{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dad Tired","title":"Dad Tired Daily 003: You’re Not Calm—You’re Disconnected","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":347,"description":"Today's Sponsor: ToyBox 3D Printers \nIn today’s episode, we talk about wine, anesthesia, and the quiet ways men numb pain instead of feeling it.\nAs Jesus was led to the cross, He was offered wine to dull the pain. He refused it. Not because the pain didn’t matter — but because He chose to fully feel the weight He was carrying.\nMany men don’t explode emotionally.\nThey disappear.\nInstead of anger, they feel numb.\nInstead of emotion, they feel distance.\nInstead of presence, they reach for distraction.\nScrolling.\nDrinking.\nPorn.\nOverworking.\nAnything that keeps the feelings at bay.\nIn this episode, we explore what it looks like to stop numbing and start feeling again — not all at once, not perfectly, but honestly. Because when you begin to feel, you begin to heal. And healed men become present men.\n\nIn This Episode:\nWhy emotional numbness is just as serious as emotional blowups\nThe overlooked moment when Jesus refused wine on the way to the cross\nHow men practice “avoidant coping” without realizing it\nThe cost of numbing out on marriage, fatherhood, and presence\nA simple one-minute practice to begin feeling again\nToday’s One-Minute Practice:\nInstead of asking, “What am I feeling?”\nAsk this:\n“What am I avoiding feeling today?”\nSit with it.\nName it.\nDon’t numb it.\nYou don’t need to fix everything.\nYou just need to stay present.\nStrong families begin with healed men.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dYTexbkvAH7EjY4sdrnUJpRzc4P9Vasgn9FyCcMZZxc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMjIx/YTIwZTkyNmQzYjVk/NmFkNWJhNjRmYjdl/M2VlZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}