On Dadlife & Lyrics Featuring Kristopher James

The Altitude Collective

The most difficult journey is really just being true to myself; not losing myself and making sure I’m treating this gift of music, this journey of music, with open hands.

If I’m openhanded with it, I can allow things to happen, I can allow things to come in and I can allow things to leave, and not carry that disappointment — but I can carry gratefulness and thankfulness.

I was unsure of my abilities to be a father but the moment my oldest came into the world, I recognized him.

I try to live my life very balanced to show them that they can dream the dreams and that they can do these dreams at the same time.

I’m doing these things that I’m dreaming for their sake as well!

The most difficult thing about parenthood is really convincing yourself that you’re not a terrible parent!

Be mindful of your children, be mindful of you as a person, and be mindful that everyone of us are human and we are all capable of the infallible, so give yourself grace.

On instilling values:

They have to see me do it, it can’t just be me telling them what to do.

We have to figure out a way to show them value rather then just expecting value, expecting them to pick up on the values that we say. We have to show them how it works.

On important values:

I really just think it’s learning to be okay with yourself even at a young age... we’ll be okay with being afraid (for example).

On mental health:

Being a heavy thinker like I am, I do find myself in a lot of situations where I tend to think, or I find myself down rabbit holes.

It’s okay to make yourself uncomfortable with your thoughts. That is not bad mental health.

I think what makes serious mental health issues is where your body doesn’t process those particular issues as harmful and you become unmindful of the state that you’re in mentally and it slowly dissolves and deteriorates.

I think counseling is an incredible tool that we do not utilize enough.

Even talking for the sake of talking because we don’t process all the time just by thinking.

I love that idea that sorrow can dig these trenches in our souls but it just creates more room for joy to be felt!

In an ideal world, our differences are what makes us most uniquely beautiful. It is fear and our own mortal insecurity that creates every division in our life. So get over yourself!

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