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Hey there fatherhood fam! I know you all had an amazing fathers day – just feel it in my heart =) – I had the extreme pleasure of being able to speak with Mark LaMaster recently who is the author of Friday Night Lights – a playbook for fathers and sons. This book covers quite a bit of material as it relates on some how too’s and guidelines on creating an intentional environment for you and your son that allows you to cover otherwise deep/serious thoughts in a fun lighthearted manner. Mark shares the background of this story as well as his mindset while creating this book as well as a number of great elements.

Mark has a few courses available for fathers to take a look at as well as a number of other resources. Please take a look at his website & give him a shout of thanks to Mark for taking time out to speak with us!

A personal thank you Mark – this book & conversation while a small moment in my life is having a ripple effect already therefore ergo changing the trajectory of my life!

Please also stop by Mark’s website as he offers quite a bit of comprehensive, actionable ideas on his site:

http://www.marklamaster.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Mark-LaMaster-552175504949481/

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Happy fathers day all! This is an amazing episode with an honest soul. Jason & I cover a number of topics as it relates to being vulnerable, sharing with our children in the realm of drug abuse, alcohol and more. Being the father you want to be, the father you feel the need to be. Amazing conversation!

To find more on Jason please check out the following sites:

http://thebookofopen.com/author/jason/

https://www.facebook.com/JasonScottMacKenzie/videos/10155310038469529/ (Mental Health Warriors)

Reach out to him on FB!

Read his book!

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Let us know your thoughts on the show! Let us know if it is helping you or if you hvae some ideas of what you would like to hear on the show, some areas you are struggling with. We can direct it to you!

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Fun one here for you all! First of many on this episode:

First female guest

First couple

First product

This was a lot of fun to do, first of all this is also a rad product with a special beginning. I am grateful for guests Dmitry & Michelle for hopping on and sharing their story, make sure you check them out!

http://www.raddadbox.com/

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Hey there guys I had the honor and privilege to have a conversation with Mike Merriam recently, he has recently written a book titled Closer than you Think which has recently been an Amazon best seller (link at end). In this book, Mike covers a number of topics as well as processes in which to improve upon yourself in both personal and professional aspects. Of the overall book, the overarching aspect is Appreciative Inquiry. This was a topic that was wholly foreign to me prior to reading this book and we discussed it quite a bit throughout this show. It is my belief that you can apply some of the processes and as a ways of thinking to your everyday life both at home and work to a greater degree of success. We also chat a bit about Mike’s upcoming ventures into Coaching using this approach in the mortgage business which is where Mike lead a very successful 16-year career. All in all, I would have to say that this is a conversation that I know will stimulate you as it did me!

Straight from his website http://www.mikemerriam.com:

Mike is the author of the #1 Best Selling book Closer Than You Think: Six Fundamental Questions to Ignite Your Personal Evolution.

Mike is also a keynote speaker, masterminder, coach & course creator at www.personalevolutionplan.com, and is the Founder & CEO of Appreciative Intelligence Inc., where he leads organizations and communities through his whole-system summits and leadership programs.

For individuals who desire more from life, Mike has distilled the essence of large system transformation down to the individual level, and is revolutionizing the personal growth and development industry. His Online Courses and Igniting Evolution Mastermind group are featured at www.personalevolutionplan.com

For organizations and communities, Mike facilitates whole-system, strengths-based, rapid change, through the use of Appreciative Inquiry summits and leadership training/consulting. He’s been invited to work with some of the leading facilitators of this method, with clients that include The United Nations, The U.S. Department of the Navy, Clark, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Fairmont Minerals, Fathom Digital Marketing, Fortec Medical, The Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Initiative, and many more.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan referred to Appreciative Inquiry as “the best large-group planning methodology in the world today.”

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Welcome back to our humble show! Thanks for tuning in =) – I want to say thank you to my brother in-law doing this episode, in my eyes he is a true hero. He has been in service to our country for at least as long as I have known him now which is 17+ years. He is the proud and loving father to five beautiful young girls and is a great husband to his wife. This is really a conversation that he and I never really had the opportunity to have. We were able to discuss a little bit about what it is like to be a father in the military and being away from home as often as he is. He also speaks about how the military made it possible to forge friendships that may have otherwise not have taken place had he been a civilian. This is one among many other topics that we discuss throughout this podcast, one of the others includes faith. In addition, Matt brought up the word mercy, which for some reason had a huge impact on me. We are running around hog wild in a positive manner, abundance and other great words in life like momentum etc, however, when he said mercy, it was said in such a sincere manner, nearly reverent.

Here is the definition, which I had to review again simply to take it in:

Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.

Enjoy!

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[0:00] Music.

[0:19] Turn off father good too.

[0:23] Hey there welcome to fatherhood for the rest of us forgot who I was what I was doing and what we’re here to do,

I’m here.

Today presenting you with our Memorial Day week episode it just happens to be that I just recently interviewed my brother-in-law Matt.

We had a really nice discussion it’s really more of a conversation he and I just never had the opportunity to have discussed in what it’s like to,

Ray’s five girls and be in the military and also in service to our country Matt has been in service to the country for at least 17 years now still to this day is,

and inserted a country I mean I know I can talk about a little bit what he does but not so much I just kind of leave it all out there alone.

Suffice to say that,

are you still involved in in quite some dangerous work and he is the specialized line and I’m just kind of leave it at that but what we talked about was the opportune what we talked about was.

He’s often gone and has been throughout the years either on tours out to.

I’m at least as well as various other places or in training evolved in training to is often not at home but when he is he’s a very present father.

And is very involved in Hands-On with his five girls and.

[1:56] That’s really entertaining to see from me my perspective is here’s a guy that seemed quite a bit and involved in quite a bit of.

I’m guessing violence I’m a little dig too deep into it with them I just kind of let him be and if he wants to share things and then I guess if he wants to then 11 bring it up.

I printed off on side like I must say hey you can’t snot like I’m let anybody do it but anyway I think you get what I’m saying there substance Tennessee somebody.

That.

Is involved in in that type of work in that line of work being at home and surrounded by his family is probably a safe haven at that time so I’m sure that being surrounded by 5.

Daughters plus his wife is a lot estrogen going on and maybe isn’t always a safe haven as most guys would take it.

However it’s it’s an honor for me to present this one to you guys,

and I had really just want to say thanks again to Matt I appreciate,

Enjoying the weekend, finding the time to make some memories and getting out with the boys on the cheap! Good times! Upcoming guest Geoff Tomlinson, VP of Mentor Discover Inspire, great audio coming your way! Tune in 5/10 to FB live @ 7.30 PM EST for more!

Video of this one is up on youtube.

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Thank you all for checking out this episode of Fatherhood for the Rest of Us. We were privileged and honored to have Bob Walker of Brantford Canada fame join us in a great episode that covers a number of heavy hitting topics such as:

Being a single father

Going through divorce

Motivating your children

Educational Priorities

Sticking up for yourself

Being a grandparent

Being a stepfather and many many other items. A few of the books that Bob highly recommends are in links below. Please note affiliate links are used!

Reach out to Bob Walker info below:

On Facebook @ Bob Walker the Simple Man

http://www.rwalker.ca/

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Thank you!

Greetings Fatherhood listeners! This is a great episode with an amazing man who is living his life by design.

Mini Bio for Jon:

Jon Vroman inspires others to Live Life In The Front Row™ by teaching the art of moment making. He is an award-winning speaker, #1 bestselling author of The Front Row Factor, podcast host and founder of Front Row Foundation, a charity creating front row experiences for individuals who brave life-threatening illnesses.

Personal takeaways:

First of all go grab his book (affiliate link used helps foot the bills!)

If you listened to this podcast you heard someone who is passionate about the life that he is leading and if you read his book you will see that he is sincere in stating that he wants to be your fan. While we hop around a bit on his book we talk a good bit about fatherhood/parenting. Below are where you can find a couple of the clips that struck a chord with me and they may with you as well.

In addition please check out the donations site and note that I have set up a donation for the Front Row Foundation. In addition I have set up one shirt so far on the shop and intend to add others with a #Frontrow printed on it. 20% of the profits of those shirts sold will be donated to the Front Row Foundation. This was done for two reasons:

1. A way to thank Jon for taking the time to share his message with us on this show.

2. A way to raise awareness of the work that he is doing with others.

00:10:15 Some great mentors and some new communities I really found potential in myself and belief in myself

00:11:02 Tony Robbins C.D.’s /Investing in yourself

00:12:30 Stepping up

00:15:04 laziness

00:14:25 Salt Shaker leading to intential living

00:17:52 Power of asking incredible questions

00:20:16 Dinner with family & Journaling

00:29:26 Sunday Service with Jon & Family

00:30:21 Receiving Gifts/Gifting

00:32:14 Why does Jon have extra food in his car?!

00:35:05 Front Row Dad’s Retreat

00:36:38 Jon poses a question to our listening community

00:41:05 What does fatherhood mean to Jon?

00:46:30 Front Row Dad’s Retreat

00:51:49 Education

Mwaahh there is so much in this one, just listen to the whole thing, you will not regret it.

www.FrontRowFactor.com

https://www.facebook.com/frontrowfactor/

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The Front Row Factor Podcast

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What an intense interview this is, we covered so much ground and we had a lot of fun doing it as well! Chad is a wealth of fatherhood knowledge and shares a number of things with us, topic excerpts below. He was also kind enough to share a couple of family recipes! Images attached. I hope that you enjoy this one as much as I know that I did! Machine transcript below of interview as well.

Places to find Chad:

https://www.facebook.com/ParentOnPurpose/

https://www.facebook.com/pg/MarriageOnPurpose/

Also, please share this podcast with your own friends, relatives and anyone who you think could gain something from it. There is a message in each one that while I am hoping that it is reaching you specifically, it may not, however, it may be needed by someone only one degree away.

Similar to the above five star ratings and positive reviews are extremely helpful to growing this community of fathers who are looking to become the father they want to be.

Since you have made it this far, please be sure to check out both the Fatherhood for the Rest of Us Donations section where you can find a number of the organization that we are working to make others aware of as well as offer them a little support and the Fatherhood for the Rest of Us apparel – more to come, portions of profits will be donated to charities as well!

Married 20 years – 5 kids

Famous scouts

Eagle scout being on college resume one of most noticeable parts

Family names

doing better as a country for fatherhood

doing one purpose with the intention

being active and caring as parents

the impact of having parents that were or are involved

not having to just be the coach other options available

video & carpool

the balance between mother and father

separation of parents and impact disruption of perception

more on homeschooling

immersive education

factors that lead up to making the decision to homeschool

lack of sleep & losing your car

what expecting fathers need to hear

the creation of rules in the home

children and pushing the envelope

talking about the teen years

growing up in SoCal – learning a foreign language

Diversity

Adoption

Cosby

sitcom dads bad rap

pausing the tv to give a lesson

every moment is a teachable moment, is that dad specific

42 Mins

great parenting book recommendations

raising positive kids

James Dobson

real family recipes (pictures included!)

Disney food hacks

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Four three two one ladies and gentlemen this is Brandon Hanley I am your host for fatherhood for the rest of us and I’m on today with Charles Johnson the third we go by Chad right Chad and you got it and Chad was you give us a little bit of information about yourself you know your family make up where you’re living at right now at your current location and a little bit about your family five kids and you know what you do for work. Now prom happy to talk about that I’m married going on this be our twentieth anniversary this year pretty excited about that gosh that’s five kids. Three boys and two girls four of our own and one that we’ve adopted and pulled into the family which is been a tremendous blessing for us. Most of my kids are teenagers so I’m kind of on the second half of this the hood thing I’ve got I’ve got to away at college I’ve got one here that locally that goes to community college and then I’ve got to stay at home a fifteen year old and a twelve year old and we just were living the dream so it’s my wife stays home and homeschools and I w...

Thank you for viewing this site! I had the pleasure to interview Todd Roberts from Fort Wayne Indiana School district, recipient of the Oustanding Teacher of the Year award. Todd has his hands full with his three children Zeno, Sam and Juju! Love the names! He talks about growing up with good role models and the impact it had on shaping his life as well as certain traditions and ways of growing up that he is continued with raising his children. He covers servant leadership, sneaking out of the house, video games and many other topics that may face a father or any parent for that matter!

He also speaks to reading books and how parents can help out their schools and their children with their school work. This one is for you!

Todd can be reached at [email protected]

Todd recommends:

Thank you Todd for taking the time to speak to this amazing audience, I know that you have impacted my life many students lives and now the audience of this podcast as well!

#fatherhoodmovement

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Or three to one hey they’re all here with Todd Roberts an associate of mine and Todd you are a coach and a teacher out in Indiana’s on the mistaken. That’s true I’ve been teaching for fourteen years now I’ve been years out of middle school the last three years at a high school for winning you know nobody coached pro ball I’ve coached. Baseball if I even know even though I didn’t play in high school I coached tennis now as well. It’s nice it’s got to be it’s got to keep you got to keep your hands full right especially and you’ve got your three children yes I do ever three kids Sammy due in Xeno Sam’s eight years old or seven years old juju is five years old and you know was eleven months old so we have it is full right on I’ve got to myself that are that are a seven and five so I know what you can with just two you got your hands hands on. As a full. So could you tell us a little bit and this is a pocket for a father who could salsa what about maybe your background how you grew up what kind of relationship you had with your dad. I was a great relationship I was when I was fortunate people that always had mom and dad around all the time they lived together. You know not only that but I always had you know my mom is from a family of eight kids and so there’s always a little as an answer around as well you know both sets of grandparents were together as well so I always had good role models and good people to look to when it when it came to just you know how to relate to kids every everyone really you know they all my own business my mom and dad always teasing. Always giving us what we needed you know my dad was you know they were they were considered strict by other kids. But I say live a really were I mean they had they had certain guidelines that we had to follow but certain rules of that we had to follow but they were always in the best interests of us and it wasn’t in terms of like yelling and screaming to get us to do things like read on we say sure to say what is it what you mean by not well using it I made fun of a bit because the moment about night force we would only let be allowed to have pop one night a week one can of one night a week on Fridays you know we didn’t do the. I would eat a lot like other just did we didn’t have the you know we were in a lot of play video game systems. You know we use is more like Get outside and do stuff we just. We weren’t allowed to watch certain T.V. shows certain movies. In you know some time to seem harsh at the time but as you become a parent you start to understand all the things that they were you know protecting us from certa...