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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
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Why Can’t You Enjoy This?
You wanted this for so long. To have this happy family. And what are you doing with it?👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…
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We Need This as Much as Our Kids Do
As parents, we need philosophy just as much as our kids do. Parenting demands the four Stoic virtues: courage (to do what’s hard), discipline (to follow…
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It’s Good They Make You Do This
They make us sit down for meals. They pull us away from our desks. They made it harder, if not impossible, to multi-task. They get us to put the phone down.👉…
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Are You Making Them Hungry?
For generations, some parents have tried withholding praise, withholding pride, withholding approval so that their kids don’t feel entitled to it. The idea is…
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It Shifts Your Focus
Your focus may shift in parenthood, but that’s what’s meant to happen. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The…
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Why Sam Didn't Read Ryan's New Book... | Ryan & Sam Holiday
In today's episode, Ryan is in the hot seat as Samantha asks him questions about his latest book, Wisdom Takes Work, which released this week. They talk about…
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This Lie Can Crush Them
As parents, it’s our job to help them navigate the hard parts of life, not actively avoid them. 📖 Wisdom Takes Work by Ryan Holiday is out NOW! Grab a copy…
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Why Are You Interrupting This?
Right now, they’re interested in something. Right now, they’re being curious. Why are you interrupting this?📖 Wisdom Takes Work by Ryan Holiday is out NOW!…
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Are You Leaving Them These Debts?
Our generation, just as all past generations have, make decisions in the present that have consequences borne primarily by future generations. But these future…
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Help Them Find Their Classroom
We all want our kids to do well in school. You want them to enjoy learning. We just need to understand that every education is different. Because every kid is…
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Encourage This Habit in Them
How do we help them become lifelong learners? Well, it starts with being one yourself.📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series…
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8 Honest Lessons Every Parent Needs to Hear
If you’ve ever felt like everyone else has parenting figured out, this episode is for you. Ryan shares eight pieces of advice that are honest, imperfect, and…
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Are You Making Exceptions (For Your Exceptional Kids)?
We are in the debt of teachers and grandparents and mentors who didn’t treat us as the average but as the extraordinary individual we were and thus gave us…
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Who Is Putting Who On A Schedule?
Kids need routine. Kids need consistency. If you miss a window, there could be hell to pay. So we put them on the schedule and we try to stay on it.Give…
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You Can Definitely Give Them This
We can do more and we should try to do more, but let’s make sure we are at least doing this.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and…
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If You Don’t Do It, Who Will?
Maybe you don’t like it. Maybe you think it’s a bad idea. Maybe you’re scared for them. But you know what? It doesn’t matter.📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan…
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How to Get Them to Love Learning
We’re afraid they’re not learning enough. We’re concerned they’re falling behind. Is it the school? Is there something wrong with them?📖 Preorder the final…
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The Truth About Being Married to Ryan Holiday During a Book Launch
Reading Ryan Holiday’s books is one thing. Living with him during a launch? That’s a whole different story. In today's episode, Ryan and Sam talk about how…
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Don’t Hurry Through This
We’re always in a rush. We have to get them ready for school. We have to finish up dinner. We have to get them off to bed. Give yourself the ultimate gift of…
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How Many Times Have You Told Yourself?
We try to be conscious of this. Of how fast their childhood goes by. Of the need to be present. To enjoy this. To soak it in. And then what do we do?🏛 All time…
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Help Them Figure It Out
You’re here because you yourself are eager to learn more every day—about parenting and raising great kids. You yourself are modeling lifelong learning and…
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As It Was in the Beginning is Now and Ever Shall Be
Why would you think you’d be exempted? Why are you so easily surprised or frustrated by it? Why are you so eager to blame? 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan…
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You’re Not in This Bracket
Things might be safer than they were in the past, but that doesn’t exactly help you relax, does it? 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic…
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Why Kids Don’t Want to Be Astronauts Anymore | NASA Astronaut Terry Virts & Ryan Holiday
Remember when every kid wanted to be an astronaut? Not so much anymore. Today, Ryan talks with former NASA astronaut Terry Virts about why that dream has…
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Always Put This First
We don’t have to grit our teeth and hold our breath and hope for the best.📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Series: "Wisdom Takes…
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Teach Them To Deal With Difficult People Like This
Life is filled with difficult, frustrating people. As parents, we encounter this reality daily—at work, in traffic, even at our children's afterschool…
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We Can Close the Distance
They seemed like they lived in their own world. They were so big, so strong. They were closed off to us. When we were kids, many of our parents were quite far…
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This Is How You Remind Them Of Your Love?
You care about them more than anything. You would die if anything happened to them. And how do you show this?📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The…
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It’s About Them. It’s About Them.
We want to keep their clothes clean. We want them to get good grades. We want them to learn good behavior. All this matters, sure…a little.📖 Preorder the final…
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How We Take Day Trips With Our Kids | Chet Garner & Ryan Holiday
The best way to teach your kids about the world is to actually go see it. In today’s episode, Ryan shares how simple day trips have created unforgettable…
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Do You Know What You Look Like Angry?
No one looks good angry. Worse still, that image can etch itself into our kids’ brains for a long time.🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion as a…
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This Is Why You Can’t Relax
It’s not enough to just handle what you can handle. We have to help each other handle what needs to be handled. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The…
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It’s Here Now
Yes, another listen in the car. Yeah, they want to watch it again. Can’t we listen or watch or do or talk about anything else?📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan…
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Are You Showing Them How To Be a Student?
We have to show them we have not graduated, we are not on summer break, and we have not arrived at the final destination of education. 📖 Preorder the final…
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We Can Be Heroes, Too
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. It could also be said that many an accomplished and heroic parent is resented (or feared) at home. Because like…
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THIS Is One Of The Best Skills You Can Give Your Children | Melinda Wenner Moyer
Why is self-compassion so hard to practice, and even harder to teach our kids? In this episode, best-selling author Melinda Wenner Moyer shares the three key…
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You Won’t Do It For Them?
For someone else, we’ll do it because they ask, because it’s a social obligation, because, because, because. But then when it’s our kids...📖 Preorder the final…
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Above All, And Beyond All, Give Them This
We all worry about helping our kids. Sometimes we worry we don’t know exactly how to help them. Sometimes we worry if we’re helping too much—or not enough.📖…
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It’s Always Coming And Going
We’ll never do this, never be here, never see them again. So shake the sleep from your eyes, shrug off the frustration or the fear and just be present.📖…
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Show Them How To Do This
Curiosity isn't just for children—it's a lifelong pursuit that brings joy, fulfillment, and wisdom. And like any worthwhile pursuit, it requires intention and…
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Want Them To Listen? Do This.
You want them to listen. You want them to respect you. What’s the secret?Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The…
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Raise Kids Who LOVE Sports, Not Just Winning | Candace Parker & Ryan Holiday
How do you get your kids into sports without pushing them too hard, or worse, making them hate it? In this episode, Ryan sits down with one of the greatest…
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Show Them How To Do This
We can’t make them a specific kind of genius. But we can make them smart…Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The…
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Do This While You Still Can
Thankfully, right now, in this moment, you’re not pinned under a tractor. You’re not on a plane that’s about to crash. You know that you have the power and…
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This Is Always The Remedy
Show your kids that it's possible to control how you react.🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause & Reflect Medallion as a reminder to pause. A pause creates space. A…
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It Goes From ‘Watch Me!’ to ‘Get Out!’ Real Quick
Take the invitation while it’s still being offered. Give your attention while it’s still desired. Because soon enough it won’t be.🏛 All time can be quality…
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This Is All You Can Do
We are not going to be perfect. We are going to fall short. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…
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31 Books A Parent Should Read (The Ultimate Reading List)
Instead of learning by trial and error, you want to learn from the trials and errors of others. You want to learn from the experiences of others. Nowhere is…
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Can You Give Them This?
We have to do this. We can give them this unusual advantage.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…
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Is This Fixing Anything?
This is what kids do. They cut corners. They value the wrong things. They don't put the effort in. As parents, this bothers us.🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause &…
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This Is Why We Teach History
Human history is dark. It’s full of evil and hypocrisy. And this is what we send our kids to school to learn about? 🎥 Watch Wright Thompson’s FULL interview on…
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Why Do You Think It Will Be Worth It?
We say we’re doing all this for our families, but are we?Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad…
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Why Did You Expect Anything Else?
You had an expectation and then you met reality. Welcome to being a parent.Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join…
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Talking About Taylor Swift Turned Into a Parenting Lesson | Ryan and Sam Holiday
Taylor Swift, book deadlines, and parenting—this episode covers it all. Ryan and Sam dive into the pressure to keep producing, the difference between intrinsic…
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Isn’t This What We Want Ourselves?
They doubt themselves. They wonder where they fit in, whether they matter. It’s our job to help them with this. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting…
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We Have To Do This For Them
We have to show our kids that we’re never done exploring what’s possible, that we haven’t stopped asking why. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The…
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Who Decides Who Gets What?
We are in control of our lives. Let’s demonstrate it. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society…
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Yelling Doesn’t Undo It, You Know
Remember your children need your guidance, not your yelling. Your connection with them matters more than temporary control.🪙 Carry The Daily Stoic Pause &…
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This Is What They Were Thinking
Understand—and remember—that they are where they are, are who they are. They are developing. They are experiencing. They are figuring stuff out.Give yourself…
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Every Question Is an Invitation — Accept It | Ryan Holiday
A seemingly simple question about Godzilla sparked an engaging conversation between Ryan and his son. Ryan shares how he approached explaining complex concepts…