Gap to Gig – Working Dads' Guide to Fatherhood, Meaningful Work, & Finding Balance in Life

About Gap to Gig – Working Dads' Guide to Fatherhood, Meaningful Work, & Finding Balance in Life

Gap to Gig explores the life in between who we are, what we do, and the life we want to build as working dads. Through honest conversations with dads, experts, leaders, and people who have navigated their own twists and turns, host Michael Jacobs explores fatherhood, work-life balance, meaningful work, parenting, identity, ambition, relationships, and what actually matters most in modern life. Most of life's biggest decisions don't belong exclusively to work or family. They live somewhere in between, where the challenge isn't simply succeeding at work or showing up at home, but figuring out how all the pieces fit together. How do you build a meaningful career without losing yourself in it? How do you stay ambitious while remaining present for the people who matter most? How do you navigate career changes, setbacks, uncertainty, and new opportunities while still showing up for your family? How do you know if you're spending your time on the right things? This show is for working dads who feel pulled between responsibility and fulfillment, ambition and presence, work and the rest of life. The dads who don't want to wake up ten years from now wondering where the time went. Every conversation is designed to help you make more intentional choices about your work, your relationships, and the life you're building before the years have a chance to pass you by. Along the way, you'll find practical ideas, fresh perspective, and the confidence that comes from knowing you're not the only dad asking these questions.

Publisher

Michael Jacobs - Working Dads & Fatherhood Expert

Category

business · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

3 Nov 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

20 of 49 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Jason Lange on Why Working Dads Need Stronger Connections

   Host Michael Jacobs interviews Jason Lange, who explains why working dads need stronger connections for their own well-being and to be more present partners and parents.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Dave Albrechta on Redesigning Your Career Around What Matters

   Host Michael Jacobs interviews Dave Albrechta, a former litigator, on redesigning your career around what truly matters after becoming a father.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chip Scholz on Navigating the Changing Seasons of Fatherhood

   Executive coach and author Chip Scholz discusses with host Michael Jacobs how working dads navigate fatherhood's evolving seasons and find meaningful work-life balance.

Inside a recent episode

Jason Lange on Why Working Dads Need Stronger Connections

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You can't. It's just like if you're building a business, you don't want to rely on one customer. You want to spread out your business across many customers in case something happens to one. Right. Same thing with relationships. You can't put all your eggs in one basket and just expect that your spouse is going to be the only one you ever talk to. Right. It's not going to lead to a healthy long term relationship. You need to be able to spread that out, right? You need to have friends. You need to have other families that you can talk to, that you can hang out with, that you can just have new experiences with and reminisce on old ones. […]

Who has been a guest on Gap to Gig – Working Dads' Guide to Fatherhood, Meaningful Work, & Finding Balance in Life

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• Jason Lange
• Dave Albrechta
• Chip Scholz
• Jacqui Myslinski
• Kurt Bush

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

35 ratings

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