The personal and professional rift with her father troubled her deeply. Life is But a Dream opens with home video footage of the Knowles sisters as children captured by their father, Mathew Knowles. We learn that the stress and strain of their professional relationship took its toll on their personal connection. Beyoncé indicated that she never won her father’s approval — something he did to continuously push her to make her stronger. Eventually she cut professional ties with him to maintain boundaries, but she “sacrificed” her relationship with him in the process. “I had to let go,” she said.