Before I knew it was a wound, I called it strength."What I don't have, I don't miss." That's what I told myself growing up. But the truth is — nobody had ever called me son. And I didn't even know how much that mattered until it broke me open in this conversation.In this episode, I sit down with Gibson to talk about what fatherlessness actually does to a man. Not the version you read about — the version you live. The armor you build. The walls you call independence. The male figures you trusted who disappeared without warning.Gibson grew up with a father. I didn't. And the contrast between those two experiences reveals everything about how men learn to connect — or why they never do.If you've ever sized up another man before you looked up to him — this episode is for you.

Topics covered: Growing up without a father and what it actually costs you emotionally

The Uncle Mike story — abandonment from the one man I trusted

Why hyper-independence is emotional armor, not strength

How fatherlessness affects authority, brotherhood, and identity

Gibson's perspective — what having a father taught him about manhood

Finding God as Father and the healing that follows

00:00 Intro Trailer

01:07 Welcome To Big Brutha Podcast

01:46 “You Don’t Miss What You Don’t Have”

02:10 The Uncle Mike Story

04:19 Realizing It Hurt Me Too

05:31 “I Never Had Nobody Call Me Son”

06:41 Competition Before Connection

07:48 Respect, Fathers & Masculinity

08:48 Discovering Who My Father Was

09:30 How Fatherlessness Affects Society

12:02 Authority Issues & Healing

14:18 Why Young Men Need Good Men Around Them

16:38 God As Father To The Fatherless

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