The Dad Edge Podcast

Neuroscience research shows that 95% of what we think and feel falls below our conscious detection, meaning almost all of what we do is beyond our conscious control. Instead of creating our lives, we drift. We fill our time with distractions and bad habits instead of living to our full potential.

Our guest today is author, speaker, and executive coach Dominick Quartuccio. He is here to talk about his book Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Drifting and Take Command of Your Life. He outlines how to upgrade our environments, discipline ourselves efficiently, and rewrite the narrative in our heads so that we can live to our ultimate potential.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/190.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all the dads out there. What better topic to cover on Thanksgiving than gratitude? Practicing gratitude may sound like some New-Agey, woo woo fad, but scientific studies prove that being in a grateful state of mind can help you mentally, physically, and emotionally.

Today I go over some surprising statistics about how gratitude benefits your brain performance, hormone levels, body composition, and overall wellbeing.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday133.

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In case you're wondering what went on right before we started recording, let us refer you here.

Here's what to look forward to in this episode:

• Some shout outs to our Elite Masterminders
• We talk hair products for some reason

Oh, and we answer some questions:

• What's the best way to bring up something to your wife who flips the issue and turns it around on you?
• I struggle with sustaining energy to make lasting change. How can I change this?
• If you could have a conversation with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be?

JMack's podcast is Inquisitive Souls. You can find it here. We live in the world our conversations create.

What's the best diet? Keto? Paleo? Low-carb? High-fat? What about fasting? What's the best workout? Today we are inundated with diet fads and extreme workouts. How do we know which nutrition and exercise program is best for us?

Today we have Josiah Novak. He's the author of Diets Suck: The Ultimate Blueprint on Enjoying Food and Getting Lean. Josiah gets real about fad diets and exercise. He talks about how we need to focus on our health before aesthetic results. He also discusses his own personal crisis and how his foundation of healthy habits helped him get through an emotionally difficult time.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/189.

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The holidays are here and so is the holiday stress. We have the financial strain, our children's high expectations, house guests, and maybe some family friction. Combine that with the fact that we eat more, drink more alcohol, and neglect ourselves. We're supposed to be enjoying the holidays, but instead we dread it.

But what if we approached holidays differently?

Today we talk about giving yourself grace during the holiday season. Men tend to be hyper-critical and beat themselves up over not being able to do everything perfectly. It's time to let that go. We're going to make mistakes. We're going to fall back into bad habits. We're not always going to be the perfect husband or father, and that's okay.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday132.

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Here's what to look forward to in this episode:

• JMack opens up about some teenager drama which leads to a great conversation about how to get help when we need it.
• How to push your sons out of their comfort zones without sending them into an emotional meltdown.
• Fast forward 20 years, what's one lesson you will have wanted to have taught your kids?
• What's the fastest way to turn 100 bucks into 10,000?

We also speculate on who created a Facebook account for JMack's hair.

JMack's podcast is Inquisitive Souls. You can find it here. We live in the world our conversations create.

Men are supposed to be strong and silent, right? We think if we work hard and provide we will be rewarded. This is what our culture has taught us, and this is what we think women want. But this idea is becoming obsolete in today's society.

The world has changed drastically when it comes to the roles of men and women. The patriarchy humans lived in for thousands of years has shifted. Women have evolved but men have stayed the same. It's time for us to catch up.

Today's guest, Robert Kandell, is the host of the Tuff Love podcast and the author of the upcoming book unHIDDEN: A Book for Men & Those Confused by Them. He gives us the ultimate guide to demystifying women and tells us how to connect to ourselves so that our women can have what they want most, which is all of us.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/188.

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What's your vice? What relieves your stress? What do you turn to when times get tough? Drugs, alcohol, women, validation, gambling, validation, food? Even a healthy habit like working out can be unhealthy if it's used to avoid people and escape reality.

Addictive behaviors drain our energy, suck our time, and prevent us from connecting with those we love. They keep us from operating at our true potential. This show is about becoming aware of destructive habits and breaking the addiction mindset. No matter what vice you have, today we'll give you new tools to crush it.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/thursday131.

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This episode went off the rails immediately and we're not sure it ever recovered!

Here's what to look forward to in this episode:

• How to regain the ability to regain your trust with your wife after infidelity?
• What are some creative date your wife at home ideas?
• How do you make sure your kids respect you while still validating their emotions?

JMack's podcast is Inquisitive Souls. You can find it here. We live in the world our conversations create.

If we think of marriage as a game, we immediately strategize on how to win our spouses' hearts the way we did the very first time. The problem is that our partners grow and change throughout life. To keep dating your spouse like you did in the past is not going to work anymore. As you will hear on our show today, the game of marriage is infinite. The goal is not to win, but to keep playing.

Today we have our fourth female guest on The Dad Edge. Her name is Cara Miller and she a developmental coach with a unique academic background, including wealth of insightful knowledge about how people connect and feel that sense of belonging that is so important for a rich, fulfilling life.

In this episode, Cara Miller tells how to initiate change in our relationships by dating our spouses for who they are today instead of who they were when we first met them. She reveals simple, actionable steps we can take to become experts on the people we love, including kids, friends, and coworkers.

For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode go to gooddadproject.com/187.

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