The Work
Fatherhood doesn’t come with a roadmap.
The Work is a six-week cohort experience for fathers who want to dig deep to understand themselves as fathers, learn practical, real-life ways to build strong dad-habits, and be the best version of themselves they can be.
DadLife: The Work includes:
six 90 minute weekly online sessions;
small group format;
guided conversation and reflection;
practical tools for use between sessions and beyond;
a personalized fatherhood profile and a private 1:1 debrief of your results.
COST: $599 CAD
The Work
Some dads come here through DadLife: The Start.
Some come to the Work directly.
Either way, you're in the right place.
The Work is six weeks of real work — not six weeks of talking about doing the work.
Each week, a small group of 8–10 fathers meets for 90 minutes to work directly with the patterns, pressures, and relationships that shape everyday family life: how you handle stress, how you communicate under pressure, how you were fathered and what you're carrying forward from it, how you show up when things get hard at home.
Every session is built to leave you with something you can actually use that week — not theory, not performance, not another pile of advice nobody asked for.
And each week is designed around your cohort’s combined Fire results, so the time goes to what’s actually relevant to your group, not material that doesn’t apply to anyone.
You'll do this alongside other fathers doing the same work, in a group small enough for honesty and structured enough to stay useful.
Before your first session, you’ll complete your DadLife: Fire profile. At some point during the six weeks, you’ll also sit down for a private 1:1 debrief on your results — a clear, research-informed picture of where your strengths are and where there’s room to grow.
No matter what stage of fatherhood you are in, DadLife: The Work meets you where you actually are.
The goal of The Work is simple: to leave more aware, more steady, more present, and better equipped in the places that matter most.
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No. If you are joining DadLife: The Work after completing DadLife: The Start, you already have a sense of what fatherhood development looks like. The Work is where that goes deeper.
But if you are starting with The Work, the outcome is the same.
Across six sessions, fathers work more directly with the themes The Start introduced — stress, communication, identity, relationships, emotional presence, conflict, repair, accountability, and everyday family rhythms. Not as concepts to understand, but as patterns to work with in real life.
The DadLife Fire Profile makes the process personal. Instead of staying general, you get a clear picture of how these themes show up specifically in your own fathering — where your strengths are, where the gaps are, and where focused attention will have the most impact.
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DadLife: The Work is for fathers who:
may have completed The Start and want to go further;
value honest reflection and practical growth;
want stronger relationships at home;
are willing to participate in a cohort setting;
want personalized insight through the DadLife: Fire Profile;
want to better understand how they show up under pressure;
are ready to apply what they are learning between sessions.
You don’t need to have everything figured out, but you do have to be willing to participate.
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The Work focuses on the everyday patterns that shape fatherhood and family life.
Participants learn:
how stress affects their communication and connection;
how patterns and assumptions from how they were raised show up;
how self-perception shapes the way men parent, partner, and relate;
how trust and emotional safety are built over time;
what healthy conflict looks like in real life;
how to become more steady under pressure;
how to create family culture through small, everyday choices.
In addition, participants complete the DadLife: Fire Profile - a personalized fatherhood profile that helps participants take an honest look at their fathering strengths and areas for development. It’s informed by fatherhood research, but built to be practical.
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DadLife: The Work is built around a cohort model.
This means that small groups of fathers move through each of the six sessions together.
This format matters because growth often works better when it is not isolated. Fathers hear from other men, reflect on their own patterns, and begin to recognize that many of the questions they carry are not theirs alone.
The group is designed to be:
small enough for real conversation;
structured enough to stay focused;
respectful enough for honesty;
practical enough to matter after the session ends.
The Work cohort approach provides a structured space for fathers to think clearly, speak honestly, listen well, and keep doing the work.
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Nobody is required to share. But if nobody talks, it gets pretty quiet, so it’s strongly encouraged.
We do everything we can to make it a comfortable place to open up as much or as little as you want.
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Camera on is strongly encouraged. It’s a conversation, and it works a lot better when the dads in the group can see each other.
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Life happens. We get it.
If you can’t start the cohort you registered for, email us at admin@thedadlife.ca and we’ll move you into the next available group.
Sorry, but we don’t offer refunds.
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Every participant in The Work completes the full DadLife: Fire Profile as part of the program. It’s informed by fatherhood research. It helps you see how different parts of your fathering connect, including:
your sense of identity as a father;
how you read and connect with your child;
your co-parenting relationship;
your emotional capacity and regulation;
the boundaries and structure you hold;
how you show up day to day;
and how your own upbringing shapes all of it.
After completing the profile, each participant receives a private 1:1 debrief.
The debrief helps translate the profile into practical insight. The point isn’t to label you, diagnose you, or put you in a personality box. It’s to help you see your own patterns more clearly, and see what real growth could look like from here.
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The Work is designed to connect directly to real life.
Between sessions, fathers may be invited to notice patterns, reflect on specific questions, try practical relational skills, or pay attention to how stress, communication, conflict, and connection show up during the week.
The DadLife: Fire Profile also gives fathers a personal reference point for noticing what is happening in ordinary moments.
The goal is not homework for the sake of homework.
The goal is to make the work visible in real life:
after a hard day,
during a difficult conversation,
when parenting gets tense,
when partnership needs attention,
and when you get another chance to show up differently.
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After completing DadLife: The Work, dads may choose to continue with:
DadLife: One to One;
additional personalized DadLife: Fire Profile conversations;
future TheDadLife programs or workshops.
Some fathers use The Work as a focused six-week reset.
Others use it as the beginning of a longer process of fatherhood development.
Either way, The Work is designed to give fathers something practical to carry forward.
Why The Work is a good investment
You invest your time into your relationships.
You invest time into your career.
You invest time into your community.
But when was the last time you invested in becoming the father you want to be and the father they deserve?
The Work is six weeks of guided development for fathers who want more than good intentions.
Through nine hours of facilitated cohort learning, a personalized DadLife: Fire Profile, and a private 1:1 debrief, you'll gain a clearer understanding of the patterns, pressures, and habits that shape your life as a dad.
For $599 CAD, you'll receive:
Six guided weekly sessions (90 minutes each)
A small cohort of fathers doing the work alongside you
Practical discussion and reflection
Tools you can use immediately at home
The DadLife: Fire Profile and 1:1 debrief
This isn't about becoming a perfect father.
It's about becoming a more intentional one.
Because the way you lead, respond, connect, and show up in your family doesn't happen by accident.
It happens through DadLife: The Work.