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The Daily Dad
The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- The Daily Dad
How Will You Choose To Look At This?
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You’re Not The Only One
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Are You Making Time for Yourself?
You want to encourage them to learn, to enrich themselves, to stay curious, to build skills and find something they love. But what do you do for you?2 DAYS…
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They’re Coming For You
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Who Do They Behave For?
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Do Ryan and Sam Ever Actually Talk to Each Other?
Ryan and Sam sit down in the studio and attempt to have a normal conversation. Kids, animals, marriage, miscommunication… and plenty of unexpected turns along…
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How Much Is Already Gone?
It goes by very fast…and when it’s gone, it is gone.🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of this at The Daily…
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Would You Do This For Them?
When do you make time to do the things that you need to do? The things you want to tackle and clear out and fix up and organize Because those things start to…
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You’re Probably Wrong
If you’re arguing or fighting with your kids about something, you’re wrong, ok?📚 Book Mentioned: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents👉 SPECIAL OFFER…
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Are You Modeling This for Them?
Our children aren't just observing our daily routines—they're being taught what it means to be an adult from our exampleSPECIAL OFFER exclusively for podcast…
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They Haven’t Learned This Yet (and That’s Wonderful)
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Why You Wake Up Feeling Behind (And How to Fix It) | Oliver Burkeman
Ever wake up already feeling behind, before the emails, before school drop-off, before anything has actually gone wrong? In this episode, Ryan talks with…
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Make the Most of This
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Don’t Ever Apologize For This
Stop worrying what random strangers think. Worry what your kids will think.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join…
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They Don’t Know How It Works
They’ve literally never done this before. This is their first time on the planet.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…
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Let Them Miss a Day
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You’ll Think This Later; Might As Well Feel It Now
It’s kind of crazy how crazy things are right now. All that you have going on. All the stress that raising a family entails. 🏛 All time can be quality time…
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The Most Expensive Parenting Habit | Ryan and Sam Holiday
If you’ve ever been called “airport dad” or married to one, this episode is for you. From school attendance to airport stress to the worst-case scenarios we…
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This is a Violent River
Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come.🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to…
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Interest is Interest. Take It.
Take the opportunity. Encourage the interest. Show them that you’re interested in what interests them.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools…
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It’s Not a Goal to Be Impressed By
Why is it that so many of us try to impress ambition on our kids? Why are we trying to push them to become famous or powerful? Have we not seen the people who…
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Show Them How to Be Bigger
What matters is responding with kindness and love. What matters is knowing that they are good and that they are loved and nothing anyone else thinks can change…
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You’ve Gotta Be On the Same Timeline
You might not be able to keep track of the time zone or the days anymore, but that’s not an excuse for forgetting what’s going on with them.👉 Give yourself the…
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The Secret to Raising Kids Who Don’t Lose Hope | Sharon McMahon
It’s our job as parents to remind our kids that they’re not powerless, that no matter what’s happening around them, they can create change in themselves and in…
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You’ll Miss This If You Take It For Granted
There are consequences to our decisions, the decision to work too much, to check out of a marriage, to not deal with our issues. The problem is that we fool…
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Don’t Overthink It. Take Them Out.
No one has ever looked back as their kids grew up or at the end of their own life and thought, “Perfect attendance was worth it.”👉 Give yourself the ultimate…
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How Much is Left?
It’s crazy. It’s painful to think how little we have left, how little is left of their childhood, how little time there is left, period. You can let that…
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It’s About Those Ordinary Days
It starts off so exciting. You’re thrust into a totally new situation—you have a kid. And then so much happens and keeps happening. But then what happens?👉…
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They Can Make a Difference
Why do we tell our kids stories? Why do we tell them about history? Teach them about George Washington, Martin Luther King, Cinncinatus, Florence Nightingale…
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Why We Don’t Buy Each Other Gifts Anymore | Ryan and Sam Holiday
In this episode, Ryan and Sam talk about unspoken expectations, why they stopped doing big gifts, and and why fact-checking each other’s memories might be the…
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Isn’t This When You Feel Love the Most?
Of course, we try to tell our children we love them. Sometimes they receive it. Sometimes they roll their eyes. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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Who Will You Be?
Which parent would you rather be, then? Imperious and impossible to please? Or fun and proud and loving?📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily…
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Look At You, You Made It Out
Your kids are lucky. They have someone who is present, who is loving, who is intentional. But that doesn’t mean the work is done.👉 Give yourself the ultimate…
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Show Them How to Be Particular
Show them the difference between picky and particular, between factual and fatuous, between compromise and compromising your standards.👉 Give yourself the…
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It’s Supposed to Look Like This
Your house is for living. Your life is centered around your kids. It makes sense that things look and feel (and sometimes even smell) that way.👉 Give yourself…
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Stop Doing These 5 Things as a Parent
In this episode, Ryan breaks down five common parenting “don’ts” that even thoughtful, well-intentioned parents fall into. He talks about why these parenting…
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You’ll Never Regret Doing This One Thing
When they’re young, when they’re bored, when they’re full of energy, when they’re older, when you need to talk, early in the morning before school, when you’re…
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Just Get The Van, Man
You’re going to regret that you were stubborn. You’re going to regret that you insisted on things being harder than they needed to be. You’re going to wonder…
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Maybe You Should See if They’re Ready Now?
Kids aren’t ready for something one day and then the next they are. So wait and be ready.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…
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Respect The Ratio
Before you reprimand or correct, you should check the ratio. How many times have you already said that today?👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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It’s Not Meant for This
Our kids are not meant to stay in their rooms. Our living room is for living. Our kids deserve the run of the whole place.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of…
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The Parenting Rule Jesse Itzler Swears By
What your kids want from you is simpler than you think. In this episode, Jesse Itzler shares a simple parenting rule with Ryan that reshaped how he shows up…
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Are You A Parent To Yourself?
A person who is a friend to themselves, Seneca wrote, is an aid to all mankind. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community…
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Maybe You Should Try Again?
It might have been the wrong day. They may have been the wrong age. Maybe they were in the wrong mood, maybe you were in the wrong mood. Maybe you should try…
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Why Are You Taking This Personally?
This is how teenagers have been for all time. So why do we take their personality so personally?Let’s not write the year off just yet. The Daily Stoic New Year…
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Tell Them It’s Never Too Late
It’s never too late to make a change, to start a new career, to quit a bad habit, to get in shape, to apologize, to mend relationships, to try that new thing…
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You Do This for Both of You
Taking care of yourself is contagious. It will spread throughout your house. And so too will a bad example, if that’s what you choose to set.👉 Give yourself…
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Mel Robbins on Why Trying to Control Your Kids Backfires
When your kids are struggling, your first instinct is to step in and make it better. In today's episode, Mel Robbins explains why that instinct can actually…
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Think About How it Feels to Them
It’s easy to forget how many people would love to be in your position, who are dreaming of the opportunity to have what can so often feel like a burden or a…
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This is How We Fool Ourselves
We fool ourselves that none of these individual decisions matter. We fool ourselves that the consequences are manageable…which they are until suddenly, they…
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Do It While There is Still Time
It’s never too late to change and improve, but we should also be aware that the clock is ticking, the windows are closing. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of…
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You Just Made That Up
In the course of a day as parents, we make hundreds, thousands of assumptions. Most of these assumptions are faulty. We’re just making them up…even though they…
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This is How to Connect with Them
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America—a day we reflect on his life and legacy. One particular lesson from Dr. King can help us better connect with our…
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The Choice No Parent Is Ready to Make | Ezra Frech
Growing up with a disability meant Ezra Frech was made to feel different from a very young age. What gave him unshakeable confidence wasn’t his athletic…
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It Takes a Lot Out of Us
We made a decision to have kids many years ago and then for years, that decision works on us, shaping, changing, transforming us.📚 Book Mentioned: The…
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If You Can Now, You Should
Later, they might not want to anymore. Later the opportunity might not exist.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community…
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If They Can’t Tell, You’re Doing It Wrong
They should be able to be maniacs…because that’s what kids are. And you, as a well-regulated mature adult, should be able to handle this. 👉 Give yourself the…
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Keep Celebrating These Little Wins
When did we get so jaded? Why don’t we acknowledge the little stuff anymore?📖 Grab your own copy of the Daily Dad Five Year Reflection Journal|…
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They’ve Always Been This Way (So Get Ready)
Kids are kids. Always have been and always will be. 📚 Pick up The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/👉…
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The Parenting Habit You Don’t Appreciate Until Years Later | Ryan and Sam Holiday
You can live these years without writing anything down, but you will miss more than you think. In this episode, Ryan and Sam talk about why journaling is one…