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The new episode of Still Here, Still Trying is out now.This one is called When the House Gets Full, Then Quiet Again.Aft...
06/18/2026

The new episode of Still Here, Still Trying is out now.

This one is called When the House Gets Full, Then Quiet Again.

After a few weeks talking about the Human First books, this episode brings it all back home. Sammie graduated. We went to the Oregon Coast with the kids. Jacob was there, recently moved to Moscow and building his electrical company. Cameron was home before heading back to New Zealand. Kellie was happy having everyone together, and I loved seeing that.

Then the house got quiet again.

This episode is about parenting adult kids, feeling proud and sad at the same time, loving the life you built with your spouse, missing the people who should still be here, and trying to stay present while everything keeps changing.

It also connects to the books I’ve been finishing for June 30. These books have pieces of my soul in them. Writing them has been healing, and I hope they help people feel seen, loved, challenged, and a little less alone.

I close the episode with a brand-new unreleased song I built for this moment called “All of This Is Us.” It came from this week: the family, the coast, the graduation, the goodbye, my mom in the missing, and the quiet after everyone leaves.

If you’ve ever had the house full, then felt that ache when it got quiet again, this one is for you.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2kVfKtvsf3fvO9G9IzpAT7?si=6rXZvTusT8acDA0hlFUFWw

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Pain may change the day, but a family that understands can keep love from leaving the room.That line feels personal beca...
06/17/2026

Pain may change the day, but a family that understands can keep love from leaving the room.

That line feels personal because endometriosis does not wait for a convenient time to show up. It walks into vacations, birthdays, school days, work days, date nights, family dinners, and quiet moments when everyone was hoping for normal.

The pain is real, but the room around the pain matters too. A family can make her feel guilty for changing the plan, or a family can adjust with love. A partner can make disappointment the loudest thing in the house, or he can become steady. A dad can panic and make fear the whole room, or he can soften, listen, and help carry what he can.

This is one of the deeper truths in Believe Her The First Time: we may not be able to take the disease away, but we can stop making the hard days harder.

Releases 6/30.

For every woman who deserved to be believed sooner, and for every family learning how to love better when pain enters the room.

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Silence does not always mean she is better.Sometimes it means she is tired. Tired of explaining the same pain. Tired of ...
06/16/2026

Silence does not always mean she is better.

Sometimes it means she is tired. Tired of explaining the same pain. Tired of watching people look for proof. Tired of having one good day used as evidence against the bad ones. Tired of carrying the disease and everyone else’s doubt at the same time.

That line hits hard because so many women with endometriosis know what it feels like to stop explaining, not because the pain is gone, but because explaining became another form of exhaustion.

This is why belief matters. Not performative belief. Not “I believe you” as a nice sentence. Real belief. The kind that changes the room. The kind that remembers what she already told you. The kind that stops making her start from zero every time her body changes the plan.

Believe Her The First Time releases 6/30.

For the women who deserved to be believed sooner.
And for the men ready to do better.

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Women should not have to win the provider lottery to have their pain taken seriously.Too many women with endometriosis k...
06/15/2026

Women should not have to win the provider lottery to have their pain taken seriously.

Too many women with endometriosis know this feeling: sitting in an exam room wondering which version of healthcare they are about to get. The provider who listens, or the one who rushes. The one who asks better questions, or the one who says the scan looks fine. The one who understands that pain can be real even when answers are complicated, or the one who sends her home to keep surviving it.

That should not come down to luck.

This is one of the reasons I wrote Believe Her The First Time. Because belief should not be rare. It should be the starting point.

Releases 6/30.

What would change in women’s health if we treated belief as the beginning of care instead of the prize at the end?

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6/30 release date. This one is going to make a difference. Believe Her The First Time
06/14/2026

6/30 release date. This one is going to make a difference. Believe Her The First Time

Your daughter needs more than your love.Dads, this one matters.When your daughter is dealing with severe period pain, pe...
06/06/2026

Your daughter needs more than your love.

Dads, this one matters.

When your daughter is dealing with severe period pain, pelvic pain, chronic symptoms, or a diagnosis like endometriosis, love alone is not enough.

She needs you to listen without flinching.

She needs you to stop acting awkward around normal words.

She needs you to believe her before the world forces her to build a legal case around her own body.

She needs you to learn enough to become useful.

That is part of why I wrote Believe Her the First Time.

It releases 6/30.

There are women all over the world living with pain that has been minimized, dismissed, joked about, misdiagnosed, or ex...
06/05/2026

There are women all over the world living with pain that has been minimized, dismissed, joked about, misdiagnosed, or explained away.

Too many have learned to make their suffering sound acceptable before anyone takes it seriously.

That should break our hearts.

Believe Her the First Time is written from the perspective of a dad and husband who has watched endometriosis affect the people he loves most.

I do not write as the expert on women’s pain. I write as a man who had to learn how much men miss when we are uncomfortable, uninformed, or too quick to reassure ourselves that things are fine.

This book releases June 30.

My book Believe Her the First Time releases June 30.I wrote this for the men who love someone living with endometriosis ...
06/04/2026

My book Believe Her the First Time releases June 30.

I wrote this for the men who love someone living with endometriosis and want to show up better.

Dads. Husbands. Partners. Brothers. Friends. Healthcare leaders. Men who care, but sometimes freeze because they do not know what to say or do.

This book is about pain, belief, advocacy, family, women’s health, and the quiet ways love has to become action.

Endometriosis has taken too much from too many women.

The least we can do is stop making them prove their pain before we offer care.

Believe Her the First Time releases 6/30.

The new episode of Still Here, Still Trying is out now, and this one belongs here on EndoDad.This episode kicks off my u...
06/03/2026

The new episode of Still Here, Still Trying is out now, and this one belongs here on EndoDad.

This episode kicks off my upcoming Human First book series, but more importantly, it introduces the first book in that series: Believe Her the First Time: A Father’s Guide to Endometriosis, Pain, and Showing Up When It Matters.

This book started with my daughter’s hand in mine while she was in terrible pain. It started with that helpless feeling a parent knows when you would trade places in a second, but all you have in that moment is your presence, your belief, and your hand in hers.

That moment became part of the reason EndoDad exists.

In this episode, I talk about endometriosis, women’s pain, medical dismissal, fatherhood, marriage, healthcare, and the responsibility men carry when someone they love is hurting. I also talk about something I believe deeply: too many women have had to prove pain that should have been taken seriously the first time.

Belief has to become behavior. It has to show up in how we listen, how we love, how we support, how we sit in waiting rooms, how we respond when plans change, and how we stop making women carry pain and doubt at the same time.

The episode closes with my song “Hope in Slow Motion,” because healing often moves slower than anyone wants, and quiet hope still counts.

Listen or watch here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4WfPvlyCwkITuzZdznkRe1?si=3e1a31dd9eb64900

YouTube: https://youtu.be/5AYwyeMrJqE?si=6G-M-wSwrd3MvbOq

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/still-here-still-trying/id1857049949?i=1000770914165

If you live with endometriosis, I hope this episode helps you feel seen.

If you love someone with endometriosis, I hope it helps you become more useful.

Believe her the first time.

Then act like belief changed something.

Some days hope feels easy.Other days, you have to go looking for it.You find it in the small stuff. A walk. A text back....
05/07/2026

Some days hope feels easy.

Other days, you have to go looking for it.

You find it in the small stuff. A walk. A text back. A little quiet. A song that hits at the right time. A decision to get up and try again even when your brain is tired and your heart is heavy.

That counts.

You don’t have to fix your whole life today.

Pick one thing you can control.
Do one thing that helps.
Stay close to people who bring light back into the room.
Give tomorrow something to work with.

That’s hope.

Not pretending everything is fine.

Choosing to keep going because your life still matters.

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