Was your father physically present but emotionally distant?

If your answer is yes, you are not alone.

Besides sexuality, the 2nd most talked about subject in my Mentoring Circle is the relationship with Dad. Or lack there of.

In 37 years of mentoring, the majority of the young men with whom I have journeyed, have expressed the desire for an improved relationship with dad. About 70%.

Isaac Plentl on a Photo Shoot
with his Triumph Bonneville T120 Black
📸 Jonathan Lampel

We all crave guidance, training, non judgmental acceptance, one on one time, and of course healthy affection from our fathers. If not from him, then from healthy father figures.

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In EP12 (Part 2 of Father Wounds), my Co-Host and long time friend, Net Gen, song writer, athlete, and native Southern Californian, Isaac Timothy Plentl, shares the frustrations, pain and positive insights of having dads – who were physically present – but emotionally distant.

Yes. Dads.

Not one, but two.

I say long time friend because, while Isaac is 25, I’ve known him since he was 5, so that is a long time for him!

Isaac and Mark – Palm Springs, CA
Ariel Tramway – Mt. San Jacinto
8,516 feet
February 2020

Isaac gets real on topics like:

how he craved to see positive traits in his dads, that he wanted to emulate.

who helped with the transfer of masculinity with emotionally distant dads.

how painful the gaps in his life were and how multiple mentors filled the void.

how he filled the gaps in unhealthy ways.

And, how having distant dads impacted his sexuality and learning about sexuality – and, what to do when you find yourself in the hot zone in a sexual moment.