Dan Watterworth, RP

04/27/2025

Just start creating. We need more beauty in this world.

03/30/2025

Many men don’t escape their pain. They pass it on — unless they do the work to break the cycle.

I’ve sat across from hundreds of men who don’t see how their pain is shaping their relationships. They see themselves as good men, but they don’t realize how their unchecked wounds and defensiveness impact the people they love.

They get frustrated. They shut down. They lose their temper and blame their partner for “never letting things go.” They minimize. They deflect. They withdraw. But underneath all of it? There’s a boy.

A boy who wasn’t seen, wasn’t heard, wasn’t allowed to be soft.

A boy who learned that vulnerability was a liability, so he buried it under anger, withdrawal, or control.

A boy who swore he’d never be like his parent, but still finds himself sounding just like them.

Right now, that boy is in the driver’s seat.

That’s why your partner feels dismissed. That’s why your kids avoid you when you’re in a mood. That’s why you keep promising to do better — but don’t.

You think you’re protecting yourself. But what you’re really doing is wounding everyone around you. And if you don’t deal with what’s inside you, they’re the ones who will pay the price.

That wounded boy doesn’t have to be in charge anymore. The real you — the grounded, loving, relational man — is waiting to take the wheel. Are you ready to put him back in charge?

You don’t have to wait until things fall apart to start showing up differently.

The people you love need you now.

02/05/2025

This sign was at the coffee shop on our family vacation. Words to live by!

01/20/2025

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas Everyone!

12/25/2024

THIS is what we miss when we stress s*x as a duty.
Or when we stress s*x as something that is only physical--"he needs s*x."
S*x is meant to be a deep "knowing". It's a deep intimacy. It's about both of you, together.
My prayer is that The Great S*x Rescue, and our podcast, and our blog, can give people a glimpse of what God made s*x to be. It isn't this empty, transactional thing.
It's something life-giving!

12/22/2024

From here on in there’s more daylight! Something to be thankful for!

12/17/2024

My 3rd most popular post of the year! I love EMDR as a therapy modality!

This is your EMDR Canada Annual Membership Badge. This denotes membership of EMDR Canada. EMDRIA provides EMDR Certification and issues specific EMDRIA badges for this.

10/03/2024

When you say, “A part of me feels that . . . ,” you have already embraced the basic idea of IFS, whether or not you are aware of it.

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09/28/2024

Every once in a while I make a book recommendation. If you’ve ever said part of me feels this way, but another part feels this way you may find this book helpful. Or if you find your own behavior confusing and inconsistent with what you’re aiming for. This is a great one on Internal Family Systems from a Christian perspective.