Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
Four years ago my wife gave birth to the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive and beautiful boy I could have ever imagined. I sometimes still can’t believe he is ours. Words can’t describe the happiness and joy that radiate from his heart every day.
And yet there is no doubt who he gets it from.
His mamma.
Exactly right now- shortly after 1pm four years ago you were co-existing in multiple dimensions while our boy was transitioning from one world to the next. You were here but you also weren’t as I witnessed you tap into the strength of your ancestors.
I don’t know how you did it or where you got the strength after three days of labor and no drugs… but you did it and it was one of the most powerful acts of love I have ever seen.
Thank you my love for making me a daddy twice. You continue to amaze me with the way God’s love moves through you and creates magic.
But don’t you forget that YOU are MAGIC. YOU are LOVE. YOU are ground that keeps us all GROUNDED.
YOU are the highs and lows and beautiful and messy and perfectly imperfect that are very definition of what it means to be a MOTHER.
I am in awe of you and so damn grateful for you.
Happy BIRTH day @emilybaldoni
In all the worlds of God. I love you.
#dearmaxwell
My second favorite proposal I’ve ever done 😏
#janethevirgin #teamrafael #jafael
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#duet with @ediitzz.2268
Here’s a little #throwback from 16 years ago. I was on a beautiful show called Everwood where I played a medical student who was either shirtless or working out 50% of the time he was on screen.
But let’s go further…this pic was taken after a 12 hour shoot day and after 24 hours of barely eating or drinking and weeks of not eating carbs. Because the truth is that the guy people saw on screen was suffering from a problem that he helped perpetuate.
In my attempt to live up to some made up level of the ideal male body—an ideal that also paid my bills—I would put my body through hell just so it could look as lean and ripped as possible. So people would see my body and be attracted to it. So they would be attracted to me. Maybe if my body was enough then I would be enough.
I was never enough.
I struggled with #bodyimage issues and muscle dysmorphia before this role and still struggle with them today. I don’t know if it ever completely goes away…but what I know now that I didn’t know then, is that I am not alone in this struggle. Today, 43% of men are unhappy with their physical appearance. And those are just the men willing to admit it.
I’m super grateful that there is finally room to talk about these things. Check out the @wearemanenough @healthline podcast special we just dropped for #menshealthawarenessmonth It’s time to break the silence, and hopefully the stigma, and bring these conversations to the table.
Let’s shine a light on the men’s health issues that too often are shamed into the darkness. #NoMoreSilence #manenough
Happy birthday to the man who at 73 is still teaching me how to listen, how to love, and how to grow.
Daddy, I’m so in awe of your ability to self reflect, and your desire to never stop learning and growing to become the best version of yourself.
I am so damn lucky to have you as my dad.
Also thank you for giving me my hair 😉
Some would say our costumes were Dino-mite. Get it? 🤦🏻♂️🦖🤖 #happyhalloween #dadjokes
Sunday funday is tricking the whole family into golf 🏌️♂️#itsawhiffleball #dadlife #maiyawasfilming
Happy birthday Baha’u’llah!!
“The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Day Star of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The one true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words.” — Bahá’u’lláh
Some great #Bahai Accounts to follow 👇🏼
@bahaiteachings
@bahaiblog
@bahaiorg
Have you or a friend lost a loved one recently? If so please listen to this episode.
The wise, deep, and simply incredible @karanbrar joined us on The #ManEnoughPodcast and dove right into all the topics that are often too taboo or stigmatized to talk about. Sharing about the loss of his best friend Cameron and his beautiful friendships, why he’s no longer afraid of being hurt, and how grief and mental health have shaped who he is.
Karan is nothing short of inspiring, hilarious, real, and the kind of man that gives me so much damn hope for the future…and for the present, cuz he’s doing the damn thing right now and paving the way for not just younger generations, but for every generation.
And please check out @thecameronboycefoundation to see the incredible work that’s being done to honor Karan’s best friend, Cameron, including finding a cure for #sudep and #epilepsy
Not gonna lie, I’ve been pretty down lately. The deeper I go into my own healing the more I have to look at lots of stuff and it’s not always fun. Getting this from one of my best friends @andygrammer was perfect timing. We all need a little reminder that we are enough. Damn it feels good to be me! 😎
CALLING ALL MEN 📢 We have to put in the HARD work of HEART work. Not at the gym, not at our jobs, I’m not talking about the hustle and the grind that breaks our bodies and souls down and leaves us all feeling like we haven’t done enough and that we aren’t enough. I’m talking about that hard emotional labor that requires stillness and silence. That asks us to stop running from ourselves and hiding behind our productivity.
It takes shit ton of bravery to open your heart and examine your #masculinity (…trust me I’m an open exposed bleeding heart and the moment and I’ve never felt more alive.) We must be willing to risk it all and go deeper and have these conversations so we can help change the narrative.
@redtabletalkestefans @emily_estefan @gloriaestefan @liliestefan you are one hell of a strong group of bad ass women 💪🏼I am so honored to share this conversation with you. 🙏🏼 #redtabletalk #manenough
It was nearly 8 years in the making.
If you haven’t seen it yet there’s no better day then today! Also please check out the incredible documentary series my brother @amusiol directed about the making of the film. (You can find it in extras on Disney+)
I’ll never forget this special moment while filming, the hair on my arms still stands up till this day thinking about it 😳 proof the next workd is just two inches away. Zach’s story has touched and impacted so many of you the same way he touched me the day I met him. That’s why I made the promise to share his story with all of you. Zach- I love you so damn much. 💙 Thank you for trusting me with your story and for sharing your heart with all of us through your music.
If Zach has touched your life please consider donating to the Zach Sobiech osteosarcoma fund (@childrenscancer) so we can finally cure children’s cancer.
Listening to Eldra and hearing him share his wisdom I had this lightbulb moment about the way I’m raising my kids.
Because of the nature of the industry I work in, and our culture, I’ve been given a platform and oftentimes a pedestal in my journey with masculinity, and undefining what it means to me to be a man. But there are people, like Eldra Jackson III, who have been doing this human work for years and in depths I have not yet touched. I was lucky enough to meet Eldra and hear him speak at TED Women ➡️the year after I gave my #TEDtalk and I’m so honored and humbled that he came on The #ManEnough Podcast to share his wisdom, story, transformation, and his humanity. I continue to learn so much from him and I needed his reminder that “you don’t become love, you are love; you reconnect to it.”
Eldra is a man who is reconnected to love and I really hope you’ll check his episode out. Available now on any podcast platform or at the link in my bio.
And please check out the incredible work he does with @inside__circle and support them if you’re able to. 💛🙏🏼
Listening to Eldra and hearing him share his wisdom I had this lightbulb moment about the way I’m raising my kids.
Because of the nature of the industry I work in, and our culture, I’ve been given a platform and oftentimes a pedestal in my journey with masculinity, and undefining what it means to me to be a man. But there are people, like Eldra Jackson III, who have been doing this human work for years and in depths I have not yet touched. I was lucky enough to meet Eldra and hear him speak at TED Women ➡️the year after I gave my #TEDtalk and I’m so honored and humbled that he came on The #ManEnough Podcast to share his wisdom, story, transformation, and his humanity. I continue to learn so much from him and I needed his reminder that “you don’t become love, you are love; you reconnect to it.”
Eldra is a man who is reconnected to love and I really hope you’ll check his episode out. Available now on any podcast platform or at the link in my bio.
And please check out the incredible work he does with @inside__circle and support them if you’re able to. 💛🙏🏼
I am beyond grateful to help bring the #EmpireWaistFilm to life. It is SO important for everyone to know—and especially young women—that who you are as you are is enough, and to shed light on #bodypositivity through media.
We are all guided by our shining light of a director @claireayoub… Her brilliance and passion is undeniable, we cannot wait to share this story with all of you! ❤️
Dr. Joy. DeGruy. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 This human. This woman. This Baha’i. This researcher. This educator. If she had been one of my professors in college, I probably wouldn’t have dropped out to pursue acting. 😜
We as men become obsessed with #biohacking. We try to take as many supplements, ice baths, or green juices to enhance our longevity…HOWEVER it turns out Dr. Joy knows the true hack to a longer life. Our community. Talking to our friends and coming together is not only good for the soul, but the secret to extending life. 🤯
Please check out this incredible episode of The #ManEnoughPodcast where Dr. Joy takes us to school, to church, and most importantly, to our hearts.
