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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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The Father’s Day Message You Didn’t Know You Needed | General McChrystal
In today's episode, General Stanley McChrystal sits down with Ryan for a special Father’s Day reminder that you won’t want to miss. General McChrystal shares…
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What’s It To You?
They’re different. They are like you in so many ways but they are also so, so, different. What is it to you anyway? MasterClass | Get 15% off any annual…
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These Are The Only Labels That Matter
It doesn’t matter what gender your kids are, you have to help them raise above stereotypes, backlash and culture war fights. Check out Richard Reeves episode…
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When Was The Last Time?
Enter a world different than yours, without the problems of yours, the responsibilities and the cynicism of yours. 📖 Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Check out…
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You Are Capable Of Change
You can let this parenthood thing change you. You can let this make you better. 📕 Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to get the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad in…
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It’s You Who They Deserve To Get This From
We want to feel empowered. We want to be believed in. We want to matter. Every person wants this…and your kid is one of those people. 📚 Book Mentioned: The…
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Don’t Yuck Their Yum | Jefferson Fisher & Ryan Holiday
Communication expert Jefferson Fisher joins Ryan to unpack why every phase, especially in parenting, is fleeting, share wisdom passed down from their…
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The Most Beautiful Model For A Perfect Life
It’s fitting that Marcus’ biggest Stoic influence was his step-father because Father’s Day is just 9 days away! The Dads on the Daily Dad team put together a…
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It’s A Part Of Life
In honor of Father's Day this month, we're featuring some of our favorite entries from The Daily Dad book—like this one about developing resilience in our…
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It Doesn’t Matter If It’s True
Let’s stop getting so hung up on whether this or that really happened. Let’s focus on what it means. 📚 Looking for stories to teach your kids about Stoicism?…
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Transcend This Bitter Math
For all time, having kids has forced parents to make changes. But does that mean we have to lose ourselves, lose all our freedoms? ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad…
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This Is The Real Quality Time
Specially planned days can be special. It’s great to go to cool places. It’s fun to treat our kids. But you know what’s best? Tinker, create and innovate with…
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15 Life-Changing Questions for Parents (In 15 Minutes)
As parents, we worry about having all the answers. Being a great parent is actually more about asking the right questions and not necessarily even of our kids…
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You Make Debts Your Children Must Pay
Our children and grandchildren will live in the world created by your choices. 📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad and learn how you can…
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It Takes As Long As It Takes
You don’t have the average kid. You have your kid. They have their own timetable, their own schedule, their own journey. 🎥 Watch Dr. Edith Eger’s interview on…
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Everyday A Little Goes Away
Our kids don’t grow up at some point, they are growing up. Vessi | Get an instant 15% off your first purchase at Vessi.com/DAILYDAD ✉️ Sign up for the Daily…
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Teach Them To Be Tough (But Practical)
We want our kids to be tough…but only as tough as a situation calls for. We want them to be practical too, to use their brains as well as their brawn, their…
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Epithets For Your Kid
What kind of kid are you attempting to move them toward with the choices you make as parents? 📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad and…
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Curious Kids Are Built, Not Born | Ryan Holiday
In today’s solo episode, Ryan shares how he sparks curiosity in his kids—using long car rides, AI-read articles, and spontaneous learning moments. From…
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They Deserve This Intervention
Our job is to help them see what they do not see (which is so often how what they are doing affects people other than them). 🎥 Watch Wright Thompson’s FULL…
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They See Through It All
They’re not so easily impressed. They don’t appreciate the trappings of your success. They don’t care much for status or seniority. 📕 Grab a copy of the…
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Where Are You Rushing To?
We’re going to wish it away? Because we think something better lies in the future? 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to…
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They Are Not Miniature Versions of You
Our job as parents isn't to create mini-mes or to force our interests and passions onto our children. Our role is to support their unique interests, and to be…
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Neither Of You Know It Yet
Here you are, today, acting like it’s not happening. Here you are acting like you have forever, like it will always be this way. 📕 Grab a copy of Papyrus by…
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You’re Modeling THIS Every Day | Bonnie Tsui and Ryan Holiday
One of the biggest predictors of your kids’ long-term health is how you take care of yourself. They’re watching how you eat, move, rest, and handle life more…
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It’s Good That It Went This Way
If they’d been more like you, you might have had an easier time fooling yourself—fooling yourself that they were an extension of you, that you had a say in who…
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You Must Seed This Habit
You must seed this habit. You must make sure you water it too and do your best never to stamp it out just because you're tired or because the question is…
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It’s Coming Apart In Your Hands
You have it right now. Your child’s childhood is happening right now. 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of…
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Why Be A Ghost?
Every parent has a choice: Will we be an ancestor to our children…or a ghost? 📚 Books mentioned:Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland The Daily Dad by Ryan Holiday…
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Do You Give Them This?
The everyday magic. The special little expressions only they make. The priceless moments that make up childhood. Momentous | Head to livemomentous.com and use…
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10 Reminders to Put Your Kids First
In today’s episode, Ryan shares 10 powerful reminders that every parent needs to hear. Drawing from the lives of Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and…
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Remind Them This Over And Over And Over Again
For all time, parents have had to figure out ways to explain the reality of the world to their children—to make their children strong and resilient in a world…
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This Is What You Do
They need us. To stand firm. To stand with them. To stand closer. 📚 Books mentioned:Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green HIYA | Go to…
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This Is What They’ll Remember
Let's make a commitment today: to put down our phones, to be fully present, and to give our children what they truly want and need—our undivided attention and…
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C’mon, Don’t Do This
They don’t need our cynicism. They need our affection, our belief, our interest. 📚 Books mentioned:Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland The Daily Dad by Ryan…
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Let This Teach You…And Them
Books are a wonderful way to slip past your children’s defenses. A wonderful way to indirectly give them advice. A wonderful way for you both to learn about…
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The Parenting Rule Daniel Pink Swears By
We often think it's the big events that shape our kids, but bestselling author Daniel Pink reminds us it's the ordinary moments that leave the deepest impact…
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The Worthiest Parenting Goal Of All
We're gonna mess up as parents. There are going to be things that don't go the way we want them to go. That's not ideal, but if we can focus on doing great…
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This Is Always Up To Them
As Cheryl Strayed writes in Tiny Beautiful Things, “You don't have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt.” 📕 Grab a copy of Tiny…
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Aren’t We The Lucky Ones?
It could be easier. But we do have it good. We really do. Tinker, create and innovate with KiwiCo! Get $15 off at KiwiCo.com with code DAILYDAD ✉️ Sign up for…
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Our Kids Need To Hear This
The ancients knew that character was fate and we need to remember that with our own kids. 📕 Grab a copy of Right Thing, Right Now as an ebook for $2.99 or grab…
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What Is It Teaching You?
They need us to be the adult right now. They need us to love and support them. They need us to encourage and inspire them. Aura Frames | Save on the perfect…
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Don't Forget That THIS Is Your Responsibility | Ryan Holiday
Make the decision today that you would want another parent to make. To spare you weeks of runny noses and sneezes. Aura Frames | Save on the perfect gift by…
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Take Notice Of This
It can be so frustrating to be a kid. The corrections. The confusion. Which is why we ought to make a little more effort to balance this asymmetry in wisdom…
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Are You Watching Closely?
As parents we have a lot of power over the lens that we bring to each parenting situation, each crisis, each potential frustration. But there is one specific…
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It’s Giving You More Of Them
This season of life, as exhausting and relentless as it feels, is also fleeting. 📖 Looking for a Mother’s Day gift? Check out Storyworth and save $10 on your…
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You Have Two (And Only Two) Options
While so much of parenting feels out of our control—schedules, tantrums, illness, life's constant surprises—we can always control one critical thing... 🎙️…
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It Will Happen Just When You Think It Never Will
There are some things that do not respond well to pressure. There are some things we do not control as parents. So let’s back off a little. MasterClass | Get…
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"You Can't Parent Without Hope" | Maggie Smith
"The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children," writes Maggie Smith in her viral poem…
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Play The Games. They’re The Best.
The little things bring us together. The little moments of joy and silliness. PESTIE | Protect your home from bugs with Pestie. Go to pestie.com/dad for an…
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Isn’t This What Parenting Is All About?
Meditations is a parenting book—one of the greatest ever written. Because at its core, it's about the transmission of wisdom and values from one generation to…
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What Are They Giving You?
The Stoics remind us that everything has its compensation…if we choose to see it, if we choose to welcome it. Tushbaby is here to make parenting a little…
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What If It Was One Of Yours?
We have to remember that courage and justice—the two most essential Stoic virtues—demand that we open our hearts and direct our actions at a slightly larger…
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This Is One Of The Only Times
These are the moments we have to hold onto—the ones we have to carry with us for all the times when it feels like we’re falling short, when life feels…
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A Special Father-Son Afternoon | Ryan Holiday Takes His Son To Hamilton
Tag along as Ryan takes his oldest son to see Hamilton—his latest obsession. In this episode, Ryan reflects on how the father-son outing went, why it’s crucial…
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Are You Wearing This Mask?
We wear any number of masks—one that covers up our pain, our fears, our doubts, perhaps even one that displays the person that we truly are. 📖 Looking for a…
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It’s An Almost Holy Thing
If you’re not careful, you’ll miss it. 🎥 Watch Josh Brolin's FULL episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ-6PW-CsdE 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and use promo…
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Play The Games…While You Can
Every family has them. The small but special little exchanges. 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of this…
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This Is What To Wish For
You have, right now, what your future self desires. Focus on what’s right in front of you. 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and use promo code DAILYDAD to get 35% off…
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This Reminds You How Lucky You Are
Yeah, these kids are crazy. Yeah, they are a lot…and take a lot out of us. But aren’t they also the best? 📚 Grab a copy of Small Things Like These by Claire…