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...