Dads Group Podcast

Burnsey chats with Dr Billy Garvey, a Developmental Paediatrician. Basically, his area of expertise is supporting children (and families), especially through tough transitions in emotional development. He expands more on what that looks like at the start of the episode. I first heard about Billy through his own podcast, Pop Culture Parenting, where he and his co-host Nick draw parenting insights f...

"Support for Fathers" is a program that helps dads and father figures by giving them advice and resources about being a good parent and partner, as well as building strong relationships with their children.

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel 9's "Parental Guidance", the founder of happyfamilies.com.au, and one of Australia’s most trusted parenting experts. Over the past decade he has helped innumerable families with his 6 books about raising children, his hundreds of media appearances (including all of Australia’s major news outlets, and even the Washington...

In this podcast episode, we will be hearing from Mark Matthews, a big wave surfer, who shares how his intense training and mental preparation for surfing have helped him become a calmer parent. Mark walks us through the hard work and dedication that goes into being a professional athlete, both physically and mentally. This interview sheds light on the valuable lessons we can learn from the world o...

Lael has done everything under the sun regarding children and supporting families. Lael has experience in being a birth educator, worked with people with trauma and counsellor. Lael was a co-founder of a podcast called Aware Parenting. Aware Parenting is a model of parenting teaching us on how to be an aware parent.

We interview our Dads Group legends from around Australia as they share with us their fatherhood journeys

Tom Fagernes shares how he learnt to work through his anxieties of being a new dad.

Today we are hearing from Dads of Ashgrove legend, Simon Hepson. Simon is a Financial Planner and is passionate about helping new and expecting parents reduce financial stress by reducing uncertainty. 

Today we hear from the former Australian Ministry of Health, Greg Hunt. Greg was responsible for Australia's pandemic health response which would have been a full-on role. In this episode, he shares his journey of balancing a very demanding job and being a father.

In this episode, Arran MacDougall will be chatting with us about how to find your identity as a Dad

Today we hear from Dads Group legend Josh Docking who is the group leader from the Dads of Albury Wodonga crew.  In this episode, we will get a glimpse of the fantastic work happening all around Australia through the impact of our Community Groups that are run by such passionate leaders.

In this episode, you will hear more about what Dads Group is about and the different projects and programs. 

Today we hear from Dads Group legend Adam Burn, who will share how his relationship with his dad impacted him but did not define his fatherhood journey. Your relationship with your father may not need to define who you will be as a father. His weakness may not have to be yours. 

In this episode, we will be listening to Dr Chris May, who has studied nursing, specialises in paediatric nursing, and midwifery and has worked as a paediatric diabetes nurse educator. 

Today Simon shares with us the importance of connecting with your kids a prioritising time with them. 

In this episode, we will be listening to Sam Gledhill who is a Nuclear Medicine Technologist by training and has more than twenty years of experience in the healthcare and research sectors. He is currently working as As Global Director & Digital Health at Movember.

Come and listen to Tom, Blair and Adam, who are part of the Dads Group team, as they share about their fatherhood journeys and how that drives them to encourage & support other fathers.

Sam is a stepfather/father figure, and we love the encouragement we receive from him. 

In this episode we will be listening to the CEO of SMS4Dads, Richard Fletcher. SMS4Dads is simple but powerful. Text messages are sent straight to dads phones – with tips, information and links to other services to help fathers understand and connect with their baby and support their partner.

This episode is PART B of our interview with one of our Dads Group legends Nic Bonastre. If you haven't heard PART A before, please go check that out first

We interview our Dads Group leaders and other Dads Group Champions from around Australia as they share with us their fatherhood journeys

This episode we are interviewing the CEO of PANDA, Julie Borninkof. PANDA is dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of expecting, new and growing families.  If you would like to find out more about Dads Group, join a Digital Dads Group Session which is where these podcast episodes are recorded or connect with some of our amazing partners for support, check out our website at www.d...

Thomas and Adam are interview the CEO of Healthy Male, Simon von Saldern. Healthy Male are a provider of information for men’s health. They facilitate action on men’s health in collaboration with others, advocate for change, empower men and boys to take action on their health, build the capabilities of the health system and workforce, and prioritise their efforts to close the health and wellbeing...

Welcome to the first ever Dads Group Podcast episode. This episode is a great place for us to start as you get to hear from the CEO & Founder of Dads Group, Thomas Docking as he shares about the heart of Dads Group and how it all began. If you would like to find out more about Dads Group, join a Digital Dads Group Session which is where these podcast episodes are recorded or connect with some...