When you are faced with a painful situation, how do you respond? Do you run away and avoid or do you face your pain head on and run through it? This episode I talk about why we should face our pain and how it can lead to healing and restoration. https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/h2AequGX7Pb
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Marriage and Parenting with Intentionality -Nick Martin
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jt-zahradnik/episodes/Marriage-and-Parenting-with-Intentionality–Nick-Martin-e23lp53 S4 #005 “Whatever standard you set for them, they will follow.” On this episode of DADtalks, I am joined by Nick Martin. As you listen you will begin to pick up on the theme of intentionality as we talk about how to be intentional with your spouse, kids, and in life.
Dealing with your anger, couple’s counseling, the chaos of parenting and letting kids be kids – Taylor Miles
S4 #002 On this episode of DADtalks, I interview Taylor Miles. Taylor and I discuss a variety of topics covering dealing with our anger, the messiness that is parenting, and finding the balance of helping our kids mature but also letting them be kids. Taylor shares how the pandemic and his wife’s health struggle brought …
Divorce and Raising Kids in a Blended Family
S2 #006 On this episode of DADtalks, I interview Matt Miller. Matt is a guy I met a few years ago through a mutual friend and I never would have thought I would be interviewing him to hear his advice or input on divorce and blended families. It is pretty awesome to see how God …
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Work Hard. Be Tough. Be your best self – JC Zahradnik
S2 #002 On this episode of DADtalks, JT interviews his older brother, JC Zahradnik. JC and his favorite assistant coach aka his wife, Beth, work together to help their team of 4 “Work Hard. Be Tough. Be their best self.” We talk about our shared childhood experiences, how the skills needed to be a great …
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How can you find balance in your life as a dad?
S2#001 Dads have can many roles that they are trying to play and the struggle comes as they try to find the balance to perform all of them well. Does balance just mean giving equal time to all roles so one is not neglected? Or is there a better way?
DADTalks: Purple Rain, Whiskey, and Legacy – Toby McCarter
#007 – In the first interview on DADTalks, JT talks to long-time friend and mentor, Toby McCarter. Toby and JT talk about growing up without a father present and the impact this has on a young man. The two also share some laughs from the crazy days of Toby’s childhood as well as some insights …
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Shaping The Story Your Kids Will Tell When You Are Gone.
#006 I think a lot of us dads live passively because we didn’t have a high standard set by our dads. Not saying all of our dads were bums but some of our parents had the mindset of; you got the basics met, what more could you possibly need? What if we lived with a different …
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DADtalks: What is Legacy?
#005 – Part of our job as dad’s is to leave a legacy. Or I should say we leave a legacy regardless, so it’s up to us whether that legacy is good or bad. So how do we work on legacy especially if we have been handed down a not so great legacy or we …
DADtalks: Do we have to experience pain in order to grow?
Episode #004 “It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud (sorrows and suffering) he brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something. His purpose in using the cloud is to simplify our beliefs until our relationship with Him is exactly like that of …
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