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Finally got to meet this guy in person! I had a blast speaking with him and am looking forward to watching his growth… he is perhaps one of the most humble, thoughtful, kind gentlemen that I have met in quite some time. Great father!

About Mark:

I am a K-Love Listenin’, Dave Ramsey recommendin’, Bulletproof Coffee Drinkin’, Nebraska Football followin’, Jeep Wrangler drivin’, high handicap golfin’, God-fearin’ father, husband, and son who wants to share my failures and successes to help you become the parent, spouse, friend, and family member you want to be!

Find out more about Mark here:

About Me

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Great conversation with Perry Towle who is the founder of ungloo, always cool to be able to meet with someone in person and have conversations on fatherhood.  We were able to connect at Dad 2.0 and chat about fatherhood.

Perry is the founder of ungloo – check out his Facebook page for ungloo here http://bit.ly/2BoQ0e0  – please let him know how you found him!

Below is the ungloo mission statement:

 

The ungloo mission is to use animated videos and upleveling tools to bring levity and insight to the modern day hands-on dad. We are power-boosting fathers beyond the downward pull of self-medication, anxiety, and stress by providing upleveling self-development resources and inspiration. We realize parenting is way more complex than it used to be. Chances are your dad focused primarily on making money and your mom did everything else. Times have changed now that BOTH parents are bringing home the bacon, caring for the home and raising the children. These days parenting roles aren’t as clearly defined and schedules are fuller so making it all work can be can be a challenge. We realized there needs to be more awareness around this issue. Parents today are doing so much more and there are more pressures to “do it all” for their children and still have the energy left over to care for themselves. Many of us are in the dark on how to make it all work. So, in addition to the animations and articles, ungloo.com also provides tools to help parents be better individuals, fathers and mothers, spouses/partners and providers! The great news is that there are some BIG BENEFITS to being a modern day hands-on dad. Dads are spending more time with their children than their fathers did which inevitably will help make more rounded children. Because of the nature of egalitarian parenting roles, Dads now have the opportunity to cultivate more open, flexible and dynamic relationships with their partners. It might be more challenging, but if you’re willing to put in the work it will be better. The most important change needed to adapt to this modern life is we must develop healthy habits. The parents of “yesterday” resorted to self-medication methods (ie, booze, cable TV, etc). to escape. To avoid being cooked by all of the new demands, parents must develop a new paradigm which may include things like exercise, spiritual practice, self-development, smarter nutrition, smarter rest, etc. Times have changed. : ) Embrace the love!

 

 

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The minisodes continue – A great conversation ensued with Manny Gonzalez from The Way I dad – below is from his youtube channel. Be sure to check it out and subscribe!

Thanks for joining The Way I Dad! We wanted to share with you what kind of content you’ll be expecting from this community. We are glad you are with us, and we hope we can grow together as a community!

Excerpt: “My wife my kids are the people that push me to be a better husband be a better dad be a better person.”

https://www.thewayidad.com/

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I am always excited when I can chat it up with a father who is not only active in their own lives but also focused on how the actions that they are taking in life have a direct impact on their children.

Andy is a podcast host of The Entrepreneur Hot Seat.

This is a podcast for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs to hear about different types of businesses and the challenges other entrepreneurs are facing and what they are doing to overcome those challenges. In each episode, the host (Andy Storch) will interview a different entrepreneur (some very successful, some just starting out) to learn about the business and what they are struggling with and try to pull some lessons from the conversation.

As a sales leader, Andy has worked with top performers who needed a little help to close more deals. He has seen the changes that coaching can make with clients, co-workers, and members of his own team.

Most importantly, he has seen the changes in his own life that confirm the importance of making small, consistent changes to see huge results.

Listen in and as always, please be sure to let Andy know that you heard him here on Fatherhood for the Rest of Us!

http://www.andystorch.com/

 If you have been looking for a group of like minded fathers who are willing to support you as you

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In this episode, Brock & I chat more about stepping into your greatness.  A large portion of what we chat about is from his blog and can be found here.

Brock is a stay at home dad who is leading the charge in Cincinnati as the head of the City Dads Group (a national organization with around 10k members).

Brock is a special kinda guy, we connected prior to this event and spent a good amount of time chatting it up prior to and during the event.

While Brock is indeed crushing it, as they say, I had the opportunity to watch someone flourish in what can only be called an aggressively nurturing environment.

Brock was able to connect in person with the founding members of City Dads Group and they poured into him!

When that is done to you there is little you can do but grow in a way that is unheard of… Good on you Brock, and keep up the awesome work!

Excerpt:  “My son told my wife like when I grow up I want to be a stay home dad, to me your heart can’t get any bigger.”

Photo Credits

Manuel Gonzalez | Dad

TheWayIDad.com

Hello, friend here is another awesome minisode which I was able to record while at Dad 2.0 Summit in February.

While he is one cool dude with a ton of followers, engaging, an excellent keynote speaker, that is not all that makes this minisode rock.

-excerpt: “You don’t just decide to swim into the ocean and then say you know what I’m tired”

Well… it pretty much is, however, the guidance given to all of the newbs to this event was to make sure you met up with others at the event.  Don’t be a wallflower… all that jazz… I took it to heart – I made sure that I sat at tables where I didn’t know anyone and strike up a conversation.  I am glad that I took that advice… that is what made this all possible… that and his willingness to talk to me… important element.

His bio:

Hundreds of thousands of people watch Brittlestar’s videos every week.

His comedic and family-friendly but irreverent videos have been seen more than 400 MILLION times on various platforms.  His recent KFC video campaign was the most popular branded video content in the world on Facebook for the summer of 2017.

With a global fanbase, an invitation to the White House, speaking engagements all over North America, starring in the Dreamworks TV show ‘Kid vs Parent’ with his youngest son, collaborations with celebs such as The Property Brothers, and meet-and-greets at PlaylistLive, Brittlestar is living the social media celebrity dream… not bad for a Dad from the suburbs.

Brittlestar, or Stewart Reynolds (as his mom calls him when he’s in trouble), is the father of two teen boys, Owen and Gregor (both well-known creators online). These three guys, along with Brittlestar’s wife, Shannon (co-star of their successful The Morning Show Thing live stream on Facebook), have created viral videos for a variety of brands and organizations such as Disney, ESPN, Subway, CBC, Walmart, and others.

www.brittlestar.com

@brittlestar pretty much everywhere

This is the first of several whereby I had the opportunity to talk with a number of amazing men who were in attendance at the Dad 2.0 Summit in New Orleans Louisiana over the first weekend in February.

In all honesty, this was the first time that I was in a scene where I was running around and publicly stating that I was a podcaster for fatherhood and that I work with fathers to help them to step into their greatness.

The funny part is that I had a little difficulty pulling the trigger on pressing the record button.

However, after telling myself that if this is who I wanted to be and this was what I wanted to be doing; then I needed to be doing it!

The first person in this series of interviews knows a thing or two about stepping into his own greatness and provides a great story on how his wife assisted him in a pivotal moment in fatherhood.

The beauty of this quick conversation is that Brent shares this story with me & it is on a father to father level.

How was I to know that he had a page on IMDB?  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1446122/

Or that he was going to be in the Budlight Dilly Dilly commercial shown in this year’s Super Bowl  33 seconds in (perhaps the best ever… as stated from an Eagles fan perspective).

He is currently doing amazing work with Life of Dad as the Creative Director.

On his role at Life of Dad: “This is the first time I actually feel at home…”

Congrats on your role & thanks for the conversation!

Reach out to Brent and let him know thanks for sharing his story here on Fatherhood for the Rest of Us!

 

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I am pleased to present this dialogue that I had with Ryan Michler.

About Ryan from his website:

I spent most of my childhood without a permanent male role model in my life. And, the few men that were in my life were less-than-stellar examples of what it meant to be a man.

That’s why I started Order of Man – to give men a community and resource to become better. Better at what you ask? All facets of life, from self-mastery to family, from money to contribution, and everywhere in between.

If you’re looking to learn what it takes to become more of the man you were meant to be, you’ve come to the right place.

Like many of men that I’ve talked with, you may be asking why this is so important. Do you want to make more money, have more meaningful relationships, take your career to the next level, or become a stronger leader in your business and community? Regardless of what the world may have you believe, all of that can be accomplished by magnifying and becoming more of what you already are – a man.

Ryan and I cover a number of topics; what it means to be a patriarch, speed reading, applying what you learn, powerful tools like his 12 week Battle Plan.

We cover how being a father means rendering yourself obsolete, how to work with your children to play them to their strengths, as opposed to lying to them about their weaknesses.

We cover rites of passage and their necessity to our children.

You will find out about setting and honoring boundaries!

After you hear this podcast, there can be no doubt as to why he has a group of over 40,000 men!

Check out the books that he recommends on the podcast:

As Man Thinketh – Free!

Extreme Ownership

Wild at Heart

 

 

If you have been looking for a group of like minded fathers who are willing to support you as you

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After a number of amazing conversations over this past week, I have had greatness on the mind.  Everyone has it… everyone expresses it differently.  Being able to watch someone else stepping into theirs in real time is a true treat.  While he may not recognize or call himself great, as that is one secret of greatness, being humble, as again, everyone already has that greatness within them, it is recognizing what yours is and having the willingness to express it which is where we often times find the difference.

Check out what John Schell is creating in Fuquay Varina @ Schell Shock BJJ

https://www.schellshockbjj.com/

 

Bruce Malcolm has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and has practiced as a mental health clinician for children for over six years. Additionally, Bruce is a part-time psychology faculty member at Azusa Pacific University and Victor Valley College. Bruce works as a personal coach helping adults understand how to utilize their purpose to improve their relationships and propel their lives towards doing what they are meant to do.

 

Bruce and I have a wonderful conversation that centers on what it is that he is doing to bring you closer to realizing what your purpose is.

We also cover topics that include, what are children really doing when they play with Legos, what are the “Fear Bears” and what does a sleeping bag have to do with this whole mix?!

All in all, take a good listen to this one, if your purpose seems to be elusive, you may want to reach out to Bruce to get yourself figured out!

https://www.facebook.com/transformationthroughpurpose/

www.purposefire.org

If you have been looking for a group of like-minded fathers who are willing to support you as you

would support them to chase their dreams, share their challenges, and intermix your wisdom with theirs than be sure to join the closed facebook group:

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