# Natal Gazing

I'm a psychologist and neuroscientist who writes about parenting, neuroscience, biology, relationships and politics. I'm also the author of the book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives (Flatiron Books, 2026).

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## [What Happens When Moms and Dads Trade Off Primary Parenting](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-moms-and-dads-trade)

_2026-08-05 · Darby Saxbe_

An anthropologist explains her research into the Shodagor of rural Bangladesh

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209151183/be5de6b090719815a7b0a5240045e1fc.mp3)

## [Can you take the friction out of parenting?](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/can-you-take-the-friction-out-of)

_2026-07-30 · Darby Saxbe_

From chatbots to outsourcing, why the hassles are kind of the whole thing

## [Pete Hegseth doesn't understand hormones](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-doesnt-understand-hormones)

_2026-07-16 · Darby Saxbe_

Testosterone is not the measure of a military man

## [The truth about testosterone and fatherhood](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-testosterone-and)

_2026-07-10 · Darby Saxbe_

How men's testosterone changes when they become parents

## [We have arrived](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/we-have-arrived)

_2026-06-24 · Darby Saxbe_

(At Dollywood)

## [Road trip to Dollywood](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/road-trip-to-dollywood)

_2026-06-17 · Darby Saxbe_

Notes from a triple-purpose journey

## [Today is the actual day](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/today-is-the-actual-day)

_2026-06-09 · Darby Saxbe_

And now I need to sleep for a week

## [How to write more and better](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/how-to-write-more-and-better)

_2026-06-01 · Darby Saxbe_

My best tips for cranking out words that people want to read

## [Your brain gets even more cooked with a second child](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/your-brain-gets-even-more-cooked)

_2026-05-19 · Darby Saxbe_

The neuroscience of repeat motherhood

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## [What really happens to a mother's brain](https://darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/what-really-happens-to-a-mothers)

_2026-05-10 · Darby Saxbe_

The latest studies point to both change and recovery in new moms