Daddy Daughter Dynamics
Do you have your daddy-daughter dynamics at home? In this episode of the Reclamation, the Reclas: Justin, Tonya, and Neva discuss the importance of a daughter and father relationship. Justin shares Atticus From his book, Love Her Wild, which resembles him so much, and her love for her daughter. He emphasizes that the journey of getting to know your daughter is one of the best things that you can do for yourself as a father. Tune in to understand why daddy-daughter dynamics matter.Â
Justin Recla:
Welcome back to Reclamation. Today, we are… I’m going to start this off a little bit differently because I want to bring a buddy of mine into the conversation. So it’s not going to just be the three of us. We’re going to actually start it with a buddy of mine. I don’t actually know him, but I feel like I know him because I feel like he’s much like me. That’s Atticus From his book, Love Her Wild: Poems. I think it’s very appropriate to start the conversation with this poem because it’s very much what we’re talking about today, and I’ll read it to you. It’s from again, Love Her Wild, Atticus, page 35.
“Daughter of mine, for your smiles, for your tears, for your skin knees, and your broken hearts, for the love you give and the love you find, for whatever you become or don’t, it is far too late. I loved you already long before we ever met.” Gets me every time. What are we talking about? We’re talking about daddy-daughter dynamics. I know there are a lot of dads out there who struggle to find that relationship with their daughters.
You’re always at work, busy, taking care of the other kids, taking care of yourself, and taking care of your relationships. But that poem is something that I think, one, I think it’s extremely powerful and captures the essence of what I think all fathers feel about their daughters.
As I have tears rolling down my face right now, I realize that the journey of getting to know your daughter is one of the best things that you can do for yourself as a father. The rewards are plentiful, and it may not always be the funniest, as you brought up in the last episode of Lead With Your Heart, right? The times that you and I, Neva, have met in our headspace, right?
But what was the quickest way through it each time?
Neva Lee Recla:
Going to your heart space.
Justin Recla:
Going into our heart space.
Neva Lee Recla
Leading with love. Yeah.
Justin Recla:
Yeah and leading with love. This has been an amazing journey and continues to be an amazing journey. Our oldest daughter, Danica, it’s brought in a whole new perspective with her as well and the healing in that from the fact that her mom and I separated so many years ago, but the relationship that I have with her now is amazing, more than I would ever think of.
I equate that to the work that you and I have done, Neva, and the work that we’ve done as a family. I want to explore the importance of daddy dynamics. Tonya, I want to get your observations of what this is. Neva, I want to get your observations of what this is because I think in doing such, I know it does that, one, it helps me better understand situations and more importantly allows the listeners, who may have their own daughters, who may have similar experiences, to give them an opportunity to understand it for themselves as well.
That’s what we’re talking about today is we’re talking about daddy-daughter dynamics. We’re going to get juicy. We’re going to get raw. We’re going to get real. There might be more tears, but it’s all good. We’re going to take a break because I want to dive into this further on the back end with you both. I’m going to just leave it there for right now.
When we come back from the break, we’re going to dive into what daddy-daughter dynamics look like from a frequency of love, from a frequency of connecting with the divine and the abstract, and the kind of relationship that I continue to strive for with you and with Danica as I continue to journey and as you continue to journey along the way and what that means for those relationships. I think it’s an opportunity for us to explore some energies that are going to allow us to evolve this conversation of what daddy-daughter dynamics look like.
I know you haven’t heard from the ladies. They’ll be back on right after the break, but before you do, before we go to break, I invite you to come to join us inside our community at superpowerexperts.com. Let us love you. It is a space where you can lean into. It’s a space where you can connect and know that you are not alone in this space and that there is a better way, that there is a safe place for you to be a part of. We invite you, to come to play with us at superpowerexperts.com. Stay with this. We’ll be right back.
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