Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from

parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

It's funny, on a given day, I think one of us in our family is wearing our Hoka Mach 6s. I've got a pair. My wife's got a pair. My oldest has got a pair. And my youngest got a pair, and they're all matching colors. Sometimes we match. I feel a little more comfortable when we're not all matching. But one of us always feels inclined to throw on a pair of these. It's a light, fast, and undeniably comfy shoe.

It's got a kid's specific design, and the fit will free your kid's inner speedster for a daily fun.

To learn more about the kids' mock six shoe, visit today's show notes. Check it out. Do it now. We make mistakes as parents because we're flawed and imperfect,

but we are saved by one thing, our ability to own these mistakes and repair them.

As we've said here many times, quoting the great Dr. Becky's book, Good Inside, which you

should absolutely read, she says that we're saved by the fact that it's never too late to repair.

It doesn't matter if we raised our voice yesterday or we were distracted or preoccupied when

they needed us a few

months ago if we were too strict or judgmental 20 years ago. We can always repair. We can talk to them

about what happened. We can hear how it affected them. We can explain. We can apologize. We can heal.

We talked recently about Julia Louise Dreyfus's mother, who had suggested at 87 when her daughter was 60, that they

go to therapy and talk about some things that she wished she'd handled better when her daughter

was younger. How wonderful and brave that was, and what an inspiration should be to all of us.

It was very, very helpful, Dreyfus explained. It's not like everything becomes perfect because

that's not possible

under any circumstances, but it was an opportunity to communicate in maybe a more honest way and in a

safe way that was helpful to both of us. Look, of course, no repair is ever going to be perfect,

no wounds ever completely heal. But you know which ones definitely don't heal? The ones we ignore,

the ones we allow to fester, the ones we

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