01:23:11 Talking to Kids Honestly
01:26:08 Gratitude for Three Generations
01:33:19 Wrap Up and Where to Buy
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