The Dad Edge Podcast

My guest today is Steve Eckert. He is a father of two, husband and a 7 figure entrepreneur that instills the no excuse philosophy for business and in life through his company the LTD project. I met Steve when we did the Squire Program. He is one of one of the instructors in that program. I gotta tell you, some of the things we talk about you may or may not agree with, and that is okay. It is a explicit one, so watch out for the kids being around. https://www.thedadedge.com/360

Many of the Dad Edge podcast listeners have reached out and told me that they'd like to know more about my story. In this episode, I share more about my story and not only that, but things like, what have I learned throughout my life. 15 years as a father, 19 years of marriage, and for me, the premise of the show is, if I could go back and do things differently based on what I have learned, what would those things be? We go into a few different directions such as how to overcome adversity, and learning to ask yourself the right questions. I talk about raising young men and what I have done wrong, but also how I am doing things differently now. Show Notes: thedadedge.com/friday41

Ray "Cash" Care is a Navy SEAL veteran with multiple tours and other numerous overseas security details. Upon leaving SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDV-2), Ray turned his passion and SEAL Team experience to the world of self-improvement and team building. He has become an accomplished fitness expert and speaker on topics ranging from fitness and building high functioning teams to organizational transformation. Ray is the Founder of CONQUER, a leadership and team building program designed to push you physically, mentally and emotionally for individuals to break through personal barriers. Between his experiences in the SEAL Teams and being featured on television, Ray has become a mindset and team building expert. He has also starred in Captain Philips with Tom Hanks and was selected by The United States Navy as the ambassador to be featured in the "Indoctrination" film showed to all recruits at the Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Command (The Navy's Only Bootcamp). He is married with two beautiful children. Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/359

I have no doubt that today's title really got your attention. Yup. We are opening up Pandora's box and we are talking about this topic and that is porn. porn is one of the most, if not the most addictive thing that a man deals with in his life. This is a topic that men have to feel pretty darn safe to bring up because there's a lot of feelings that come up when we talk about porn:shame, guilt, weakness It's all these things that we label ourselves as and we certainly don't want to have the conversation, but given the right environment, we can have these conversations. When we open up the conversation, we take away the taboo and when you take away the taboo, you actually take away the power that this particular addiction has over us. This is a replay of a podcast I was on called From Porn to Purpose. You will hear me share a story that I have not shared on any podcast, but as I said, given the right environment, one can open up, and that is why I was able to bring it up and be open with you men. Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/friday40

Nick joined the Marine Corps at 19 but not without a fight. Because of his troubled youth, Nick had to seek legal counsel just to be accepted. Nick went on to become a 12 year Special Operations Marine Corps veteran with Marine Reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command. His military career prepared him for successful leadership and strategic operational planning. Nick is the founder and CEO of Alexander Industries as well as a successful adventure + informational YOUTUBE channel with his partner and wife Alison Capra. He's a self published author, an entrepreneur and a coach and he is a father of two beautiful daughters and a brand new son. Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/358

My guest today, Dr. Roger Parrot, a scholar, a husband for 45 years, is with me today and we talk about education, and paving the way not only for college, but in life as a whole. So today we will talk about picking the best college for your kids. A lot of the things that are shared on this show will probably surprise you. Dr. Parrot is the President of Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. He was named among the top 10 most visionary education leaders of 2021 by the education magazine. Dr. Parrot is one of the longest serving university presidents in America. He's been serving there now for over 30 years, but over the past two decades, Belhaven has become one of the leading Christian colleges and arts as one of the 35 schools in the world, earning accreditation in all four of the primary arts theater, music, visual art, and dance. With his wealth of experience, he can provide insight on helping a child follow their dreams and pursue a career while also being extremely cognizant of the high cost of higher education. Show Notes: thedadedge.com/friday39

Joe Towne is best known as the founder and CEO of his training company, The Performance Mindset. He offers workshops designed to help people perform at their highest level, whether it's preparing for an audition, shifting their mindset for a script screenwriting for a healthier work-life balance, or even helping athletes prepare for a performance on a worldwide stage. He's been featured on Dr. Oz, On the Air with Ryan Seacrest, Good Day LA, Bravo's Million Dollar Listing. He has brought his a claim to workshops to other high profile clients like Verizon AOL, Lulu Lemon, Showtime networks, L'Oreal, IT cosmetics. He's also trained colleagues over at the universities like UCS, UCLA, George Brown college, and more. He's also the father to a five-year old son by the name of Lucas. He has also been married for the past 10 years. This is a very authentic show and I know that what you are about to hear today will help many men. Show Notes: thedadedge.com/357

Yeadon Smith is my guest on this episode and he has been a husband for 15 years. A father of four, marathon runner and a business owner. He is a recovering youth minister, now working full time in real estate. He is co-founder of Live Oak Capital which has grown since its inception to $36 million in assets under management. He has been in the business of building relationships. As part of that, he is now focused on mentoring students in an online education platform he co-founded. He mentors students on buying apartment complexes. We talk about a few topics like relationship capital, the most valuable investment is you and a few others. Show Notes: thedadedge.com/friday38

I know you guys will get a lot out of today's interview because we cover proven performance and the principles to be more mentally tough, to avoid self-sabotage, to become literally the best and most resilient version of ourselves that we could possibly be. My guest, Eric Davis, father of 3, served our country as a U.S. Navy SEAL and decorated veteran of the Global War on Terror. Eric has been recognized as one of the premier sniper instructors in the U.S. military and has served as a Master Training Specialist at the SEAL sniper school in Coronado, CA. Since departing from the SEAL teams, Eric has worked in corporate performance, sales and leadership training bringing an unprecedented amount of innovation, efficiency and structure to the domain of business and personal performance. Eric is the author of "Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs learned from their training and taught to their sons". Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/356

Today I am talking to Frank Schwartz. He is the current president of F3. He is also an entrepreneur, but he started this journey by joining F3 with the intent of "not being fat anymore". The complete trajectory of his life would change, however, from that point. He caught the vision of Sua Sponte leadership and in not too long a time, he found himself being asked to help with things at the Nation level. At the beginning of 2020, he began serving as the first ever President of F3 Nation, under the re-organized F3 structure. Because of the dramatic effect of F3 on his life, he founded a leadership training consultancy in December of 2019, called G3L Leadership. G3L takes all the learnings from F3, as well as the training in communication, leadership, and Psychology that Frank has taken in his undergraduate and Graduate studies and puts it all together to help organizations create leaders. Frank has been a successful entrepreneur prior to his starting of G3L, founding LEC Media in 2007, a corporate communications and video firm in Charlotte, NC which served clients like, Bank of America, Electrolux, Honeywell, and others. He also serves in leadership in his church and community, is the husband of his far better half Tracy for the past 20 years and is the father of three wonderful red-headed daughters (ages 16, 14, and 10). Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/friday37

My guest today is John Cooper, lead vocalist of the band Skillet. You're going to love today's. I loved interviewing John, because as a band fan, I just enjoyed it so much. One of my favorite songs is Legendary, and I share with John how we had 175 men at the attended the live event scream Live Legendary! John is the father of 2, a husband for 22 years. He comes from a background of Christian rock. His faith is a huge part of his life and he pumps that into his music and song-writing. It's an epic show Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/355

The timing of this episode is impeccable. I have a return guest with me today and we bring you some amazing health knowledge bombs He is Fraser Bayley, a butcher turned vegan and today we are talking about having a vegan lifestyle. The lies, the myths and everything that surrounds it, specifically for men. This man knows more about health and nutrition than anybody I've ever met on the planet. Is it really possible to grow and maintain muscle with a plant-based lifestyle? Are we going to feel hungry and tired? Listen to the episode and learn from this amazing nutritionist as we get into deep conversations Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/friday36

This interview I did live. I flew out to Los Angeles and sat down with Bedros Keuilian. This individual has an amazing story. A self-made entrepreneur who escaped communism to come to the United States when he was just a kid. A true rags to riches story, no doubt. Bedros Keuilian is a best-selling author, speaker and business consultant. He's the founder and CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, one of the nation's fastest growing franchises and an investor in over a dozen companies ranging from subscription software platforms, digital ad agencies as well as mastermind and coaching services. He's known as the hidden genius that entrepreneurs, best-selling authors and thought leaders turn to when they want to create high level mastermind and coaching programs, quickly scale their businesses and solve their most pressing bottlenecks so that they can make the quantum leap to massive success. Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/354

Today we have a special guest, a repeat guest actually. Dave Anderson is the owner of a creative video production company. In this episode we talk a lot about his journey and what it took to get where he is. Family is what drives us, no doubt, but we tend to forget that very easily amidst the work duties. Dave and I both share proud moments when we learned to detach from our businesses, but also we talk about vulnerable times when we almost ran ourselves to the ground thinking that we were doing the right thing for our families. Spoiler alert, we weren't Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/friday35

My guest today is Joe De Sena. Joe was one of my first guests when I first started this episode 6 years ago. If you are a Spartan Racer, you might know Joe. He is the CEO of Spartan Race. The basis of his company is the foundation that we as humans cannot reach our potential until we have gone through a struggle or a test. It's what he calls, purposeful suffering. Coming from a childhood where he had nowhere to learn, only his own, and had to figure out how to make it. Joe believes his success came from his purposeful suffering philosophy. This is one of my favorite episodes, no doubt. Joe shares about "Mental Toughness for Families - 10 Rules for Resilience", his new book and we talk about some of those rules on this episode. Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/353

Craig Risoli is a good friend and Dad Edge Accelerator business matermind member. He is a husband of 10 years to Hailey, father of 3, veteran and the proud owner of High Speed Daddy, an epic backpack for dads company. He built his company around his family schedule as a stay at home dad, not the other way around. A lot of men choose to let life manage them. That is unfortunate, because that stresses and burns them out. Today we will be talking about taking initiative, making decisions and stop letting things hold us up and learn along the way. Many of us are stopped by analysis paralysis. Craig is an engineer, so I ask him all things about making decisions. Show Notes: http://www.thedadedge.com/friday34

When it comes to conflict, do you find yourself frustrated or lost? Relationships is not something that we are taught. We grow up and we are taught different skills, trigonometry, social studies, but rarely how to resolve conflict. And it's really unfortunate because think of what our marriages and relationships could look like if we knew how to resolve conflict and how we could actually do it from an objective standpoint to where when we try to resolve conflict just normally in day to day. My guest today, Jayson Gaddis, a licensed family therapist knows exactly how to do it. He wrote a book, How To Get to Zero and we talk about conflict resolution with those we love the most. It's a deep episode, so I encourage you to take notes. Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/352

When it comes to conflict, do you find yourself frustrated or lost? Relationships is not something that we are taught. We grow up and we are taught different skills, trigonometry, social studies, but rarely how to resolve conflict. And it's really unfortunate because think of what our marriages and relationships could look like if we knew how to resolve conflict and how we could actually do it from an objective standpoint to where when we try to resolve conflict just normally in day to day. My guest today, Jayson Gaddis, a licensed family therapist knows exactly how to do it. He wrote a book, How To Get to Zero and we talk about conflict resolution with those we love the most. It's a deep episode, so I encourage you to take notes. Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/352

A father, husband, business consultant, and high performance coach — Jake is determined to leave a lasting impact. He is the owner of a management consulting firm —Delta Perspective, LLC and has done program management, process improvement, change management and business strategy most of my career. He is passionate about solving problems, exploring new opportunities, and maintaining a positive and persistent mindset. Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/friday33

Mike McCarthy knows this. As the author of The Miracle Morning for parents (co-authored by Hal Elrod), Mike has developed a proven process to help you not only embrace your mornings, but get you so you improve your life and that of your family. The Miracle Morning works on the premise of being deliberate in your daily actions. As a father, Mike has created The Miracle Mornings for Parents and Families, focusing on CHARMS: Creativity, Health, Affirmation, Reading and Service. Show Notes: www.thedadedge.com/351

This is the last show of 2021. As we enter 2022, it is so important to to intentionally work and put into practice choices that lean towards improving our marriages and connecting with our wifes. I struggled for 10 years in my marriage, because I knew there was more, a higher potential for me and my wife and I wasn't there. So I share skills and what has worked for me in being intentional in my marriage and I believe this can also work for you. Thank you for your support. Let's make 2022 a great year and remember to Live Legendary! Show Notes http://thedadedge.com/friday32 Marriage Course https://thedadedge.com/marriagecourse/

You probably know who he is. He is definitely in the limelight and that is Laird Hamilton. He's best known as the American big wave surfer and a pioneer in the world of action water sports. In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, an author, a stuntman, a model, a producer, TV, host, fitness and nutrition, expert husband, father, and adrenaline junkie. Most important though, for you guys listening to this show, he is not only all of those things, but for those of you who are dads with daughters, this podcast is definitely for you. He is married to the ridiculously successful and beautiful Gabrielle Reese. They also have three daughters. They split their time in several different, beautiful places like Hawaii and Malibu. And as you guys know, you can find Laird, obviously chasing the big tides out in the ocean, because that is what he is known for. I have to tell you, I really didn't know what to expect out of today's show. I've followed Laird for a long time. I gotta tell you, I really enjoy talking to him. He really goes into detail about how he goes about marriage with Gabrielle and also how he goes about raising strong, young, confident women in his life.Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/350

I have a special treat for you guys today. For all those of you who have daughters between the ages of 5 and 25, this show today is for you. I am grateful to have Dr. Tim Jordan. Dr. Jordan is an expert on parenting girls. He's a counselor. He will give us simple sound advice on raising daughters and we know we need it. Dr. Jordan is the author of "She Leads", a practical guide for raising girls who advocate, influence and lead. Dr. Tim Jordan is also going to tell us how we as fathers can best help our daughters become empowered and confident. He highlights the unique challenges that girls face that dads might not be aware of and he also explains how to teach girls how to navigate pressure, speak up for themselves and discover the true gift of who they are. Show Notes:www.thedadedge.com/friday31 Bark App Coupon code: GOODDADhttps://thedadedge.com/bark

Chad Mendes is an absolute MMA legend. He is doing some amazing things in the world. Today he will share quite a lot about his life, things like: how he raises his kids through adventure, a very cool message indeed. We also talk about how he leverages time and how he operates within containers to make sure he is on point to make sure he is not distracted because in today's world, it's easy for us to get so distracted. I think you will enjoy the show as much as I did. Let's dive into it

Legacy is what we leave behind as far as the impact of love. You guys have heard me say it many times before: Legacy is forever. Legacy is what we leave behind as far as the relationships in our impact, in our memories and in the end the things that we did. The memories that we made with the people that mean the most to us. Our guest today created an app I personally use to capture special moments. We talk to Ken Kimberly, a father, entrepreneur, real estate investor and we dive deeper into why he created this amazing app to help us capture all of those moments and live legendary. We also discuss something that many of you ask me for, which is resources for men who have daughters. This is an epic episode and I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I did talking to Ken. Show Notes: thedadedge.com/friday30

Today's show is going to deep dive into what your woman requires to deeply connect with you on a more emotional and sexual level, and for that I am talking to Allana Pratt. Intimacy Expert, Allana Pratt is a global media personality and go-to authority for those who have suffered heartbreak and are ready to live unapologetically, and attract an open-hearted ideal relationship. She has been chosen as an Icon of Influence, is a columnist on the GoodMenProject, and has been featured on Huffington Post, People Magazine, Forbes, CBS, ABC & FOX and more. This Ivy League grad is the Author of 6 books, has interviewed Whoopi Goldberg and Alanis Morissette, and Hosts the edgy Podcast "Intimate Conversations" where listeners learn how to find the relationship they deserve. A certified coach with close to 5 million viewers on YouTube, Allana was asked by Leeza Gibbons to coach her during Dancing with the Stars.

On today's episode I am interviewing Brian Pannuzzo, an Alliance member, fellow father and amazing individual. He's a certified nutrition coach who specializes in working with men whose professional success have cost them their health, marriages and their relationship with their family. Brian went through a huge transition about six years ago. He was a Wall Street trader whose body and mind was completely broken. His marriage was on the brink of divorce and he thought all he had to do for years was provide for his family, and the rest should take care of it. And then finally, six years ago, he woke up to a broken body, a broken marriage and a broken mindset. Everything on the outside appeared perfect on the surface, but underneath everything was falling apart. And throughout the years of tireless education and work, he's developed a system that allows career-driven men to recover and improve their personal relationships, marriage, family, and take control of their life.

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I didn't take personal finance growing up. I had no idea what I was doing when I entered into the real world, as it related to my personal finance. And that's why I'm interviewing today's guest. My guest is Dan Sheeks. He is the owner and founder of Sheeks freaks, LLC, an online community to help young people live their best lives by making smart money decisions. He's been helping high school students as a teacher teacher in Denver, Colorado for the past 18 years, and he's passionate about teaching teenagers early about financial freedom strategies so they can live their best lives in his free time.

I am joined by Dr. Joe Martin today and he is the founder of Real Men Connect. Dr. Martin is passionate about helping Christian men win. The truth is that every Christian man wants to be a a godly husband, father and provider for his family, but we are afraid of failing in our role as Christian leaders. Deep down inside, most of us dont know how to be a godly man. Dr. Joe Martin survived poverty, abuse, addiction and know dedicates his life help men, just like you write their comeback story. So let's get into the show and hone in on this important aspect as men as spiritual leaders for ourselves and our families.

Drew Tupper is a parent, husband, coach, educator and a coach of the Dad Edge Alliance. He is on earth to experience life. He's here to love. He's here to learn and he is passionate about parenting and conscious relating Drew is a coaching draws upon his background in education, parenting, leadership, spirituality and his own personal growth. Drew believes and has experienced that mature, successful and purposeful living happens when we have the ability to listen to ourselves and act in accordance with our true selves, free from conditioning. On today's episode we talk about all things parenting and even get into marriage, but overall the importance of good communication and how to go about it when trying to create a peaceful home environment.

"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something, not even me. All right! You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it, you want something, go get it. Period." Chris Gardner is the CEO of Happyness and he loves his job. his first book The Pursuit of Happyness became a New York Times best-selling book as well as Washington Post #1 bestseller and it has been translated in over 40 languages. That book was the story of Chris's life and he always thought of it as a way to project onto the world that anybody can do anything no matter what the obstacles are, no matter what the adversity is because we all embrace the power of choice. His book also inspired a film that became critically acclaimed, iconic and perhaps more relevant today than when it was first released. That movie was The Pursuit of Happyness. Will Smith played the part of Chris Gardner, he receive a Golden Globe Screen Actors Guild award and Academy Award nomination for his performance. The first and most important decision Chris ever made in his life is that his children would always know who their father was. The second most important decision that he ever made in his life is that he would become world-class as to whatever he did in his life. This decision led him to an uber-successful career on Wall Street. Chris shares some serious powerful lessons: #1: how we can make powerful pivots in our lives when we're confronted with adversity and Challenge and how we can show up as a more empowering and compassionate father than we ever thought possible even when we're dealing with everyday stress and the obstacles in our lives and finally that our circumstances do not define our future success.

Father and husband, business coach and speaker. Dustin is an accomplished coach with over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, with more than half of that dedicated to Real Estate and Business. On this episode we talk about stepping into real challenges that push you to achieve what you never thought you would be able to do.

Alright, alright, alright is the famous phrase coined by the illustrious Matthew McConaughey. He is an actor, father, husband, and author. When Matthew was younger, his father instilled in him three principles for life – "Don't say can't," "love, don't hate," "tell the truth, don't lie" and he has carried these principles throughout his life. Matthew McConaughey has acted in over 50 films and is the co-founder of the Just Keep Livin' Foundation alongside his wife, Camila. The two have three children and currently reside in Austin, Texas. Throughout his life, Matthew has learned that putting the energy into your family will produce results far greater than if you go it alone. He recalls his wife saying, "You go, we go" when they were deciding whether or not to have children. Since having three children, Matthew has been cultivating a closeness with his children that leaves a legacy for years to come. In his book Greenlights, Matthew talks about how he wants his life to read like an unfiltered, unedited version of himself. His whole life has been dedicated to this persona of an actor that everyone is familiar with. Leaving a legacy is all about the raw, unedited moments of our lives; the ones where we're not perfect and we do make mistakes. These are the moments that define who we are, not who everyone else thinks we are.