Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Fatherhood's Transformative Power: A Man's Journey #shorts

30 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this reflective monologue, Josh Trent describes a pivotal moment when he first saw his newborn son in pain, which he frames as the symbolic death of his former self as a man. He expresses deep sorrow and a visceral aversion to seeing any child suffer, especially his own, and recounts an immediate, decisive resolve to change his life. He declares that he "burned all boats" and switched a mental light, promising to become fundamentally different. He attributes subsequent flourishing of his business to this personal transformation. Finally, he mentions ongoing conversations about a third child, indicating that his evolution continues as his family grows.

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there is a real genuine death of the previous version of all men. When a child comes into the world, I remember when I went to go see my son, I went to him and he was on this bed and there was a light shining on him. And when I, when I went up to him, I was like, I put my little pinky out for him. Yeah. And I was like, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that it had to be this way. And I think he still— I think he understood in that moment. And I think that as men, we want the best for our family. We want the best for our children. And God brings us these unique experiences so we can learn about ourselves. And the reason it brings up emotion to me is because I just— I hate seeing any child suffer, any child, but especially my child. There's something very heart-wrenching and gut-wrenching when a father witnesses his son or daughter going through pain. And so what it brought forth in me was an immediate resolve where there— I burned all boats in that moment. It was like there was a light switch that was flicked and I would never be the same ever again because I realized that my stuff and our stuff and the collective stuff had made it happen in the way it happened. And so I just made a promise to myself to be fundamentally different from that moment forward. And my business did. Flourish. And now we are having conversations about a third child coming into the world, and I'm starting to see that my current trajectory and evolution gets to be shifted yet again.