Why do so many working dads feel exhausted even when they’re doing everything "right"?

Dr. Matt Campbell believes the problem is not that most people are broken. It’s that they’re depleted.

Matt is a clinical psychologist and creator of the Primal Five Framework, which focuses on five foundational areas that shape how we show up every day: sleep, sunlight, movement, connection, and consumption. His work explores how modern life quietly pulls us away from the things our minds and bodies were built for and how that depletion affects everything from patience and anxiety to parenting and meaningful work.

Matt shares how to:

• Recognize when exhaustion is really a capacity problem instead of a time problem
• Improve work life balance without trying to overhaul your entire life overnight
• Build routines that reduce decision fatigue and make healthy habits easier
• Find practical ways to incorporate movement into an already busy schedule
• Create meaningful connection instead of surface-level social interaction
• Break cycles of depletion, irritability, anxiety, and overwhelm

Matt brings a thoughtful and deeply practical perspective to fatherhood, parenting, and the reality of trying to stay healthy while balancing work, family, and daily responsibilities.

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