Your father is arguably the most influential person in your life. So it makes sense that we strive to be the best parent possible.

Darren Lewis has been a counsellor for nearly twenty years and through his work with Fathering Adventures, he empowers and engages fathers to forge powerful and healthy relationships with their children.

As a child, Darren's father figures were not ideal and he experienced alcoholism and domestic violence at an early age.

Listen to his chat with Matt and find out why he was chosen as the 2011 Qld Father of the year.