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