Healthy Dads Blog
3 Ways To Tell If You’re Addicted To Porn
There's a ton of controversy around the term “addicted” these days. The world simply does not like it. It seems too harsh for them to accept. With so many people living as if they just have some “bad habits”, the term addiction exposes the fact that they have lost...
How to Create a Simple Food Journal You Will Keep
Did you know that people who keep food journals are more likely to develop healthier eating habits? Despite the many benefits of creating food journals, many people who start them end up abandoning them because they lose interest. The good news is that there are...
The Day I Died
It’s a little morbid, but this is one of the most powerful exercises you can do for yourself. That exercise is to write ‘the day you died’. Writing your obituary is good, but I like visuals. I like to picture the moment. We’ll jump into our Delorian (Back to the...
The One Tool That Will Change Your Life: The Grid
I’ll preface this post and let you know that I have an accounting degree. I love numbers. I love data. I love scorecards. How do we bring data into our life? Our parenting. Our health. Our money. And ultimately answer the question, ‘am I winning at life?’ At Healthy...
3 Alcohol Alternatives For Dads
There is nothing like coming home from a hard day of work, saying hello to your wife and kids, plopping yourself on your La-Z-Boy chair, and opening a nice can of … sparkling water? Water doesn’t give you the same effect as an alcoholic beer, a glass of red wine, or...
7 Amazing Conversation Starters for Couples
This is a guest post from Jousline Savra, Licensed Marriage Family TherapistHello Healthy Dads! I am going to share some of my thoughts and the experiences I have had with numerous couples over the last 24 years. Starting a great conversation with your wife requires...
Parenting Is About Overlapping Circles
I sat in the church nursery, rocking cute babies, and hated every moment of it. At the time, our son was an infant, and my wife and I thought if someone at church was going to watch our kid, we should volunteer and watch other kids, too. Wrong. After about 6-months, I...
5 Mistakes I Made As A Foster Parent (And Tips To Avoid Them)
Being a foster dad is hard. The toughest job you’ll ever love, right? Bringing foster children into your home causes disruption. It will disrupt your marriage, your health, and your energy. Well, I’ve made many mistakes during our 10-year foster care journey. I wrote...
100 Must-Read Books For Every Dad
After spending 10 years in the publishing industry I've read a lot of books. Some good, some not so good. We put together a list of the top ~100 books for dads. We have fiction, non-fiction, funny, not-funny, the whole gambit. Have a book you want to add to the list?...
7 Must-Read Christian Marriage Books for Couples
Just married? It's hard to believe that the honeymoon phase is ever going to end. But as you're going to soon find out, if you haven't already, marriage takes work. And to ensure your marriage is going to stand the test of time, and not end in divorce, like half of...
25 Best Side Hustles For Dads
Hey, dad, could you use a little more money in your pocket? Would an extra $1,500 make life a little easier for you? What about an extra $500? For a lot of dads that is a gamechanger when it comes to their home finances. Whether you have a steady income or not, you...
How To Complain Well
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. Complaining, when done properly, can be beneficial to your mental and physical health. See here, here, and here. But, when done wrong it can make matters worse. It can make a...
5 Apps To Teach You How To Stop Complaining
What’s great about complaining is that most of us do it, which means it’s a problem worth solving. We are a society of chronic complainers. Misery loves company, eh? Startups, tech companies are spending millions of dollars trying to help all of us break bad habits...
5 Best Planners For Dads
Dads are busy. I’m busy. You are busy. We need every hack, every tool, every method to make the most of our days. I’m a planner junkie. I’ve gone through thousands of dollars finding and curating the best of the best when it comes to day planners. I’ve looked at the...
How to Teach Resilience To Your Kids
I love my kids but sometimes they can be a bit, well, a little bit lazy. I know, I can too. How do we teach our kids to be resilient? I also like the word grit. How do we instill grit in our kids?So let's start off with a definition. It's the capacity to recover...
3 Tools to Bring Gratitude into Your Life
It's easy to talk about the things going wrong in our lives. Looking at the things you are thankful for can help you focus on the positive. Below are three tools to help you show gratitude. What's up, healthy dads? In today's podcast, I'm going to give you three tools...
Why Every Dad Needs A Man Purse … And 5 Socially Acceptable Options
Indiana Jones, Kanye West, John Mayer, Jerry Seinfeld (It’s European!!!).
What do all these manly men have in common? Yep, you guessed it, they all carry man purses. As a dad you should, too.
7 Parenting Strategies I Learned From Fighting
Recently I had my first fight. Like a real fight. Like two guys in the ring duking it out. Yeah, it was as crazy as that sounded. I’m 39, run my own freelancer business, I’m a part-time stay-at-home dad (with four kids), enrolled in seminary for my master’s degree,...
Yes I Wrestled An Alligator to Prove a Point to My Kid
If you listen to the Healthy Dads Podcast you'll hear me introduced as: Mike 'I once wrestled an alligator to prove a point to my kid' Ruman That is 100% true. Here's the video, and the why is below. Why would I wrestle an alligator? I have a few reasons why but for...
Building (and Implementing) Your Own Miracle Morning
If you want to change someone's life start by changing their day. - Pat Flynn Having a consistent morning routine will transform your life. It will help make sure your day gets started correctly and consistently. At HealthyDads.com we don't go into the 'why' of things...
Why I’m Fighting
I'm 39-years old and training for my first fight. When I tell people that they usually have this weird look on their face and respond with one of these choices: "What the ...???" "Why???" "Are you having a mid-life crisis?" "Have you talked to a therapist???" "Are you...
7 Shopping Hacks To Find Home Fitness Equipment for Less
Gym memberships can be expensive. I understand. Gym equipment can be expensive. I understand. Those are still not good excuses to not workout. We’ll cover which pieces of equipment you need to build your own Healthy Dads Home Gym. This post will cover how to find...
5 Christmas Gifts Every Healthy Dad Must Have
It's that time of year. Let's make it count for your health! Below are 5 MUST HAVE gifts you need to ask for ... unless you already have them. Pedometer There are TONS of health trackers out there. Honestly, most of them are really good. I love my FitBit Charge. It's...
The Daily Vitamins Every Dad Must Be Taking
Not going to go into much of the "why" of needing daily vitamins. Just which ones you need and why you need them. Multivitamin Be careful that the daily vitamin you pick is not loaded with sugar. My personal choice is the Vitafusion Multivitamin. Low in sugar, high in...
My Secret Ingredient to My Healthy Lifestyle: Colostrum
Colostrum is one of those words that just kinda sounds gross when you say it. Colostrum. And when you find out what it is you may be even more grossed out. Colostrum - the first secretion from the mammary glands after giving birth, rich in antibodies. When I told a...
