FATHERS of the FUTURE

Jake Parent is the founder of Breath. Energy, yes there's no dot com. He wants you to know you don't have to hold onto the weight of pain you've been holding. He wants you whole. Why? Let's back up for a second... In his mid 40s and from a distance, he looked reasonably successful. But inside, he felt like he was driving around with the parking brake on. This describes most people...

Adam Snodgrass of Makaha, Kailua Kona, is a self-proclaimed fishing fool who loves his family and romping around in the sand with his dogs! When you listen in between his words, you'll feel the rich history of Hawaii just by the description of a fish. Even more, you can hear the pain in his voice when talking about what has happened since the August fires. Allow yourself to get caught in the j...

Let's get to it; Tripp Mehew has been on the frontlines of the Maui fire tragedy since it started. As a resident of Hawaii, he holds nothing back regarding the truth about what is going on at the ground level. Isn't he "that" conspiracy theorist? NO, he's literally walking, serving, and helping the people of Maui, as well as exposing what is REALLY going on. He's not regu...

Shortly after starting his yoga journey, Bryan began a consistent meditation practice. He challenged himself to meditate every single day for 90 days, but it's what happened at the end of the 90 days that he found his purpose. He realized the power of the subconscious mind on the outward life we live. Now he helps people reprogram their subconscious minds with love, gratitude and abundance for...

Life has a way of giving you circumstances out of your control. It's what you do with it that leads you to your destiny. This is the story of Pastor Fidel Pesina Jr. Many look at him and see a successful man who was making 6 figures a year as a contract electrician. Many don't see the sacrifice he's made to do what he feels most called to, being a husband and Father. He later gave up h...

The first ever "2 Mics 1 Movement" episode is here. Luke sits down with his business partner, friend, and fellow soldier in this fight, Jeff Strange. He says this about Jeff , "Nothing in this world has ever been handed to you." But isn't that the way we want it? Isn't this the kind of leader we need, leaders who fight, scrap, and drive towards winning. Jeff is an examp...

Dru Meskin is a full blown redemption story. Being in a broken home, he found himself on a path of compulsive or regular substance abuse. Being angry at life also added to his pull to sedate with the addiction. This led him to being sent away to a juvenile detention center with everyone thinking it would fix him. It didn't, it made his drug and alcohol habits worse.  But the story doesn't...

What do you get when you mix a pharmacist, a top Sports Card investor, and a Fathers Of The Crucible alum? You get the one and only Tyler Short. Even though, he's good at his day job, today, we aren't talking medicine. We're talking about how to build a SIX FIGURE income with his side hustle, sports cards. As a content creator on Youtube, his channel helps his followers know the ins an...

The A-10 is the first Air Force plane specially designed for close air support of ground forces. You don't sign up to fly an A 10 because you like to fly. They're meant to be a support during combat when soldiers are under fire. It's why A 10 pilots are a gritty community, and rightfully so. It's probably why Eric Whitey White signed up to fly this very plane. In other words, this...

A part owner of Sunfare, the OG of meal prep, John Stewart revolutionized the Custom Meal Prep Industry. In 1997, he and his partner did this off of a piece of carbon paper his receptionist threw in his office's trashcan. It wasn't any ordinary trash in a waste container. Rather, it was the domino that set in motion his life's mission, helping people achieve greatness. On instinct he c...

For the first time ever on the podcast, Coach Luke interviews Gio, who's only 17. As a young child Gio grew up with no father and an absent mother. Often times his mother would be in and out, leaving him and his siblings alone for weeks at a time. It led to them being removed and put into the foster care system.  Gio was put into a home that seemed to be the fit he needed until decisions outside h...

Malcolm Guya, a son, a friend, a savage athlete, big smile, trustworthy, humble, and a leader. If you ask the men around him, this is what they will say. As a child he moved here from Kenya to the US. With no dad in the picture, he was raised by his grandmother for the first few years of his life. But it was his mother who, even though she wasn’t present in those beginning years, had the most infl...

When coaching meets faith, you get a formula that will cause you to win. From training his own sons to the NFL and others to the Olympics, Marcus Wheaton has a way of pulling greatness out of everyone he coaches. As the owner of Wheaton Solutions, the success of his athletes is a bi-product of his dedication to the individual. It's no surprise he's the number one speed coach in Arizona. Ev...

Designing clear actionable outcomes. Value and importance of Goal Setting and living life by design. Sharpen the sword Empower and impact As we enter another chapter of this epic journey called life, let me be one of the first and only REAL MUTHAFUCKERS alive to welcome you to the reality of the NEW YEAR, it ain't new and neither are you, your old, and so are your stories, skills and habits and th...

Jeff Strange worked as a head of sales at Bad Birdie Golf Apparel, a company featured on The Shark Tank. Jeff was able to use his gift of sales, even more his gift of loving people help the company reach its highest grossing year in 2021. And yet with all the success he’s walked away from it all, walked away from a stable career. Why? Because he believes fully in impact over income. Jeff helps us...

In this episode Luke talks to senior executive pastor Brad Larson. In his local church Brad contends for the hearts of the men who are apart of their Fight Clubs, Wed Workouts, Men's Nights, and Boot Camps under the umbrella of Every Man A Leader. Church isn't a game to him, in fact it's a fight he's been graced to fight, a grace to lead in. He has a deep compassion for men who simply need help bu...

It’s season 4, which means we are still here, still grinding… as they say, don’t call it a comeback we’ve been here for years! The first trilogy of the season, and or the next 3 episodes Luke talks to 3 men of faith, 3 men who are a part of a faith community, and 3 men who aren’t shy about what they believe yet at the same time realize we are all on a journey. In Exp #76 Luke has a conversation wi...

On this week’s Fathers of the Future Experience, I sit down with fitness expert and life coach, Pete Vanderveen.  Growing up, Pete's parents were farmers, and that taught him the value of hard work.  Now, Pete works hard to change people's lives. As the owner of a faith-based fitness company, Eat The Frog Fitness, Pete is ready to redefine and reengineer the fitness world. He wants to he...

On this week's Fathers of the Future Experience, its Veterans Day, and I’m sitting down with my good friend and active duty career reservist Marine, Rich Abril.  As a faithful married man and father of three girls, Rich knows exactly what it means to balance sensitivity and emotional intelligence as well as masculinity and violent energy. Before joining the military, Rich says he was living a...

On today’s episode of Father’s Of The Future Luke has a good friend and former client of 12 years joining him.  His friend Tom is a little further along in the fatherhood game with both of his children grown and out of the house, but that hasn’t stopped him from staying very busy.  Tom runs his own construction business and has built over 1200 homes.  He’s very tuned into the market...

Luke is on location at Sip Coffee and Beer with owner Josh Katz.  In addition to congratulations on the success of the business, Luke congratulates Josh on becoming a father.  Josh says it’s hard to believe that he’s a father, but it’s been the greatest gift he’s ever been given.  He says the closest he can come to describing the feeling is that it’s like Christmas every day.  ...

Luke has his nephew Rider out to Scottsdale, AZ for a visit.  Rider says he can see a future for himself in podcasting, so in turn for reading twenty pages of The Stoic, Luke is allowing Rider to interview him.  Together with Luke’s daughter Camille, Rider has a lot of great questions for Luke.  They talk about what they’ve been up to during their time together, ask some interesting...

In this week’s Father’s of the Future Experience I am joined by my good friend Patrick Louw. Recently Patrick completed the Crucible training, which he describes as the most challenging physical and mental awakening. As a father and husband, Patrick says the Crucible has been a life changing, transformative experience. He’s now experiencing a renewed intimacy with his wife and more meaningful time...

In this week’s Father’s of the Future Experience, I am joined by Todd Sechrest.  Todd and I have only known each other for a little over a month but we’ve had such an immersive time together I feel like I know him really well.  Todd is a true father of the future with a baby girl due June first.  He shares how the last month has changed him, finding gaps and bridging them.   Wi...

In this week's Father’s of the Future Experience, I am joined by my good friend Josh Middagh.  Josh shares with us that he never wanted to be a father, he thought he was too selfish to give what a child needs.  It wasn’t until his own father passed away unexpectedly that Josh began to look at things differently.  Josh went through a period of depression and wondered what was the poi...