Corey talks to Mark about the importance and benefits of being a part of a consistent social community. Mark shares his experience in being a part of his own group for three decades.

Episode Highlights

• Why it is important to be a part of a community
• Differences between facilitated and unfacilitated groups
• Benefits of being in a consistent group for a long period of time
• Selecting your members
• Choosing content to discuss
• Outcomes of participating in a group
• Doing socials with a group
• Qualities to look for when starting your own group

009: Staying Connected With Your Kids Through Divorce

Mark and Corey continue the discussion of going through a divorce as a dad by offering their respective points of view as a father and a son during Mark’s divorce. They also discuss the steps that you could take as a parent to not only maintain but improve your relationship with your children while running into emotional roadblocks when experiencing the separation process, logistics, and moving on to new spouses.

Episode Highlights

• How divorce has changed in today’s culture
• Mark’s primary goals for his kids when going through a divorce
• Choosing to stay near your children or moving away
• Being physically and emotionally present to answer questions
• Negating the other parent
• Creating rituals with your children
• Dealing with new spouses and becoming a step-parent
• Time Heals

Mark and Corey are joined by keynote speaker and author Alan Stein Jr. to talk about his experience in going through a divorce with his three children. They touch on handling the relationship with your separating spouse, managing your time to determine custody, and the impact a divorce can have on your children.

Episode Highlights

• Setting an example by how you treat your spouse/co-parent
• Alan as a divorced parent and professional speaker
• What made Alan’s divorce more amicable and easier
• There is no normal situation
• Presenting the decision of divorce to your children
• Dating after a divorce
• Maintaining a bond with your children
• The benefits of seeking professional help

Links and Resources

• Alan's Website

007 Part Two: Case Study: No Pow Pows w/ Special Guest: Reginald Dixon

Mark and Corey bring on their first guest on The Nurturing Father’s Podcast to discuss his experience with The Nurturing Father’s Program and how it has affected him both as a father and husband.

Episode Highlights

• Reggie’s upbringing and how it affected his view of his parents
• How The Nurturing Father’s Program affected him as a father and husband.

007 Part One: Deconstructing Discipline

In this episode, Mark and Corey break down the concept of discipline in detail. They also discuss the best ways to provide the most positive and impactful influence through discipline.

Episode Highlights

• Origin of the word discipline
• What empowers a child
• Handling your emotions when enforcing discipline
• Placing the responsibility on your children and their actions
• When it is best to enforce discipline

006: Intentional Attention

In this episode, Mark and Corey ask us a very important question: how much energy are you putting towards positive reinforcement? When your child does something right, are you giving them as much of your attention as you would if they did something wrong? Mark and Corey go through some of the best practices of intentionally giving your child one-on-one attention and the many positive effects it could have on your child.

Episode Highlights

• We’re more likely to see what we pay more attention to
• Acting up to get your attention
• Best practices to providing intentional attention

005: Discipline and Team Sports

In this episode, Mark and Corey talk about what many aspects of The Nurturing Father’s Program revolve around, and that is discipline. They share with you some of the best practices of effective and positive discipline and break it down to what it discipline really means.

Episode Highlights

• Origins of the word ‘discipline’
• Sports, coaches, and discipline
• Rules
• The importance of consistency
• Encouraging what you want to see
• How quality connection is key
• When to provide grace

004: Men and Power

Mark and Corey talk about the effects of how you enforce your power as a parent and a spouse. They state the differences between a power over and power to approach toward discipline enforcement and setting an example for your children

Episode Highlights

• Bringing home the military authority approach
• Who’s the loser in the situation?
• Power over… vs. Power to…
• Leaving the choice of consequence to your child
• Setting the roots to your child’s ‘decision-making tree’
• Ways to make a power to… approach easier

003: Men and Feelings

Mark and Corey talk about expressing feelings and the roadblocks of culture and stereotypes of men expressing their feelings. They share some examples of when they were challenged with having to confront certain feelings and the effects of how you confront those feelings can have on your children.

Episode Highlights

• The issue around men and feelings
• Negative effects of removing yourself from natural emotions
• Practicing emotions
• Handling emotions with your children
• Feelings don’t need to be fixed
• Benefits of showing emotions

002: Fathering History and Breaking the Cycle

Mark and Corey discuss the impact of how your father can influence the way you are as a father and how you should break the cycle of bad parenting. Corey also shares his own reflection of Mark as his father.

Episode Highlights

• We tend to parent how we were raised
• Reflecting on your father
• When in doubt, play
• The simple things tend to stick the most with your kids
• Breaking the cycle of bad parenting