06/09/2026
Why do I still want my dad’s approval?
It’s Father’s Day — and for many of us, our relationship with our dad is a little more complicated than a card saying “World’s Best Dad” or something straightforward.
We can love our fathers and still wish we’d heard certain words more often. We can understand why they were the way they were and still acknowledge what we needed. And sometimes, long after childhood, we can find ourselves still looking for approval — in achievement, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or worrying about what other people think.
So I made a little Father’s Day bonus episode of Just a Minute about exactly this.
And there’s a question at the heart of it:
What did you most need to hear from your dad?
Perhaps:
I’m proud of you.
I believe you.
I love who you are.
Or something completely different.
There’s also a free two-page reflection, The Words I Needed to Hear, to go with the episode. I’ll put the download link in the comments. ❤️
🎧 Listen to the Father’s Day bonus episode here:
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-7uhwi-1b51c25?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
And whether today brings gratitude, love, grief, disappointment — or a complicated mixture of all of them — I hope there’s something gentle here for you.
Sometimes a minute is enough to say something someone may remember for decades.
