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The Dad Edge Podcast

Rewriting Your Story After Trauma and Identity Loss featuring Candice Horbacz

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of the Dad Edge Podcast, I sit down with Candice Horbacz, a former adult film star turned mindfulness advocate, podcaster, and homeschooling mother. Candice brings a rare blend of candor, introspection, and wisdom to this deeply personal conversation. We explore how she navigated radical life transitions, healed from childhood trauma, and created a home rooted in authenticity, curiosity, and emotional safety.

 

Candice opens up about her own upbringing, the dysfunction that shaped her early worldview, and how she found her way to a new version of identity after walking away from the adult industry. This episode is about reclaiming power—through parenting, partnership, and personal evolution.

 

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

 

[0:00] – Introduction

[1:36] – How Candice's childhood shaped her early sense of self

[4:18] – Growing up in a home where emotions weren't safe

[7:03] – Her path into the adult film industry and what it masked

[9:55] – Why the lack of secure relationships drew her toward unhealthy dynamics

[12:30] – How she began to explore healing, trauma work, and self-awareness

[14:49] – The role of her partner in helping her see her worth

[17:01] – What led her to leave the adult industry behind

[18:57] – Shifting identity and rebuilding trust within herself

[21:04] – Navigating marriage with vulnerability and truth

[23:15] – Creating emotional safety for her son as a homeschooling mom

[26:40] – Why curiosity is her #1 parenting tool

[29:21] – Helping kids navigate their own triggers without shame

[32:09] – Final reflections on how to lead with authenticity at home

 

 

5 KEY TAKEAWAYS

  1. Early Dysfunction Often Masks Itself in Achievement or Escape: Candice shares how a childhood without emotional safety pushed her to find validation in unhealthy spaces, including adult entertainment.
  2. Self-Awareness Begins with Naming the Pain: Her healing journey started by recognizing how trauma shaped her reactions, her self-worth, and her definition of love.
  3. You Can Reinvent Your Identity Without Shame: Leaving the adult film industry was a reclamation of agency, and her story proves it's never too late to rewrite your narrative.
  4. Parenting with Curiosity Builds Emotional Safety: Rather than reacting with control, Candice leans into curiosity when her son struggles—inviting connection instead of conflict.
  5. Partnerships Flourish in Vulnerability, Not Performance: With her husband, Candice found safety to explore who she truly was—laying the foundation for a conscious, present, and authentic marriage.

 

LINKS & RESOURCES

 

 

If this episode gave you a new perspective on parenting, healing, or connection, share it with someone who needs to hear it—and don't forget to rate and review the podcast.

 

Live legendary.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example

0:21.2

that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change

0:27.6

relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their

0:33.6

grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention,

0:40.3

passion, purpose, and direction.

0:43.7

We are the Dad Edge,

0:45.7

and we're here to change the game.

0:47.8

We're here to change the game.

1:05.9

I don't know. Sometimes as men, we avoid conversations that make us uncomfortable.

1:07.8

And today, I'll be honest.

1:09.2

I was a little uncomfortable.

1:12.1

I'll be really honest with you. I went back and forth of whether or not to even publish this interview, not once, but twice. Because I've actually

1:17.4

have interviewed this, this person today, once decided to do it again because it really wasn't

1:23.1

what either one of us wanted out of the interview. And we did it again. And I was still kind of

1:27.2

hesitant of whether or not to publish it again. And I was still kind of hesitant

1:27.5

of whether or not to publish it. But then I decided to because it's time that we have real

1:32.8

conversations around what porn is doing to us. Gentlemen, what's going on? My name is Larry Hagner.

1:38.4

I'm the host and founder of this podcast, the Dad Edge Podcast, the Dad Edge Movement. I'm also

1:43.5

the founder of the Dad Edge Alliance. I'm also the founder of the Dad

1:44.5

Edge Alliance. That's our mastermind for dads and husbands who are in careers and they don't

1:49.5

want to settle for a mediocre marriage and they don't want to settle for not connecting with

1:53.4

their kids. I'm also the founder of the Dad Edge Business Boardroom Brotherhood. I have to say

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