Brand New Father Podcast

Brand New Father Podcast is a place to find encouragement, real life stories, struggles, wins and some lessons to help you become a better dad today than you were yesterday!
Millennials were supposed to change the parenting status quo and make engaged fatherhood seem totally unexceptional. Even, if we are the most engaged, involved generation of fathers in history (which we probably are), the everyday grind of fatherhood is far from easy.
This podcast is my outlet for sharing my story and opportunity to connect with those who share the same values, and want to join me. Let’s build a community where new dads can be heard and understood.

Latest Episodes:

080 Interview with Tom Schwab Jul 08, 2016

Show notes

Tom Schwab is a proud father of 4 ranging from 16 to 28 years old. He's also a fairly new grand-dad. He brings on an awesome mix of his own experience mixed with insights that he sees now in his son-in-law.

Among many other topics, here's some of my favorite ones that we get into in today's show:

The mistake he made as a new dad and how the same thing plays out with his son-in-law
Importance of setting boundaries with extended family and grandparents.
His biggest fear before becoming a new dad – not being enough. And how to overcome it.
Importance of having a sense of humor and surrounding yourself with other awesome/involved dads.
Challenges of being away (deployed) for long stretches of time and how to overcome these.
Setting priorities – there are certain things you can ONLY do in certain stages of life. Being a new dad and involved is one of them.

Tune in and enjoy the show!

Connect with Tom:

LinkedIn (/in/thomasmschwab)

Facebook (/ThomasSchwab)

Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/080

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079 Interview with Phil Carson: Stress management Jul 04, 2016

Show notes

Dr. Phil Carson has been married for 30 years and has 5 happy and healthy children.

Dr. Phil is a pharmacist and president of Carson Natural Health. He thinks outside the box of traditional medicine and committed to leading people to finding the root cause of their health problems and not just treating the symptoms. He's also passionate about encouraging and teaching people how to live more balanced, healthier and vibrant lives. Among many other topics, he talks a lot about stress and its effects on our body and soul, so today we'll focus mostly on that:

signs of excessive stress as new parents,
potential lifestyle changes to deal with that stress better,
one hidden contributor to post-partum depression that usually isn't talked about much.

Whether you struggle with new parenthood and stress quite a bit or not, today's episode also provides tips on how to keep that stress at bay.

Tune in!

Connect with Dr. Phil Carson:

Website (carsonnatural.com/)

To access Dr. Phil's gift (coming soon), head on to:

www.carsonnatural.com/BrandNewDad

Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/079

078 Interview with Dave Chesson Jun 24, 2016

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Dave is dad to 3 kids ranging from 2 to 16 year old.

He's an active duty military guy for US Navy. And he missed out on a lot of the early years with the first child and he realized that military life is quite tough to fit in with the family. One thing lead to another and September 1st 2016 is a day he retires from service and becomes full-time online entrepreneur and a dad.

In addition to his personal journey we'll go deep into:

Redefining what success means to you and how they did this as a family.
Getting on the same page with your partner.
Importance of rules and boundaries to protect family time from work and vice versa. (At the same time not being overly rigid with these rules.)
His "key" to staying connected with your partner when becoming parents.

Tune in!

Connect with Dave: Website (Kindlepreneur.com)

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Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/078

077 Interview with Aaron Walker Jun 17, 2016

Show notes

Aaron is a a dad to 2 grown daughters and a grand-dad to 5 grandkids.

He's a true family man and also a successful business man.

He's been in mastermind group with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller and other successful Nashvillians for almost 2 decades. Because of his own success, Aaron encourages everyone to gather an accountability group around them to excel in business and in life.

He also runs personal accountability groups and mentors other men to lead significant and successful lives.

In addition to the importance of accountability groups, we're talking about:

His story of finding financial success but still becoming depressed.
Reviewing one's priorities and not taking family for granted.
Having success and significance – being successful, but not at the expense of one's family life.
Setting boundaries in one's life to be more in present and connected with the family.

Tune in to today's episode!

Connect with Aaron:

Website (ViewFromTheTop.com)

Twitter (@VFTCoach)

To access Aaron's gift, head on to:

www.ViewFromTheTop.com/NewFather

Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/077

076 Interview with Eric Davis, former Navy Seal sniper instructor Jun 10, 2016

Show notes

Eric Davis is a dad of 4, ranging from 9 to 23 years old.

Eric's a former Navy SEAL sniper instructor and an author of "Raising Men - What we learned in SEAL training and taught to our sons"

He has taken the proven performance principles leveraged by elite units and repurposed them for entrepreneurs, business leaders and parents since 2008. He's a founder of ericdavis215.com – an online resource focused on delivering the situational awareness, transparency and knowledge people require to live a good life and lead others to do the same.

In addition to lessons from Navy SEAL program, we're talking about:

How no one's born a dad. Importance of personal development, being in training and becoming a better self so we could lead other do the same.
How most of us know exactly what to do, but get stuck on the "how to".
Instead of chasing a life balance, why we should just identify what matters most, assess and prioritize and put these in our daily schedules.
Common flaws in today's idea of masculinity.

What I love most about today's episode is that Eric takes his job as a parent as seriously as he took his job as a Navy SEAL. It's something we should all do – be more conscious in our decisions and actions as men and as dads.

Tune in!

Shownotes for this episode: BrandNewFather.com/076

Connect with Eric:

Website (EricDavis215.com)

Facebook (/ericcharlesdavis215/)

Twitter (@EricDavis215)

075 Interview with Matt Schneider of the CityDadsGroup.com Jun 03, 2016

Show notes

Matt is a dad to 2 boys and he's been a stay-home-dad for about 10 years.

He's also a co-founder of City Dads Group, a dynamic and diverse community of nearly 6,000 fathers in 23 cities across the United States. Matt works with reporters, brands, and entertainment outlets to encourage more accurate and positive portrayals of fathers and fatherhood in media and advertising.

He also hosts the Modern Dads Podcast, a bi-weekly show featuring authors, journalists, and top parenting experts.

In today's episode we're talking about:

His journey to becoming and being a dad he wants to be.
How becoming a dad was a bigger life change for him than getting married.
What's it like to be a stay-home-dad.
Tips on how to stay connected with your partner during the first year of parenting.
City Dads Groups and the importance of having a peer group of other dads.
Changing roles of today's dads.
New Dad Boot Camps that help and encourage dads to get involved early on.

Tune in! --

Check out CityDadsGroup.com to see if there's a group near you.

And listen to the Modern Dads Podcast.

Shownotes: www.BrandNewFather.com/075

074 Book review: "Tears and Tantrums" - How do you deal with them? May 30, 2016

Show notes

In this episode I share couple of takeaways from the book: "Tears and Tantrums – What to Do When Babies and Children Cry" (by Alehta Jauch Solter.

It makes a case for crying and throwing tantrums is completely normal part of childhood and us as parents should accept it and learn how to deal with it properly.

Apparently, crying serves as a vitally important stress-release mechanism and by letting infants release tension we're actually helping them.

Tune in for the benefits of following that concept and some actionable tips on what to do when you're dealing with a crying baby.

Show-notes page (for all the links and cliff notes) at: BrandNewFather.com/074.

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073 Interview with Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman May 27, 2016

Show notes

Charlie is a dad to a 2½ year old little girl and they're expecting another special delivery in the end of this summer.

Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman is a professional mixed martial arts fighter in UFC, a speaker, a mentor and an author.

In 2011, he was ranked as high as #7 in the world, and in 2015, he published his autobiography, Driven: My Unlikely Journey from Classroom to Cage.

In today's episode we're talking about:

What it's like to be a dad to a little girl when having this "tough guy" image.
Strategies he's used to balance pro fighter career and the role of a husband and a dad.
Ideas to remain close with the partner in the turbulent times.
Accepting the reality when it gets overwhelming.

Tune in!

Connect with Charlie:

For more information on his programs and to subscribe to his blog, check out www.charlie-brenneman.com.

Check it out! It's awesome :)

P.S. If you enjoyed today's show, please share it with a fellow soon-to-be or a new dad. That's the best compliment you can give me and the show!

Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/073

072 Common source of conflict for us as new parents May 23, 2016

Show notes

Although I believe that our relationship is as fulfilling as it has ever been… I'd be lying if said that it's perfect or heavenly bliss all the time.

In fact we still struggle with our communication at times, we still miss each other's points and at times it seems that we're listening but we don't hear the other person. And when that happens, we end up hurt, we take it personally and we try our best to put it behind us, but every now and then it takes a lot of effort.

Tune in to get my thoughts on our common conflicts sources and couple of tips I've learned from them.

Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/072

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071 Interview with Mike Granek of TopDaddies.com May 20, 2016

Show notes

Mike Granek is a dad to 3 kids – 8 and 5 year olds and to a 1 year old baby.

He's also a successful entrepreneur and an award winning event producer with two decades of experience in the special events and entertainment industries as well as in business.

After owning his own businesses, working a stressful corporate job and being laid off, Mike decided to shift focus to spend more time with his family and learn to be the best dad he can be.

Among other topics in today's episode Mike and I are talking about:

Dealing with serious sleeplessness and navigating everyday life when sleep deprived.
Accepting the reality when things don't go as planned,
and communicating with partner and using teamwork during tough times.
The importance of social support for (new) parents.
Putting your life in perspective as parents.

You can hear Mike's positive attitude throughout the whole interview when he talks about the unexpected challenges they have faced as parents. This is a true lesson of importance of having a sense of humor when faced with adversity!

Tune in!

Connect with Mike at www.TopDaddies.com

Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/071

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