Prep Week Dad Lab

Today you slow your inner world so you can lead with calm instead of reacting from stress.

Read your Day one email first. Then work through the prompts below. Your answers here become part of your Prep Week log.

Current mental pace

Check the words that feel true for your mind most days.

Describe when your mind feels the most crowded.

Anchor phrase for this season

Choose one short phrase you will repeat when your thoughts start to race. This is one of the most important lines for your log.

You just named how your mind feels and chose a new pattern on purpose. That is real work most men skip.

Today you look at your time with honesty so you do not sprint into fatherhood already exhausted.

Read your Day two email first. Then use these prompts to see where your energy actually goes.

Typical week snapshot

List out the main blocks of your week. Work, commute, meals, sleep, screens, anything else.

Energy check

Check where you usually hit a wall.

Finish this in your own words.

One small change this week

Choose one simple shift that would create more margin before baby. This will be a key action in your log.

You are not redesigning your whole life. You are opening up just enough space to enter this next season stronger.

Today you zoom in on what she is carrying physically and choose one meaningful way to lighten that load.

Read your Day three email first. Then use these prompts to pay attention to her body.

What her body carries

Check everything that might be affecting her physically right now.

Write a few lines about what you notice about her body lately.

Body support move

Choose one concrete way you will support her body this week. This is the move you will want to see again.

This is how you show love in a way her body can actually feel.

Today you listen for what she is feeling and choose how you will be a safe place for her emotions.

Read your Day four email first. Then use these prompts. The question and statement you write here are key lines for your log.

What her heart carries

Describe how she has seemed lately. Stressed, excited, anxious, hopeful, a mix.

Finish this sentence.

Heart support move

Write one question you will ask her and one statement you want her to hear this week.

Strong leadership at home starts with empathy and partnership, not with having all the answers.

Today you make home feel a little more prepared so future you is grateful when baby arrives.

Read your Day five email first. Then use these prompts to see what would make life easier in that first stretch at home.

Home readiness scan

Check what feels mostly ready and what feels behind.

List three simple home tasks that would make the biggest difference.

Next right step

Pick one task and write when you will do it in the next seven days.

You do not need a perfect nursery. You need a few thoughtful moves that make those first days less frantic.

Today you get a simple snapshot of your money so you can walk into this season with more clarity and less fear.

Read your Day six email first. Then answer these prompts honestly.

Where money feels tight

Write a few lines about what feels tight or stressful financially right now.

Where money feels stable

Name what is actually working or steady in your finances.

One money conversation

Write one money topic you want to calmly talk about with your wife in the next week.

You are not trying to solve money in one day. You are choosing to be a clear and honest partner.

Today you pull everything together into a simple plan for your first week with baby and the kind of father you want to be.

Read your Day seven email first. Then use these prompts to name what matters most.

First week priorities

List three things that will matter most to you in that first week.

Anchor habits

Based on earlier days, choose two small habits you want to carry into that first week.

Fatherhood identity

In a few sentences describe the kind of dad you are becoming.

You are not waiting to become a good dad someday. You are shaping who you are right now.