The Present Father's Podcast

We've all heard and seen the cliche New Year's Resolutions. People hitting the gym in January or saying they'll change something. Usually these last a month, maybe two and then people revert right back to their previous self. Instead, we are exploring the Personal Annual Review. This looks back at your year and gives you a chance to think about what you did well and what can be an area for growth. Then set realistic goals with the SMART method to ensure you improve in the coming year!

Tonight, with our Guest, Scott Hinshelwood, we discuss Childhood Cancer and the work St. Jude Children's Research Hospital does to combat it and care for families. Scott is a cancer survivor and former patient of St. Jude and now works for them as an adult. Please join in the Christmas spirit of giving consider making a donation to the hospital here: https://tinyurl.com/cses4bvt

Tonight, we discuss leadership in the face of adversity using the book "Endurance" by Alfred Lansing. Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. Our special guest is John Michael Clark who is a pastor and leads a program for men called The Family Captain. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.

George's Dad, Steve, shares his story and advice for fathers who are going through or have gone through divorce.

Important advice for new and future fathers!

Tonight we are joined by Dr. Willard F. Harley Jr. You can find all of his resources on https://www.marriagebuilders.com/ Biography: Willard F. Harley, Jr., Ph.D. is best known as author of the internationally best selling book, His Needs, Her Needs: Building An Affair-proof Marriage. Over four million copies have been purchased, and it is available in twenty-two foreign translations. Dr. Harley earned a Ph.D. degree in psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1967 and has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Minnesota since 1975. For the first ten years after earning his degree, he taught psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. During those years, he was also a frustrated part-time marriage counselor with little success in helping couples. In 1973 he discovered that he was not alone in his failure to save marriages — almost everyone in the marital therapy profession were also failing. So he spent the next two years designing an entirely new approach (see How Dr. Harley Learned to Save Marriages). When his success rate skyrocketed in 1977, he resigned from his teaching position to counsel full-time. Over the next ten years his solo practice developed into the largest network of mental health clinics in Minnesota (thirty-two locations) with over one hundred psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and chemical dependency counselors working with him to provide a full range of mental health services. He became the exclusive provider of mental health and chemical dependency services in ten counties, and had offices in other counties as well. One of his responsibilities was to write support materials for the clinical program he directed. He created over one hundred questionnaires and wrote numerous articles that were given to clients as part of their therapy. Among the materials he wrote was His Needs, Her Needs, which was first published in 1986. Although it was written to be a support text for his marriage counseling program, within three years it had become a national best-seller and a basic reference for marriage counselors throughout the nation. By 1988 he found himself spending almost all of his time administering his clinics, and very little time doing what he enjoyed most — improving his marital therapy program. So he began turning his clinics over to the counselors who worked with him, and the ownership of his last clinic was transferred in 1993. Since then, he has written 19 more books and hundreds of articles. Dr. Harley continues to write, speak, and lead seminars throughout the US and Canada. Information regarding booking arrangements for his weekend seminar is found at How to Fall in Love and Stay in Love Seminar. Dr. and Mrs. Harley also host a daily one-hour call-in show, Marriage Builders® Radio. It can be heard on radio stations and on the Internet. They have been married for 58 years and live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. They have two adult children, who are now working with them as marriage coaches, four grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.

Staying healthy and maintaining a good level of physical fitness is highly important as a dad. It sets a positive example for your children and helps ensure you can live longer to enjoy life with them!

Jeremy Harrell is a husband, father, and US Army Veteran. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Global War on Terrorism. Jeremy served honorably for nine years and was a Non-Commissioned Officer before getting out of the Army. After leaving the Army, Jeremy went to school at Mid-Continent University studying Business Management. Jeremy went on to become involved in Operations Management with companies such as UPS. In 2017, Jeremy founded Veteran's Club INC, which is a premier nonprofit that assists Veterans in healing from PTSD, TBI, Substance Abuse, and to assist homeless Veterans with housing and programs to get them back on their feet. Jeremy's organization Veteran's Club INC has a nationally recognized Equine Facilitated Mentoring Program for Veterans and their families as well as Kentucky's first and only Tiny Home Community for Homeless Veterans. Jeremy is often called upon by both local and national media outlets to speak on Veteran issues, Social Issues, PTSD, Homelessness, Suicide Prevention, Foreign Policy, and more. Jeremy has been featured on Fox and Friends, CNN Prime Time with Chris Cuomo, 700 Club, History Channel, and more for his leadership and advocacy.

In today's episode we cover the book "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek.

In tonight's episode we explore the book by Dr. Meg Meeker named "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know". Brandon is leading the discussion and covering the key principles taught in this book. Our discussion will focus on how important it is as father's to teach emotional intelligence to our children and model it for them in our own life. You can find the book on Amazon for about $10.