Front Row Dads with Jon Vroman

There are few things in life that can test a dad's patience more than putting the kids to bed with a screaming baby in your arms while their rambunctious siblings are doing everything but trying to go to sleep.

Everyone has their breaking point and the urge to yell at your kids can be overwhelming. On a good day, you realize that you don't want to become the scary monster in their bedroom before unloading on them. So what do you do when you're at your wit's end during the bedtime routine?

Today, we're talking about what happens when we get angry with our kids, being rejected when asking for forgiveness, and what to do when "I'm sorry" isn't enough.

My guest today is Curt Storring. Curt is a husband, father, entrepreneur, and a successful men's group facilitator. After struggling with anger issues and depression in his first few years of fatherhood, he knew that something had to change if he wanted to become a better father to his kids and a better human being.

This led him to create his Dad.Work group and podcast with a mission to hurt less and love more. Even though Curt has put in the work, the reality is the work doesn't end. There's always another test or challenge on the horizon as a father.

I asked Curt to share a couple of stories from some of his recent blowups with his kids, and I can't tell you how much I appreciated his willingness to be vulnerable and to share his breakthroughs. Sometimes we just need to hear that we're not alone, especially when we're in those dark places.

All right fellas, let's dig in. Enjoy this conversation and let’s continue the journey and evolve to become better fathers and husbands to our family.

One last thing, our next Online Summit is coming up on May 19th and we’re going to be focusing on some of the topics we discussed in this episode. We have some great guest speakers lined up to help with some actionable strategies and ideas that you can implement right away to be a better father and husband.

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Curt Storring Podcast Highlights

• Is there anything that could break a man’s heart more than their child rejecting them when asking for a hug?
• How to understand the triggers and patterns that cause us to become triggered.
• Why wishing for an apology from our own parents in adulthood is wasted energy, and how we’re better off by letting go and moving on.
• No matter how much we feel that we’re failing as a father, kids need their father to be a part of their life so don’t ever give up.
• Why saying that you're sorry doesn’t always work if you’re just saying the words. A real apology is more than words.

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While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

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So much of our progress is based on our time to think. It’s built in the recovery process and the time your body has to reflect.

I think these trends of excellence and patterns of progress are foundations to our success as dads.

On today’s part 2 of a 2-part episode, we’ve got Andrew Kuhn and Matt Drinkhahn talking about effective implementation on the boundaries we make.

How do we learn new things and implement them into our calendars for our families and businesses?

Check out today’s episode to find out! And if you missed out on part 1, click here to listen to the rest of the discussion.

Andrew Khun & Matt Drinkhahn Part 2 Highlights

• What’s the strategy/process to learning information, deciding what’s important and implementing change in your life?
• How does journaling and The Miracle Morning help you to achieve your goals?
• Growth comes from consuming knowledge and information and process decisions quickly.
• Learn to consume information with intent.
• What is the Slight Edge strategy?
• Be intentional in how you use your battery.
• How do you know when to stop consuming information and how do you know what to consume?
• Who are you being better for?

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Want access to the full show notes, including links to all resources mentioned during today's conversation? Visit FrontRowDads.com/301

Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood!

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Gentlemen, I am thrilled to share this conversation with you today. If you've been following the podcast, a question that comes up fairly often in various forms is: How do we stay emotionally centered and live our purpose while being so intensely focused on achievement?

If we're unable to answer this question, we won't be able to show up at full capacity for ourselves, our children, and our spouses.

Today's guest is Jairek Robbins, who believes work should support our life, not the other way around. Jairek found success in life through trial and error. Ultimately, he envisioned his dream life and wasn't afraid to give everything to see it become a reality.

During his journey to becoming one of the top performance coaches in the world, and a loving father and husband, he had to wrestle with the doubts and insecurities that tried to pull him back. He also had the pressure of following in his father's footsteps, one of the legends in the field of personal growth, Tony Robbins.

In this episode, we dig into Jairek's upbringing and what it's like living with two high-achieving parents, the importance of mindset in overcoming life's obstacles, and the steps for mapping out your dream life.

Jairek Robbins Podcast Highlights

• Not every strategy we use with our kids is applicable in every stage of their lives. Find out how Jairek learned this through his relationship with his dad.
• What was the pressure like growing up with Tony Robbins as a father?
• Don’t be afraid to suck at things. Embrace the suck, and in time you’ll become great.
• Soak up the mindset, habits and routines of people you spend the most time with. But choose wisely!
• Judge people according to their actions, not their words.
• Your dream life starts with mapping out your dream day. What does the perfect day look like to you?

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Want access to the full show notes, including links to all resources mentioned during today's conversation? Visit FrontRowDads.com/349

Want to learn more about Front Row Dads?

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood!

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I'm thrilled to have my dear friend Hal Elrod with me. Hal's global influence is legendary. His groundbreaking book, The Miracle Morning, has sold over 2 million copies, has been translated into 37 languages, and has transformed the lives of millions worldwide, including mine.

In today’s conversation, Hal shares what initially inspired him to create The Miracle Morning and why he decided to publish an updated and expanded edition of his masterpiece.

He also opens up about how escaping certain death, not once but twice, has inspired him to become an even more remarkable dad and husband.

A Wide-Ranging Conversation Through...

• Decide first, panic later
• The power of making public promises
• The philosophy of “Just do it”
• From zero to speaking hero - no ads required
• Fake it till you make it
• Balancing fatherhood with financial struggles
• From “Me, myself and I” to “For the greater good”
• The recipe for a Miracle Morning
• Family moments that got away
• Standing tall on the shoulders of giants
• How Hal beat cancer
• Mastering the art of saying “No”
• Rejecting “All-or-Nothing” parenthood
• Creating an epic life from rock bottom

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When should you stop rescuing your kids? How much should we let our kids struggle?

My guest today grew up with altruistic visionary hippy vegetarian parents in a logging community. Yep, you heart that right.

Dr. Skylar Pond and I had a killer chat about combat sports, comfort zones and what it takes to be the toughest SOB in america.

Other rabbit holes we travel down...

• The story of Calcio Storico in Florence, Italy
• How to view kids sports
• When parents overprotection hurts
• How hard should dads push their kids?
• What is tempo failure and why does this prevent injury?

QUOTE

• “They see me fail and I see them fail and we grow together. We have that relationship with the challenges that we take.” - Dr. Skylar Pond
• “I think it’s cool when our kids can learn about those experiences from their parents and they can say ‘my dad really stepped up, he really did adventurous things.’” - Jon Vroman

PEOPLE MENTIONED

• Steve Austin
• Dean Karnazes
• Malcom Gladwell

EPISODE RESOURCES

• SportsMedNW.com
• Follow on Twitter, Insta, Facebook
• Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
• Home Game
• Calcio Storico
• The Broken Skull Challenge

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr. Pond’s life took a turn toward sports medicine when he suffered a tear in his right shoulder while pursuing a passion in competitive rugby. The options posed to him were a) get the shoulder surgically repaired or b) stop tackling people and having fun-- so he chose c) develop a demanding and experimental shoulder stabilization routine and continue to play pain-free. After his successful experiment, he was inspired to pursue a degree that would give him the opportunity to share that same level of success with others. Now as a sports chiropractor, Dr. Pond is a resource to coaches and athletes who seek an alternative to injury care beyond rest, ibuprofen or surgery.

As a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, he serves as the team physician of Seattle's Pro Rugby Club, the Seattle Seawolves and The Ivan Salaverry MMA Team.

Dr. Pond does his best to practice what he preaches, he's currently a blue belt competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and he has competed for ten years in Kettlebell Sport, CrossFit and The Broken Skull Challenge.

We are in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home, or if you’re ready for the best coaching and true brothers to grow with, Join The Brotherhood

Are you getting all the shows? Subscribe today!

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