In this episode, Teri flips the script and interviews Brenton about the patterns that shaped him—from how the world feels different now to how technology and culture have changed the way people grow up. The conversation quickly turns to a deeper tension: what happens when you’re naturally fast at learning, but slow to develop discipline because nothing forced it early.

Brenton talks openly about OCD/obsessive tendencies and the double-edge of intensity. When focus locks in, it can produce mastery—but it can also create instability when life disrupts the plan. They connect this to work, learning, and the pressure of family life, where discipline isn’t theory—it’s something you practice in real time.

They also walk through homeschooling, why standards matter, and how parenting exposes what’s real: what you ask of your kids, you end up asking of yourself. The episode closes around responsibility, identity, and what it takes to build a life that holds under pressure.

Brenton Peck is the host of The Brenton Peck Podcast. In this “role reversal” episode, he becomes the guest as Teri interviews him about his upbringing, learning style, obsessive wiring, and the choices that shaped his work ethic, family leadership, and path into software development.

• How the world feels different now—and what that does to kids

• Technology then vs now (and how it reshaped attention)

• Natural ability vs discipline (and what boredom can signal)

• OCD/obsessive focus: strength, cost, and self-governance

• Homeschooling vs public school and how learning environments shape a kid

• Why martial arts became a training ground for discipline

• Building discipline as a parent: standards require consistency

• Growing up military: base life, commissary/BX, and the “tribe” effect

• The long road into software: learning, pressure, and persistence

• Discipline & Mastery

• Family, Fatherhood & Legacy

• Redemption & Integration

• Responsibility & Becoming

• Story & Identity