In this condensed episode, Ryan Levesque, Front Row Dad, 7-time Inc. 5000 CEO, and 2-time #1 bestselling author, shares the 7 steps he uses to run his weekly family meetings that build connection, teach values, and create wins at home. 

You’ll hear:

•  How to use wins, gratitude, and goals to anchor family conversations

•  A 7-step agenda that kids actually look forward to

•  Practical tips for turning chaos into connection each week

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📚 Read what high-performing dads are reading. These are the most impactful books in our brotherhood. Tried, tested, and implemented. https://frontrowdads.com/books/

This condensed episode features one of our most popular conversations of all time—distilled down to just the essentials. Jon shares how coaching with Nathanael Chawkin opened his eyes to simple questions that work like “meditation on the go”—a practice you can use anytime to shift perspective, see blind spots, and calm heated moments in marriage, parenting, and leadership.

You’ll hear:

• Why most suffering comes from the story you’re telling yourself, not the situation

• A four-question checklist you can run in real time to get clarity

• How to spot blind spots and projections before they blow up relationships

• A quick test to know whose business you’re really in—and how to step back into your lane

Nathanael is a seasoned leadership coach who helps CEOs and teams approach tough conversations with heart, building trust, alignment, and high performance. With a background in martial arts and mindfulness, his practice-based approach gives leaders practical tools they can apply in real time—at work and at home.

Resources: Worksheet 

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Books that don’t just inform— They transform. These titles helped the men in our community grow into stronger leaders at home. FRD Books → https://frontrowdads.com/books/

This condensed episode dives into Rich Christiansen’s proven blueprint for raising resilient, values-driven kids—featuring age-based rites of passage and entrepreneurship as a tool.

You’ll hear:

• The Legado Family Framework (values → symbols → traditions → rites → finances)
• The 8/12/14/16/18 rites of passage (and why they work)
• Why his teens built businesses—and why they later shut them down
• Practical ways to kill entitlement and build family identity

Resources: Rich’s site → https://legadofamily.com/ 

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 Books that don’t just inform— They transform. These titles helped the men in our community grow into stronger leaders at home.

FRD Books → https://frontrowdads.com/books/

If you're a dad who's ever questioned your parenting style, wondered about rules, boundaries, or how much freedom to give your kids, you're going to find this conversation fascinating (and maybe a bit challenging).

I sat down with Aaron Stupple, father of 5 and author of the controversial book The Sovereign Child. His radical approach to parenting—recently debated after his podcast with Tim Ferriss and Naval Ravikant—has sparked intense conversation in our own community.

In this powerful interview, Aaron shares:

• Why conventional rules might actually hurt your child's development
• His framework for parenting without becoming your child's adversary
• How he handles controversial issues like screen time, sugar, and discipline
• The surprising reason your kids might not trust you (and how to fix it)

This episode is sure to challenge your thinking and provide practical insights to help you become a more connected, conscious father.

Ready to dive in? 

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👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with :

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/

Most men have no idea they’re still trying to father a wounded boy inside themselves.

In this episode, Dr. Bob Beare, PhD — licensed therapist, recovery leader, and founder of Deep Waters Recovery — returns to unpack what reparenting really means, and why so many high-performing men avoid the one thing that could finally bring peace.

This isn’t theory. It’s raw truth.

Bob walks us through the core practices that help men connect with the younger parts of themselves — the inner child who still carries unmet needs, suppressed grief, and the shame we were told to bury long ago. And he explains why ignoring this relationship keeps us stuck in cycles of reactivity, overwork, and emotional shutdown.

We explore:

• What it actually means to reparent yourself — and how to start

• Why most men resist healing (even when they say they want it)

• How inner child work unlocks real emotional freedom — not just insight

• How unhealed men unconsciously raise kids to fix their own wounds

• Why grief and joy live in the same place — and how to access both

• How to stop creating chaos just to feel something

• What happens when we stop fighting and finally let peace in

If you’ve ever wondered why you “know better” but still overreact… Or why you keep striving even though you’ve already achieved so much… This episode will give you language, tools, and a path forward.

Because the best thing you can do for your kids… Is heal the kid still living inside you.

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👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with :

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/ 

Over the past 9 years, we’ve sat down with hundreds of men—entrepreneurs, leaders, husbands, and fathers—to talk about what really matters.

And after 500 raw, unfiltered conversations, one truth keeps rising to the top:

Success means nothing if it costs you your family.

In this special 500th episode, I sat down with two of the men who’ve been there since day one—Hal Elrod (The Miracle Morning) and Justin Donald (The Lifestyle Investor). They've helped shape this brotherhood from the very beginning.

We didn’t talk about hacks or highlight reels. We talked about what this community has taught us after nearly a decade of doing the work:

• What happens when your wife looks you in the eye and tells you the truth you’ve been avoiding.

• What cancer, addiction, and burnout reveal about the life you say you want vs. the one you're actually living.

• What it really looks like to lead your family with integrity, presence, and love.

This isn’t a greatest-hits recap. It’s a look under the hood.

This is what we’ve learned from 9 years of showing up, failing forward, and fighting to become the men our families need.

If you’ve ever felt the gap between the man you are and the man you’re trying to be… This conversation will meet you there.

🎧 Listen to the 500th episode now.

“I’m a great dad… so why am I still losing it with my son?”

In this powerful conversation, we unpack a question every high-performing man quietly wrestles with: Why do we keep repeating patterns we know aren’t serving us — as husbands, fathers, or leaders?

This week I sat down with Dr. Bob Beare, PhD — licensed therapist, recovery leader, and founder of Deep Waters Recovery and The Creative Life Institute. Bob has spent over two decades helping men confront the emotional wounds they’ve spent a lifetime avoiding — trauma, shame, addiction, grief — and guiding them toward healing that actually lasts.

Together we explore:

• Why your biggest parenting blowups have nothing to do with your kid

• How “doing the right thing” as a child can create a lifetime of pressure

• The dark side of positivity (and how it blocks real healing)

• How spiritual bypassing shows up in fatherhood and leadership

• Why healing your nervous system is the best thing you can do for your child

• How men can access deep emotional release without abandoning strength

This isn’t theory. It’s two men telling the truth. About childhood wounds. Emotional reactivity. Shame. And what it looks like to repair with the people you love most

What if the key to becoming a better man… was understanding women?

In this powerful conversation, grief and transformation expert Joshua Wenner shares what years of men’s work couldn’t teach him — and what he only discovered after stepping into a space he never expected to lead: women’s healing.

Joshua spent a decade helping men process grief, reclaim their power, and reconnect with purpose. But it was through coaching women, witnessing their wounds, and helping them heal their relationships with men that he gained a deeper understanding of what it means to be truly integrated as a man.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The difference between men’s and women’s work — and why both matter

• How unhealed father wounds shape how women see men (and how men see themselves)

• The “Nice Guy vs Savage” trap and what real masculine power looks like

• How trust between men is broken — and how to rebuild it

• Why many successful men still feel alone, guarded, and disconnected

• What healthy partnership actually requires — and how we change the family system from the inside out

Whether you’re deep in your own work or just beginning to ask the big questions, this episode will expand your view of what healing looks like — and remind you that real power starts with presence.

Most men don’t realize they’re grieving.

They just know they feel stuck… disconnected… angry… numb… exhausted. They’re overworking, avoiding, blowing up—or shutting down. But underneath the addiction, the burnout, the conflict… is unprocessed grief.

In this raw and powerful conversation, grief expert Joshua Wenner unpacks the hidden losses that men carry—losses from childhood, unmet expectations, relationship ruptures, business failures, and the identity shifts that come with fatherhood and marriage.

Joshua has spent over a decade studying grief, interviewing the top experts, and making a feature-length documentary on the subject. In this episode, he shares what he’s learned, including the tools that help men regulate their nervous systems, reconnect with their hearts, and finally move forward.

If you’ve ever felt like something was off—but couldn’t name it—this episode is for you.

You’ll walk away with practical tools to stabilize, feel, heal, and become more present for yourself and those you love.

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👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/  Apple: http://bit.ly/3XLSRWj

This might be the best business interview I’ve done all year. It’s one every business owner should hear.

In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Deiss—entrepreneur, investor, and founder of DigitalMarketer—who’s launched, scaled, and sold 17+ companies.

He’s not speaking from theory. He’s speaking from experience—and sometimes, scar tissue.

This isn’t just another systems conversation. It’s a full-on playbook for building a business that works without you. For founders who feel trapped in their own company… this one hits hard.

Here’s what you’ll take away:

• Why growth can trap you—and how scale sets you free

• The “sticky note” method to exit roles without burning the business down

• How founders become bottlenecks—and why doing less is a leadership skill

• The scorecard and constraint system Ryan uses to spot bottlenecks before they break your team

• Why hiring great people won’t fix broken systems—and what to do instead

• How to integrate AI to elevate your team’s performance (without replacing them)

• Why the role you’re in now may not be the role your business actually needs

• The question every founder should ask before they scale—or sell: What’s my next job?

Freedom doesn’t come from more hustle. It comes from better systems, clearer roles, and honest leadership.

🎧 Listen to Part 2 with Ryan Deiss now »

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👋 Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen with families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage, and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with

👉 Join The Brotherhood: https://frontrowdads.com/brotherhood

🎤 Listen to Front Row Dads podcast here:

🌐 Website: https://frontrowdads.com/podcast/  Apple: http://bit.ly/3XLSRWj