The Open Window, The Summit Dad

You were outside your Window of Tolerance. It happens to the best dads out there, not because something's wrong with you, but because your window hasn't had the chance to grow yet.

I first came across Window of Tolerance in foster care training, the trauma-informed approach to parenting. I never thought it would explain my own living room. But it does.

Once I saw how small my own window had gotten, I knew something had to change.

So I took it one stone at a time. The energy, the training, time for myself, knowing my own pattern. Those became the four pillars.

Then I put it all into a book. ↓

Everything I use to stay inside my window. For fathers ready to widen theirs too.

THE BOOK

The Open Window

Energy Windows and the Four Pillars. The foundation, page by page.

Energy Windows, Pillar One

Your day split into three windows, each meal with a purpose. The right food at the right time keeps your energy steady, so your window stays open. The Greek Chicken Bowl is what I often reach for in the morning, and the Kebab Roll is one my wife and I keep coming back to in the evening. Simple, and they just work.

The Four Pillars

Energy Windows is Pillar One, and this book goes deep on it. But you also get the other three: Strength, Recharge, and Know Yourself. So when your window closes and energy isn't the problem, you'll know where to look. You'll find all three further down.

50 Recipes

With macros, photos, and a why-it-works note. Every one logs straight into The Summit App in seconds.

59 pages, 50 recipes. Everything that actually worked for me.

Reading about it is one thing. Living it is another. This book is Pillar One, Energy Windows, and explains all the pillars. The app is where you practice them all. ↓

One app. Every pillar. Every day.

THE APP

The Summit App

The app is where you live it all.

Log Your Energy Windows

Every recipe from the book logs straight into the app in seconds, so Pillar One isn't just something you read. It becomes something you actually do.

Strength, Pillar Two

8 exercises with form videos and PR tracking, two sessions a week. That's it. This is how I actually stay in shape and watch myself grow, mentally and physically, without it taking over my whole week. It doesn't take time away from my family. It gives them more of me. Watching the app show me getting stronger over time means more window, more capacity for the people who need me.

Recharge, Pillar Three

You choose your own Recharge in the app, whatever actually gives you energy back. Mine is 10,000 steps, often a walk in the mountains near home. I log it myself, so Pillar Three isn't just something I know matters. It's something I can see adding up.

Know Yourself, Pillar Four

This is the one that changed things most for me. Every time my window closes, I log a Window Repair: what happened, what set it off, what would help next time. Over time, the app shows my pattern, what keeps closing my window, and when.

Once I can see it, I catch myself in the moment. "I'm here right now." And from there, it's so much easier to stay steady.

Pillar Foundation

Log your Energy Windows, your Recharge, your water, and when you Connect with the people you love, so it doesn't get lost in a busy week. All four sit together under Pillar Foundation, with a quiet kind of leveling up built in. Nothing loud, just proof that you're moving in the right direction.

Plus a few more tools that make it easier, streak protection, all built to keep you inside your window.

THE OPEN WINDOW

$49

The book alone. Energy Windows in full, the other three pillars, and 50 recipes. To log your days and your Window Repairs, you'll want the app.

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THE OPEN WINDOW + THE SUMMIT APP

$149

Everything in the book, plus the app. Log your Energy Windows, your Strength, your own Recharge, and your Window Repairs, so you can see your pattern and catch it before it happens.

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