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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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