Fatherhood
Presence, responsibility, inheritance, and the complicated work of raising people while still becoming one.
A podcast about the space between
Life in the Gap
Podcast
Same questions. A deeper journey.
Honest conversations about the distance between what we expected and the life we are actually living—and what becomes possible when we stop pretending the gap is not there.
Website coming soonWhy this podcast exists
The gap is real.
We all carry a picture of how life was supposed to unfold. Then loss, change, disappointment, love, responsibility, and time redraw the map.
Life in the Gap explores what happens in that distance—the space between expectation and reality, certainty and mystery, who we were and who we are becoming.
This is not a podcast built around easy answers. It is a place for meaningful questions, lived experience, and conversations honest enough to help us keep moving.
Conversations from the trail
The terrain we explore.
Relationships
Connection, vulnerability, loneliness, repair, and what it means to love without losing ourselves.
Faith
Belief beyond simple answers, spiritual formation, doubt, grace, and the sacred ground beneath ordinary life.
Healing
The protective armor we build, the pain beneath it, and the slow work of becoming emotionally whole.
Identity
Who we become when old roles fall away and the next version of our life has not fully arrived.
Leadership
Leading people through uncertainty with curiosity, compassion, courage, and a deeper sense of purpose.
The heart of the show
“The gap is not empty space. It is where the real story begins.”
Each episode follows the questions beneath the polished version of life—the ones we carry into relationships, leadership, faith, family, and the wilderness within us.
Your host
Joshua Schlotterbeck
Joshua is an author, educator, consultant, veteran, former pastor, father of five, and lifelong student of the human experience.
His work lives at the intersection of story, leadership, emotional growth, faith, and the outdoors. He brings that same curiosity to every conversation—asking not only what happened, but what it shaped, what it cost, and what might come next.
Meet JoshThe journey is just beginning
Life in the Gap is getting a home of its own.
The dedicated podcast website will become the place for episodes, guest stories, field guides, resources, and everything happening beyond the microphone.
Visit lifeinthegap.com