I Gave Up Everything for My Family—Was It Worth It? (Beleaf Tells All)
The Table with Anthony ONeal
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🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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What does fatherhood really cost—and is it worth it? In this raw, honest conversation, Anthony O’Neal sits down with Glenn Henry (Beleaf) to talk about the sacrifices, struggles, and rewards of being a present Black father and husband. Glenn shares the real-life lessons behind his new book, “Father Yourself First,” and why leading your family starts with leading yourself. If you want to break generational cycles, build legacy, and see proof that Black dads win, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Man, Glenn Henry, people know you as belief. |
| 0:03.0 | I know you as my brother-in-law. |
| 0:04.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:05.4 | And I want to get straight into it, man. |
| 0:08.4 | Four children. |
| 0:09.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:11.0 | 15 years of marriage to my sister, my only sister. |
| 0:14.4 | Amazing person. |
| 0:15.6 | Oh, she is the one. |
| 0:16.8 | Yes. |
| 0:17.9 | Yes. |
| 0:18.6 | But I want to ask you this question straight up, bro. |
| 0:21.5 | I've seen you over the last 15 years. |
| 0:25.1 | What has fatherhood and marriage cost you as a man? |
| 0:32.6 | So I think individually, I think that it has cost me, uh, you know, I've had to decrease myself. |
| 0:43.9 | Mm. |
| 0:45.0 | So because my wife met me at such a young age and I didn't have dreams, goals, like, I didn't really know what i was doing except for |
| 0:55.6 | rhyming my little butt off yeah yeah you know we kind of had to make who we were were coming |
| 1:01.3 | together okay and so a percentage of myself i feel like i had to silence in order to be responsible |
| 1:09.3 | because i married someone. |
| 1:12.6 | I married someone before, you know, I kind of started my career. |
| 1:16.6 | Okay. |
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