Real Stories. Real Growth. Practical reflections for fathers.
Welcome to the PathForgeXP blog—a space for fathers, families, and leaders seeking deeper connection, personal growth, and legacy-building. Here you’ll find reflections from the trail, insights from our retreats, and practical tools to help you live with intention across Self, Family, Community, and Work.
Whether you’re exploring fatherhood, designing meaningful rituals, or navigating leadership with heart, these posts are here to guide, challenge, and inspire. Our focus is on intentional living for fathers who wish to enrich their family lives.
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The Hero’s Journey You’re Already On
The Question Every Man Carries Inside the heart of every man, there’s a question we don’t recognize or articulate, but we feel its weight every day. It shows up in the early mornings when the house is quiet, in the late nights when responsibility settles in, and in the moments…
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The Science of Joy: 5 Research‑Backed Ways to Use Joy as a Compass for a More Meaningful Life
Life is hard. I have often compared it to climbing a mountain. Generally, climbing a mountain includes early mornings, think 3:30 a.m., strain on your legs as you climb steep terrain, burning lungs from lack of oxygen up high, strong winds on the summit ridge, repressed appetite, and a host…
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We Chose Ski Passes Over Competitive Sports – Here’s What It Taught Me About Fatherhood
Our family weekends in the winter start with the sound of ski boots clicking into place and cold air filling our lungs. We have intentionally chosen skiing – not because skiing is easier (it’s not). Not because it’s cheaper (definitely not). But because we wanted our weekends together, not spent…
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Driving With Intention: What a Ferrari Taught Me About Fatherhood
Lately I’ve been thinking about the ideas in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. If you haven’t read it, the book follows a father and son on a long motorcycle trip. Along the way, Pirsig reflects on Quality – what it is, where it comes…
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Belonging in the Age of Technology
Have you ever felt like a ghost in a crowded room? I have. It’s that strange moment when you’re physically present but emotionally invisible almost as if you’re standing behind a pane of glass while everyone else mingles on the other side. You watch the laughter, the inside jokes, the…
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5 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship With Your Daughter
1. Create Emotional Safety Through Warmth & Consistency Studies show daughters with warm, supportive fathers have lower baseline stress and calmer cortisol responses during conflict. Your steadiness becomes her nervous system’s steadiness. Try this:End each day with a moment of connection: a check‑in, a hug, a shared ritual. 2. Be…
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The Gift of Time: Building Family Legacy This Christmas
I love this time of year – the lights, the comfort food, the focus on serving others, the gift giving, ski season. If we allow it, this time of year helps us reset, prioritize, and reflect on what truly matters. I read the following article last week just before my…
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Living with Intention: Building a Legacy Beyond Life’s Empty Calories
Remember Twinkies? Those cream filled vanilla cakes that seem to last forever? I used to say that Twinkies and cockroaches would be the only thing to last through a nuclear attack. Sure, they were a delicious snack for some of us and after eating a few of them may fill…
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Leave Your Legacy
Rediscover who you are and live with intention. On the northern bank of the Colorado River near my hometown of Moab, Utah, there used to be a massive tailings pile. In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, long before tourism transformed the town, Moab was a mining community. Its main product…
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