The Mike Edwards Podcast

Every parents fails. Every parent feels like a failure from time to time. It's why doing a podcast on parenting is so hard — because I fail too. And not many people feel qualified to come on this podcast as a guest — because they feel like a failure. But the thing is. it's failure that qualifies us for life. It's failure that makes us stronger. It's failure that gives us wisdom...

Much of how it feels in our home is affected by how our wives lead in our home. Do they nag, manipulate, control? None of this is healthy leadership. This episode is not about our wives, it's about how we raise our daughters to lead. My hope is this episode helps us focus on raising women who lead with maturity, strength and courage.

We are told that your two year old will be terrible and your teens will hate you. Both of those things do not have to be true. Today I will give you my top tips for how to raise two years old's you love being around. 

A house divided won't stand. How does your home feel? How is it affecting your kids? The podcast includes 10 Tips For Creating Household that will stand. If you are divorced or separated these 10 tips will help you build a strong relationship with your kids even if you don't live in their home.

How to parent with a voice without pushing your kids away. How to hold high standards, and speak the truth into their lives, without pushing them away.

Holding a bright vision for your family is vital for a happy healthy home — but one thing get's in the way, our past. In this episode we talk about vision, family and leadership.

This is the final episode for 2023. In this podcast, I will be recapping some of the things I have enjoyed working on and also share some exciting new projects I want to get started on.  So let's get into the last episode!

Welcome back to the Culture Maker podcast. It's great to have you with me. If you haven't met me before, my name is Mike Edwards, and this is a podcast that's all about helping dads create healthy cultures in their homes. Today Is all about RESPECT and how men want to live like a lion and be respected at home.  We cover lots in this podcast and along the way, we pick up some simple...

Welcome back to the Culture Maker podcast. I have a great episode for you today. It's called eye candy and brain decay. Today we are going to learn all about testosterone, the role it plays and how men are triggered, sexually. We're also going to discuss how this is a problem for most men, especially when it drives addiction. And then we're going to look at how porn actually reduces...

Hey, welcome back to the Culture Maker podcast, the podcast that's all about helping men create healthy cultures in their homes. It's great to have you with me. If you haven't met me before, my name is Mike Edwards, and today's podcast is called Serendipitous Sex. It's a rather unusual title, but serendipitous is a word that means something good that happens by chance - wh...

Welcome back to the Culture Maker podcast, the podcast that's all about helping dads create healthy cultures at home, for their partners and kids.  Today we're talking about my favourite subject -  Vision.  I hope today you find this really uplifting, and inspiring, and helps you no matter where you're at today, recapture a brighter vision for your family. So let's get into it!

Welcome to the Culture Maker podcast, the podcast that's all about helping dads lead well at home.  Today is the third episode that I've done that's all about helping us see the things in our homes that need to change, so that we can create the homes that we all want to come home to.  Often we're disappointed with how our homes feel. We're unaware of how our reactions, and...

Welcome back to the Culture Maker podcast. It's great to have you with me. If you haven't met me before, my name is Mike Edwards, and this is a podcast that's all about helping dads create healthy cultures in their homes. Today I'm actually taking you to church... I was asked recently to speak at my church, and so I did a message on how we can create healthy cultures inside of...

Welcome to the Culture Maker podcast. It's great to have you with me! Culture Maker is the podcast that's all about helping dads lead well at home. And last week I introduced shame and how shame is present in each of our homes. And this is a special bonus episode where I encourage us to step out of The Matrix. That is the way that we currently lead, and to take the red pill, which will r...

Welcome to the Culture Maker podcast — the podcast that's all about helping dads lead well at home. And today I'd like you to meet shame. Not a guy called Shane, but a thing called Shame. It's not a thing we think about much but it is hiding in your home and it's affecting your leadership. Today we're going to meet shame and it's going to change the way we lead. Let&a...

Welcome back to the Culture Maker channel. It's great to have you here! Thanks for listening in. Today I interview Richard Black. Richard is from mindhealth.org, and this is a conversation about mental health for men.  We cover a whole range of subjects. It's really good!  We talk about how to manage our reactions at home, and how to create great feeling homes. There's lots of great...

Today I am interviewing, a guy by the name of Paul Stanyer.  Paul is an incredible guy who runs an addiction recovery program called Recovery, and it's tremendously effective. As far as I understand the results are off the charts compared to other sort of comparative programs around the country and New Zealand at least. And we hear about Paul's, personal story as well as the story of oth...

Hey everyone. Welcome back to the Culture Maker channel. Great to have you here, whether I'm catching you on YouTube or on podcast. Thanks for taking the time to listen.  Today I interview a really, neat guy, called, Jay Geldard. Jay, runs a charity trust, called E Tū Tāngata. And it's all about, changing the way we think about ourselves. It's about the negative talk in our lives an...

Hey everyone. Welcome back to the Culture  Maker Channel. It's great to have you here. Today I am interviewing Frank Richie. Frank is a news Talk ZB radio host on Sundays at six here in New Zealand. He's a media chaplain. And he runs a church. He's a pastor of a church. So he's a busy man. Today we talk basically around the need for men to talk to other men. I think we all  ack...

Being a dad is tricky, I know for the ladies listening, being a mum is tricky as well, in-fact, that's an understatement, there is no dad alive that wants your job. But what does it mean to be a dad and why don't we talk about it more. What is a dads job description? This stuff is tricky, because us dads need things kept simple - we don't like complicated. You know, we just want to...

What makes a good dad? My answer might surprise you. It’s not about being a masculine dad. It’s not about being the provider.  It’s not about the amount of time spent with your kids or even being in the same home. Rich dad, poor dad — the outcomes are the same. And being a good dad doesn’t necesarily end with divorce. I’ve been deep diving into dozens of research papers on fatherhood and this week...

In this episode we look at why the Anti Smacking Law in NZ hasn’t worked — whilst digging into the real issues in our homes. The main question I ask is: If the anti smacking law was meant to make our homes look brighter — then why do things feel so dark?

In today's episode I interview Scott McCulloch - author of a great new kids book that you can customise for your child. In this episode you will be inspired to read to your kids and use more language with your child every day. www.hatchstorybooks.com

In today's episode I'm back with James Grafas and we talk leadership development. We discuss why we don't develop leaders, how to do things different, and what this means for us at work and home. This post will help CEO's and fathers with their marriage, parenting and leadership. Enjoy!

We all want our workplaces and homes to be safe - but we’re often too soft to make them that way. We’re not prepared to say what needs to be said, too tired to lean into the mess, or too distracted to see our leadership missing. But we tell ourselves it’s ok — because being soft is safe — forgetting that safe places have structure, limits and boundaries. They’re also lead by engaged and present le...