G.R.I.T. Workbook for New Fathers

Everything changed and you're expected to be back at work like it didn't.

What carries a father through the first year isn't providing. It's grit — Great Resilience in Time, the ability to push back through a season that reorganizes your whole life and stay present for it.

Dr. India White's G.R.I.T. framework names the four things that build it: Growth mindset, what you do in a role with no manual. Resilience, recovering instead of only enduring. Intentional self-efficacy, deciding on purpose that you're capable. Time management, because grit isn't a good week — it's resilience sustained across years.

The research backs this, and grit can be built — and your child will learn it from watching you.

New fathers get less leave, less preparation, and less permission to say the transition is hard.

Includes: a scored G.R.I.T. self-assessment, the full G.R.I.T. framework, and practical strategies for building grit through the first year. Roughly 40 pages, print-ready PDF.

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