The Dad Edge Podcast

My guest today is Steve Eckert. He is a father of two, husband and a 7 figure entrepreneur that instills the no excuse philosophy for business and in life through his company the LTD project.  I met Steve when we did the Squire Program. He is one of one of the instructors in that program.  I gotta tell you, some of the things we talk about you may or may not agree with, and that is okay. It is a e...

Many of the Dad Edge podcast listeners have reached out and told me that they'd like to know more about my story. In this episode, I share more about my story and not only that, but things like, what have I learned throughout my life. 15 years as a father, 19 years of marriage, and for me, the premise of the show is, if I could go back and do things differently based on what I have learned, what w...

Ray "Cash" Care is a Navy SEAL veteran with multiple tours and other numerous overseas security details. Upon leaving SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDV-2), Ray turned his passion and SEAL Team experience to the world of self-improvement and team building. He has become an accomplished fitness expert and speaker on topics ranging from fitness and building high functioning teams to organizational...

 I have no doubt that today's title really got your attention. Yup. We are opening up Pandora's box and we are talking about this topic and that is porn.     porn is one of the most, if not the most addictive thing that a man deals with in his life. This is a topic that men have to feel pretty darn safe to bring up because there's a lot of feelings that come up when we talk about porn:shame, guilt...

Nick joined the Marine Corps at 19 but not without a fight. Because of his troubled youth, Nick had to seek legal counsel just to be accepted. Nick went on to become a 12 year Special Operations Marine Corps veteran with Marine Reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command. His military career prepared him for successful leadership and strategic operational planning. Nick is the founder and...

My guest today, Dr. Roger Parrot, a scholar, a husband for 45 years, is with me today and we talk about education, and paving the way not only for college, but in life as a whole.  So today we will talk about picking the best college for your kids. A lot of the things that are shared on this show will probably surprise you. Dr. Parrot is the President of Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi...

Joe Towne is best known as the founder and CEO of his training company, The Performance Mindset. He offers workshops designed to help people perform at their highest level, whether it's preparing for an audition, shifting their mindset for a script screenwriting for a healthier work-life balance, or even helping athletes prepare for a performance on a worldwide stage. He's been featured on Dr. Oz,...

Yeadon Smith is my guest on this episode and he has been a husband for 15 years. A father of four, marathon runner and a business owner.  He is a recovering youth minister, now working full time in real estate. He is co-founder of Live Oak Capital  which has grown since its inception to $36 million in assets under management.  He has been in the business of building relationships. As part of that,...

I know you guys will get a lot out of today's interview because we cover  proven performance and the principles to be more mentally tough, to avoid self-sabotage, to become literally the best and most resilient version of ourselves that we could possibly be. My guest, Eric Davis, father of 3, served our country as a U.S. Navy SEAL and decorated veteran of the Global War on Terror. Eric has been re...

Today I am talking to Frank Schwartz. He is the current president of F3. He is also an entrepreneur, but he started this journey by joining F3 with the intent of "not being fat anymore". The complete trajectory of his life would change, however, from that point. He caught the vision of Sua Sponte leadership and in not too long a time, he found himself being asked to help with things at the Nation...

My guest today is John Cooper, lead vocalist of the band Skillet. You're going to love today's. I loved interviewing John, because as a band fan, I just enjoyed it so much. One of my favorite songs is Legendary, and I share with John how we had 175 men at the attended the live event scream Live Legendary!  John is the father of 2, a husband for 22 years. He comes from a background of Christian roc...

The timing of this episode is impeccable. I have a return guest with me today and we bring you some amazing health knowledge bombs  He is Fraser Bayley, a butcher turned vegan and today we are talking about having a vegan lifestyle. The lies, the myths and everything that surrounds it, specifically for men. This man knows more about health and nutrition than anybody I've ever met on the planet. Is...

This interview I did live. I flew out to Los Angeles and sat down with Bedros Keuilian. This individual has an amazing story. A self-made entrepreneur who escaped communism to come to the United States when he was just a kid. A true rags to riches story, no doubt. Bedros Keuilian is a best-selling author, speaker and business consultant. He's the founder and CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, one of the n...

Today we have a special guest, a repeat guest actually. Dave Anderson is the owner of a creative video production company.  In this episode we talk a lot about his journey and what it took to get where he is. Family is what drives us, no doubt, but we tend to forget that very easily amidst the work duties.  Dave and I both share proud moments when we learned to detach from our businesses, but also...

My guest today is Joe De Sena. Joe was one of my first guests when I first started this episode 6 years ago. If you are a Spartan Racer, you might know Joe. He is the CEO of Spartan Race. The basis of his company is the foundation that we as humans cannot reach our potential until we have gone through a struggle or a test. It's what he calls, purposeful suffering.  Coming from a childhood where he...

Craig Risoli is a good friend and Dad Edge Accelerator business matermind member. He is a husband of 10 years to Hailey, father of 3, veteran and the proud owner of High Speed Daddy, an epic backpack for dads company. He built his company around his family schedule as a stay at home dad, not the other way around.  A lot of men choose to let life manage them. That is unfortunate, because that stres...

When it comes to conflict, do you find yourself frustrated or lost? Relationships is not something that we are taught. We grow up and we are taught different skills, trigonometry, social studies, but rarely how to resolve conflict. And it's really unfortunate because think of what our marriages and relationships could look like if we knew how to resolve conflict and how we could actually do it fro...