464. Dad Brain with Darby Saxbe
About this episode
This episode discusses the biological and psychological changes men experience when they become fathers, challenging traditional views on parenting roles.
We’ve been told forever that women are the only natural caregivers, but neuroscience shows that’s just not true; men actually go through huge biological shifts when they become dads, too. Sitting down with Emily for this episode is clinical psychologist Darby Saxbe , who chats to us about her book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives , which challenges neo-traditional assumptions about parenting roles. Their conversation highlights the biological reality of fatherhood, exploring how men experience hormonal shifts, brain changes, and even paternal postpartum depression. Darby also uncovers how hands-on parenting trends are shifting across generations, the connection between relationship conflict and a dad's mental health, and how policy changes like paid paternity leave can transform modern family dynamics. Listen and Learn: How the modern science of fatherhood rewrites traditional gender roles, why the "Dad Brain" is biologically wired for caregiving, and how millennial and Gen Z fathers are redefining the rewards and divides of modern parenting The concept of "facultative adaptation" and how it shapes the natural variability of…
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