The Dad Edge Podcast

Have you noticed that it's almost impossible for you to have fun anymore? Do you feel guilty unless you make every minute of your day productive? Do you feel stressed, depressed, and isolated? This show will help you break free from anxiety and enjoy life again. Today we have Charlie Hoehn on the podcast. He is a TEDx speaker and the author of Play It Away: A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety. We talk about his frightening experience with severe anxiety and how he found the ridiculously simple, drug-free cure to our modern day stress. For the show notes and exclusive links in this episode CLICK HERE.

If you listened to our previous show, you learned how Matt Miller developed a side hustle that allowed him to make money while he slept. However, most of us don't make the leap into starting a side hustle for one reason–fear. In this short episode, I go over four powerful reasons why we shouldn't let fear stand in the way of developing other sources of income. For the show notes and links in this episode CLICK HERE.

Personal finance is one of the most popular topics on this show, and in many of our previous episodes we've learned about the need to to diversify our income. Today we have side-hustle entrepreneur Matt Miller on the show. He has been a guest on the biggest podcasts out there, such as Pat Flynn (The Smart Passive Income Blog), John Lee Dumas (Entrepreneurs on Fire), and Jamie Masters Tardy (Eventual Millionaire). Matt Miller is a husband and father of three who spent the majority of his life working for a W-2 job. Like most of us, any kind of work/life balance eluded Matt. He didn't have much time with his family or as much income as he liked, so he decided to develop a side hustle by embarking on a business that is often overlooked – vending machines. He now lives life on his own terms and helps others do the same. For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

Anxiety and depression are common this time of year. So are colds and flus. Today we're going to to revisit Adrain Chavez to learn more about how the gut and its bacteria affects our mood, immunity, and performance. We also talk about why antibiotics send our body into a cycle of sickness what supplements and natural antibiotics we can take instead. For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

As men, leaders, fathers, protectors, and providers, it's up to us to take action when it comes to our health and the health of our kids. We need to make sure we put high-quality nutrient-rich foods into our bodies to perform our best and prevent disease. But let's face it – the American Diet sucks. Most of our food comes out of a package and is loaded with chemicals, sending our gut health into mass chaos. Today we have Dr. Adrian Chavez on to talk about how processed foods affect the microbes in your gut and how this huge population of living bacteria affects every aspect of your physical and mental health. For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

In the previous episode, I had "Sex with Emily" on this show. As a female, a doctor of Human Sexuality, and a beautiful woman, Dr. Emily Morse gave us some fantastic tips on how to break the silence when it comes to talking about sex with our spouse. Most of us men in The Good Dad Project community have been married for awhile and things have cooled off in the bedroom department. Dr. Emily Morse said that it only takes 6 months to 2 years for the honeymoon phase to wear off. When kids enter the picture, making sex a priority is harder than ever. Whether you are a husband or a wife, most of us can agree that we want amazing sex lives with our partner. In this short episode, I go over 5 small ways to make huge improvements to your sex life. For the show notes and links in this episode CLICK HERE.

When we're married and have kids, the whole bedroom thing tends to take the backseat. It's hard to make sex a priority, but we want it to be. Today we have the host of the Sex with Emily podcast. Dr. Emily Morse is a celebrity relationships and sex expert with a doctorate in Human Sexuality who began her show the first year podcasting started. Sex is always a huge topic on this show, and in this episode, Emily and I have a fun, laid back conversation about how to have amazing sex in your marriage. We cover just about everything a guy wants to know, so take notes! For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

In our last episode, Wes Chapman shared his horrific story of trauma and how throughout his whole life he had been told that he would never be a normal, successful, happy person because of what he went through. Wes healed and soared above his past. If he believed in his heart what all the doctors and adults told him, he would never be able to become the extraordinary man he is today. It's bad enough when other people are putting us down, but for many of us, our worst enemy is ourselves. We tell ourselves we're not good enough, that we're not capable, or that we're inadequate. This negative self-talk silently kills us every day. In today's short episode I give four questions we can ask ourselves to crush self-sabotaging thoughts. For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

The story you're about to hear is unlike anything we've ever had on this show before. Today we have mega-entrepreneur, Wes Chapman. He has been featured in Forbes, Inc., CBS, ABC, Tech Crunch and TEDx. He is a husband, a father of two, and the founder of A Human Project. Wes may seem like the picture of success, but he has a dark and painful past that many would not survive. From the time he was born, Wes was physically, sexually, and mentally abused. He was abandoned by his father and then his mother. He was put into group homes and psych wards where doctors told him that his mental and emotional problems would prevent him from ever living a normal life. Wes Chapman believes that absolute self-honesty is the key to healing and he is pure proof. In this episode, he shares the story of his incredible transformation, and how he triumphed over victimhood to wake up the hero within. For the show notes and exclusive links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

What are you willing to suffer for? This is the question we must ask ourselves when it comes to all the choices we make in our lives. Do we choose to eat poorly and suffer with bad health? Or do we deprive ourselves of our favorite junk food and beer to look and feel great? Do we reward ourself with the latest shiny new thing and suffer debt? Or do we discipline ourselves so that we can have financial security in the future? This show is all about choosing your struggle. For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.