We all have someone we compare ourselves to.

For me, it’s my mother’s husband.

He’s built businesses, created wealth, retired comfortably, and now travels the country in an RV most people only dream about.

Then there’s me.

A husband. A father. A retail manager. A veteran. A guy who’s made more mistakes than he’d like to admit.

For a long time, I believed I had somehow taken the wrong path.

But what if we’re comparing our hardest chapters to someone else’s finished story?

In this episode, I wrestle with the questions so many of us quietly carry:

* What does success really cost?

* Are we willing to make the same sacrifices as the people we admire?

* Is wealth the only way to measure a life well lived?

This isn’t an episode about money.

It’s about comparison.

It’s about perspective.

And it’s about discovering that the life you’re building may be more valuable than the one you’re envying.

If you’ve ever looked at someone else’s success and wondered, “What did they do that I didn’t?”… this episode is for you.

Because maybe success isn’t becoming someone else.

Maybe it’s becoming the person your family needed you to be.

Somewhere between Episode 1 and Episode 50… I realized something.

I thought I was recording a podcast about my life.

I wasn’t.

I was recording a podcast about yours.

This episode is for every father who’s ever wondered if he’s doing enough. The dad who leaves for work before the kids wake up. The dad who comes home exhausted. The dad who quietly carries the weight of providing while hoping his children still know how deeply they’re loved.

This isn’t an episode about being a perfect father.

It’s about being present.

Because our children won’t remember every bill we paid or every hour we worked. They’ll remember the moments we chose them.

With the Fourth of July here, I hope this conversation reminds you to put your phone down, stay outside a little longer, watch the fireworks through your child’s eyes, and make memories that will last long after the sparklers burn out.

If this episode causes just one dad to hug his kids a little tighter tonight…

…then these first 50 episodes were worth it.

Go hug your kids. ❤️

I thought this episode was about missing my son’s first day at International Music Camp.

It wasn’t.

It became a conversation about fatherhood, time, marriage, work, health, and what happens when you’re so focused on surviving today that tomorrow arrives without warning.

As Father’s Day and my 15th wedding anniversary approach, I’m forced to confront a difficult realization: life keeps moving whether we’re paying attention or not.

Maybe the moments we miss aren’t always because we don’t care.

Maybe we’re just busy surviving.

A Broadway show. A trip to Washington, D.C. A pair of $130 Nikes. A little dot moving across a map 1,402 miles from home.

This episode isn’t really about New York.

It’s about fatherhood.

Chris shares the story of watching his son Briley experience the trip of a lifetime and reflects on the sacrifices, prayers, and faith that made it possible. From a difficult birth that left Briley unable to cry, to becoming the outspoken, confident, larger-than-life personality he is today, this episode explores what it means to raise a child through uncertainty and trust God with the outcome.

For fathers, mothers, grandparents, and alienated parents who wonder if their sacrifices matter, this conversation is a reminder that the seeds we plant today often bloom years later in ways we never expect.

Sometimes success isn’t a promotion, a paycheck, or a title.

Sometimes success is watching your child stand somewhere they never would have stood without your love, your sacrifice, and God’s grace.

Topics include:

• Faith and fatherhood

• Raising strong-willed children

• The power of sacrifice

• Parenting through uncertainty

• Letting go and trusting your kids

• God’s provision in difficult seasons

• Why the greatest achievements in life are often our children

This Might Be Therapy is a podcast about real life, real struggles, real victories, and finding meaning in the middle of the mess.

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In this raw and unfiltered episode of This Might Be Therapy, Chris pulls back the curtain on the pressure of trying to survive modern life while carrying the weight of leadership, fatherhood, mental exhaustion, and personal rebuilding at the same time.

From managing the chaos of Fresh operations at Sam’s Club to navigating ADHD overload, burnout, strained workplace dynamics, and the emotional isolation many men silently live with, this episode becomes a reflection on what happens when the world expects constant performance from people who are already running on empty.

Chris speaks openly about:

* The reality of leadership pressure

* Feeling judged while still learning and growing

* Mental health in blue-collar and retail management culture

* Fatherhood under stress

* Veterans adapting to civilian “battlefields”

* Why the garage became a sanctuary

* The emotional cost of always being “the strong one”

* Reclaiming identity beyond mistakes and labels

This episode is for the exhausted providers, overwhelmed managers, struggling fathers, veterans, and anyone silently trying to hold life together while the world keeps demanding more.

Sometimes the strongest thing a person can do… is tell the truth out loud.

After months off the mic, Chris Tigges returns with one of his most vulnerable episodes yet.

In “The Things I Never Planned to Lose,” he opens up about the hardest chapter of his life so far — losing his home, fighting to keep his business alive, and trying to hold it all together while rediscovering what love and faith really mean.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a testimony.

A story about marriage on life support that somehow found a heartbeat again.

About walking through eviction with dignity.

About learning that faith isn’t about never falling — it’s about trusting God enough to stand back up.

If you’ve ever carried the weight of being a father, a husband, or a man who refuses to quit — this one’s for you.

[Scripture references: Psalm 34:18 · Romans 8:28 · Isaiah 43:2 · James 1:4]

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In this follow-up to one of the most personal episodes I’ve ever recorded, I open up about the battles I’m fighting right now — the ones nobody sees. From navigating the VA claims process to living with the physical toll of past exposures, from silent family tensions to the invisible work of holding a household together… this is the side of strength that doesn’t look like power. It’s the quiet, unacknowledged labor of showing up every single day, even when no one says thank you, even when you’re exhausted, even when it would be easier to walk away. If you’ve ever felt unseen in the middle of your own fight, this one is for you.

After a long pause, I’m back—and not with a “everything’s perfect now” story. This is the truth about where I’ve been, what I’ve been fighting for, and why reconciliation with my wife and kids means more than just a fresh start.

In this episode, I talk about the work behind the curtain—the concessions, sacrifices, and mindset shifts that have kept my family together—and I connect it to a bigger story fathers everywhere know too well: the fight against a system that measures our worth in dollars instead of days, and treats time with our kids like a privilege instead of a right.

From therapy breakthroughs to cabin memories, from alienation pain to standing your ground as a dad—this is a raw, unfiltered update that reminds you the fight is never just about surviving… it’s about building something worth staying for.

Because this is still therapy. And I’m still here. And I’m not done.