The Dad Train

Resilience helps you adapt and recover when faced with challenges, stress and adversity. It’s an important skill to have and fortunately, it is something that can be proactively developed.

Hadleigh Fi…

Joe Newman is the author of Raising Lions and he specialises in helping parents manage strong-willed children.

These are the kids who are often labelled as ‘problem children’. But Joe calls them Lions…

Glen ‘Doc’ Murdoch is a successful entrepreneur, coach and author of multiple books. He has trained, mentored and coached thousands of people around the world and inspires many with his enthusiasm an…

Strength-Based Parenting is a style of parenting where you deliberately focus your attention on harnessing your kids’ strengths before you start trying to fix their faults or weaknesses. 

This may sou…

Do you struggle with anger issues? If so, you are not alone. Many dads share this problem. But as psychologist Nick Wignall explains, anger is not the real issue and the concept of anger management i…

When you first become a dad, it can be a very challenging time. Something which can help a lot is to be able to talk with other dads who are going through the same thing.

Whilst local mother’s groups…

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a valuable skill for dads and is also something we can teach our children. In this episode, Scott shares five practical ideas to help you and your kids develop emotiona…

Leroy has been helping dads regain their fitness and confidence for over a decade. The Fit Dad Lifestyle supports a worldwide community of dads who are on a mission to be good role models and leaders…

The birth of your child is an amazing experience, but it can also be scary. It’s common for dads to feel a bit useless. That’s where Brian Salmon “The Birth Guy” can help. He teaches dads how to be b…

If you are looking for an easy way to lose weight, without losing muscle, then Intermittent Fasting could be the answer. 

What started as a trend amongst bodybuilders, has since become mainstream and …

There’s no secret to happiness, but there is a science. That’s what today’s guest is here to tell us. Dr Melissa Weinberg is a Psychologist who specialises in ‘Subjective wellbeing’ and has done a lo…

“No matter how strong you are on the outside, you can’t do it alone”. This is Heath Black’s message to anyone suffering from Mental Illness. And he should know. As an AFL player, he reached his physi…

Why do some people obsess about sleep and others seem to neglect it? 

Sleep is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, just like nutrition and exercise. But as Sleep Physician David Cunnington expla…

Research by John Gottman discovered four behaviours that were statistically linked to divorce. We discuss how to identify and manage these behaviours in your relationship. 

They have been labelled “Th…

Whatever new skill you would like to learn, these principles can be applied to master it faster and more effectively. 

Scott H Young has developed a system called Ultralearning, which is a proven stra…

How much screen time is safe? What are the risks of too much? And why are devices so addictive? Dr Kristy Goodwin answers these and other common concerns about kids and technology.

Whatever age your c…

Welcome to The Dad Train podcast, where we explore ideas and strategies on how to be a better man, a better partner and a better dad. 

Being a dad is an amazing experience, but it can also be challeng…