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Let Them Miss a Day Mar 03, 2026

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This stuff is not that serious. None of it is.

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You’ll Think This Later; Might As Well Feel It Now Mar 02, 2026

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It’s kind of crazy how crazy things are right now. All that you have going on. All the stress that raising a family entails.

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The Most Expensive Parenting Habit | Ryan and Sam Holiday Feb 28, 2026

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If you’ve ever been called “airport dad” or married to one, this episode is for you. From school attendance to airport stress to the worst-case scenarios we play out in our heads, Ryan and Sam talk about the cost of constantly expecting something to go wrong and what might change if you didn’t.

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This is a Violent River Feb 27, 2026

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Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone—those that are now, and those to come.

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Interest is Interest. Take It. Feb 26, 2026

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Take the opportunity. Encourage the interest. Show them that you’re interested in what interests them.

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It’s Not a Goal to Be Impressed By Feb 25, 2026

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Why is it that so many of us try to impress ambition on our kids? Why are we trying to push them to become famous or powerful? Have we not seen the people who tend to get to these positions? Have we not seen how it works out for them?

📚 Looking for stories to teach your kids about Stoicism? Check out Ryan Holiday’s books: The Boy Who Would Be King and The Girl Who Would Be Free: A Fable About Epictetus

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Show Them How to Be Bigger Feb 24, 2026

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What matters is responding with kindness and love. What matters is knowing that they are good and that they are loved and nothing anyone else thinks can change that.

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You’ve Gotta Be On the Same Timeline Feb 23, 2026

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You might not be able to keep track of the time zone or the days anymore, but that’s not an excuse for forgetting what’s going on with them.

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The Secret to Raising Kids Who Don’t Lose Hope | Sharon McMahon Feb 21, 2026

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It’s our job as parents to remind our kids that they’re not powerless, that no matter what’s happening around them, they can create change in themselves and in their communities. In this episode, Sharon McMahon, author of The Small and the Mighty, joins Ryan to talk about how we instill real, grounded hope in our kids and help them see that making a difference isn’t reserved for someone else. It’s within their reach.

Sharon is known as “America’s Government Teacher,” and after years as a high school government teacher, Sharon now runs the non-partisan, fact-based Instagram account @sharonsaysso. Sharon just released her book, The Small and the Mighty, where she proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks.

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Check out Sharon’s podcast Here’s Where It Gets Interesting and follow her on Instagram @SharonSaysSo and on X @Sharon_Says_So

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You’ll Miss This If You Take It For Granted Feb 20, 2026

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There are consequences to our decisions, the decision to work too much, to check out of a marriage, to not deal with our issues. The problem is that we fool ourselves believing that we can live with those consequences.

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Composed by Roseanne Cash

Stillness Is The Key by Ryan Holiday

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