One in eight men globally report mental health disorders. Seventy percent will avoid seeking help entirely. Only one in four men who admit to depression will ever go to therapy. Robbie found those numbers deeply concerning — and then realized he'd been one of them for most of his adult life. This isn't a therapy pitch. It's not a dadfluencer telling you that dads have it hard. It's a real conversation from someone who spent years white-knuckling his way through depression and anxiety, calling...
Apr 30
27 min
There are two guys Robbie wants to talk about. One brushes his teeth with brake fluid, hasn't communicated a feeling since 1987, and thinks vulnerability is something that happens to other people. The other one is so emotionally available he makes Miss Rachel look like Brock Lesnar. Both of them are a problem. And somewhere between these two caricatures, real men — real dads — are supposed to figure out who they're actually supposed to be. This is the masculinity episode TUF has been building...
Apr 24
28 min
We are raising the first generation of kids who will never know a world without screens, infinite content, and instant gratification — and most of us are figuring it out as we go. In this episode, Robbie gets real about his own phone habits, why "tough shit, go be bored" is actually good parenting, and how to raise kids who can live in the real world without being left behind in the digital one. No anti-technology rants. No shame for parents who hand over the tablet sometimes. Just an honest,...
Mar 29
30 min
If you're a dad in your 30s or 40s who hasn't seen a doctor in years, still thinks you can eat like you're 22, and keeps telling yourself you'll "get healthy later" — this one is for you. Because later has a way of becoming never. Robbie gets brutally honest about skipping physicals for five years, his history with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the slow reality of losing weight after 35, and why getting healthy isn't vanity — it's showing up for your kids in the way they deserve. ...
Mar 21
28 min
"Am I failing as a parent? Am I screwing my kids up?" If those thoughts have crossed your mind lately, this episode is for you. Because when your kid's behavior goes sideways during a big transition — new baby, new school, new house — it's easy to take it personally. And that's exactly when you make it worse. Robbie walks through a year of nonstop change in his own family and gets honest about what his kids' tantrums were really telling him — and what his own reaction was actually saying abou...
Mar 9
37 min
Everyone checks on the pregnant woman. The moment that baby arrives, the world moves on — and mom is left bleeding, sleep-deprived, hormonally wrecked, and expected to figure it out. As a dad of three, Robbie has seen this up close, and he's not going to pretend it isn't happening. This episode is for every dad who has ever said "she's fine" when she's clearly not — and for every mom who wishes her partner actually understood what she was going through. Honest, direct, and from someone who ad...
Feb 11
21 min
A few hours before heading to the hospital for the induction of his third son, Robbie sits down and hits record. No prep, no plan — just everything going through his head in real time. The fears, the work pressure, the sleep deprivation already starting, and what he's learned about himself across three kids that he wishes he'd known going into the first. If you're about to become a parent — or you're already in it and wondering why it feels harder than you expected — this is the episode you d...
Jan 20
29 min
You know what you want to change. You've known for a while. And every time you get close to starting — something comes up, you talk yourself out of it, or you decide you'll just do it tomorrow. And then tomorrow becomes next week becomes next year. Sound familiar? Robbie gets into the thing that's actually blocking most people from making real changes in their life — and it's not motivation, it's not discipline, and it's not time. It's the starting. And there's a specific reason that first st...
Jan 10
25 min
Not a resolution episode. Not a "new year new me" pep talk. This is Robbie sitting down with a notebook, going through every area of his life that actually matters, and being honest about where he's at and where he wants to go — health, family, friendship, faith, business, and the legacy he's trying to leave for his kids. If you've been meaning to slow down and think about what you actually want your life to look like — not the highlight reel version, the real one — this is a good place to st...
Dec 19, 2025
14 min
Five months. No episodes, no Instagram, no consistency. A new baby on the way, a house sale, a move, increased work pressure, and a slow slide back into some old habits Robbie thought he'd left behind. This is that episode — the honest return where he doesn't pretend the absence didn't happen or that he has it all figured out now. If you've ever been working on yourself and then watched life quietly undo some of that progress — this one will feel familiar. The point isn't that you'll never fa...
Nov 7, 2025
15 min
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