He began to wonder if other men also longed to have vulnerable conversations with their fathers-about good memories, about pain, and about what their relationship could still become. After years of inner work via therapy and faith, Tune realized that neither he nor his dad possessed what they needed to live up to each other's expectations. He and his dad connected briefly when he was a teenager, and then had no relationship for decades. What do sons wish they had received from their fathers? What might honest, healing conversations between fathers and sons look like? But those four words hold the power to heal wounds men may not even know they carry.įrom author, speaker, and social entrepreneur Romal Tune and his son, Jordan, comes this tour de force for fathers and sons about healing the unfinished business between them. '' what a simple way to start a sentence. The lessons in this book will free us to have-and become-the kind of dad we wish for.''I Wish My Dad. I Wish My Dad helps fathers and their sons move through the past to find deep connection in the present. And with no pretense, he and Jordan recount their own 'I Wish My Dad' interview, which helped them chart the way toward a transformed relationship. Tune also offers us strategies and prompts for initiating our own 'I Wish My Dad' conversations. In this book, he invites us into the room as the men unpack relationships with their fathers, learn to work through emotional pain, recount moments of tenderness and care, and describe risks they took to heal and connect with their fathers. So he sat down with seventeen men of diverse ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds for 'I Wish My Dad' conversations.

Romal Tune was raised mostly without a father.

I Wish My Dad . . . by Romal Tune