The Dad Edge Podcast

Are you having trouble breaking bad habits and committing to good ones? Today's guest says the problem isn't you, it's your system. James Clear is the NY Times Bestselling Author of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones . He talks about how building a system of small habits will compound over time for huge results. He'll also teach us how to design our environme...

As men, we usually are all or nothing. We have the tendency to set extreme goals, and if we have one setback, we take that as proof we can't succeed and give up entirely. But if we practice both self-compassion and accountability, we can forgive ourselves, dust off, and get back on track. Today, we have one of our Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind Commander on the show, Paul Richardson. He's in charge...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join Larry Hagner and JMack as they bring on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.

What kind of father do we need to be to raise girls into strong, empathetic, and emotionally resilient women? Today's show is all about how to raise confident, mentally tough daughters. Emily McCarthy is a former case officer for the CIA and the cofounder of GORUCK, a brand with Special Forces roots that leads backpacking events all over the world. Emily lost her father when she was just getting o...

We feel like communication with our wives and children should come naturally. If we love them, and they love us, it should be easy to understand each other. Right? Wrong. What most of us don't realize is that communication is a skill that can be learned. If we master the way we approach conversations, we will drastically improve our relationships. In this episode, we share three techniques for dee...

The only thing we can count on in life is change, and that means having the mental toughness for life's challenges. We don't want to spend our entire lives reacting out of fear and frustration. We want to know that no matter what happens, we can handle anything. Dominick Quartuccio returns to The Dad Edge. He is a speaker, coach, and the author of Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Driftin...

82% of us hate what we do for a living, yet we do it for 40 hours a week or more. Strangely enough, we wear this misery as a badge of honor, as if the more we hate our job, the more noble we are for suffering through it.  But we weren't put here to hate our lives. How much is staying where you are costing you? Today we talk with Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind commander, Sean Hutchins. He used to hat...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join Larry as he goes solo today and brings on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.

We obsess over nutrition and fitness for our physique, but we ignore the most important organ in the body—the brain. The brain manages every function of the human body and is also in charge of our focus, mood, and ability to learn. In this episode of The Dad Edge, America's Most Popular Psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel Amen, talks about how we can improve the lives of ourselves and our children by making...

We don't realize how important our health is until we lose it. No man wants poor health to get in the way of becoming the best version of himself, but how do we make health a priority when life gets in the way? Today Dr. Ryan Wohlfert is back on The Dad Edge to give you the busy dad's guide to total health. This list of simple hacks for fitness, nutrition, and sleep will fit into any lifestyle. Be...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join JMack and Lance Salazar as they bring on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.

Are you the victim or the hero of your life? Did you know that the choice is yours? You have the power to leave the past behind and construct your own world by extreme self-realization. Today's guest is Chris Duffin. He is known as the "mad scientist of strength" and holds the world record for dead lifts. He is also an entrepreneur and the author of The Eagle and the Dragon: A Story of Strength an...

Mike McCarthy is a super-successful entrepreneur, the cofounder of GoBundance, and a member of the Tribe of Millionaires. He is also the co-author of The Miracle Morning for Parents along with his wife and Hal Elrod. Today Mike teaches us six lessons from the Tribe of Millionaires and the pillars of GoBundance. He also reveals how he cultivates a rich relationship with his wife and kids and the ma...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join Larry and Andy as they bring on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.

How can we get back the amazing sex and emotional connection we had when we first met our wives? Where do we go wrong when it comes to exciting our women and igniting their passion? How can we change the direction of our relationship with our spouse when it seems like everything we do is wrong? Karen Brody is a man coach and bestselling author of Open Her: Activate 7 Masculine Powers to Arouse You...

Most of us are busy all the time. We feel stuck and overwhelmed. This is because being busy is not necessarily being productive. Fighting the busyness epidemic starts with setting boundaries and being disciplined about what's most important.  Today, we're going to talk about fighting the busyness epidemic with a simple morning ritual that will help you discern what's important to you, set boundari...

We think that if our marriages take work, something's wrong. Our culture makes love out to be a mystery. We believe we have to be lucky in love to find a happy relationship. Today, we are going to debunk that mindset. There is a methodology to marriage. Mort Fertel is the creator of Marriage Fitness, the most successful marriage crisis program in the world. He tells us that marriage is not somethi...

The transition from boy to man is an epic time in the lives of our sons. As fathers, it's our job to teach them what it means to be a man as they close the chapter on childhood and embark on the next stage of life as an adult. In recent episodes, I talked about a rite of passage experience I created for my 11-year-old Mason. He hiked with me and the Elite Elevation Dad Edge Mastermind to the top o...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join Larry and Andy as they bring on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.

For many of us, it's a challenge just to get through the day. We're stuck on the hamster wheel, running as fast as we can to nowhere. Not only do we lack clarity around our paths in life, but we also lack situational awareness when it comes to the daily environment around us. The world is not always a safe place, and complacency is deadly. Today we have Mike Glover on the show. He's an ex-Special...

How to know if you've been a good dad? As parents, we often don't know if we're doing the right thing. We want our kids to have honesty, integrity, teamwork, and a good work ethic. We hope they'll become mentally tough, emotionally resilient, and brave enough to ask for help when they need it. How can we tell if our kids are getting the life lessons we want to teach? Today I'm going to share a sto...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join Larry and Brandy Salazar as they bring on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.

Today's show is all about how to live in the present. We always hear people talking about it, but how exactly is it done? Most of us hold onto shame, guilt, and feelings of unworthiness from yesterday. At the same time, we feel constant anxiety when we think about what tomorrow might bring. This ruins any chance of making today a great day and keeps us in a state of fear that negatively effects ou...

Why do some men thrive and others merely survive? One of the secrets of successful, motivated, passionate men is that they surround themselves with a tribe to support them, advise them, and inspire them. Today we visit the Fit Dad Nation podcast hosted by Steve Roy. We discuss how we can optimize the 5 dimensions of manhood, which are health, work, marriage, children, and finances. We also talk ab...

This episode was recorded live in the Dad Edge Alliance Mastermind community .   We've turned this into a live radio show and it's awesome! Join Larry and Brandy Salazar as they bring on men from The Alliance LIVE  and take their questions.