The Father Show with Mike Thompson‘s Podcast

Finance Budgeting, Investing, Parenting as a Single Dad

This episode is with the owner of Budget Management, LLC and current Bay City, Texas Mayor Robert Nelson who notice that a lot of people did not have the financial savvy and literacy that they really needed to move their life forward. If you really want to build generational wealth, in this video Robert tells us what money is, how to work with money, how to save money, how to spend money, how and when to invest your money, and having a budget. You might ask yourself, why is this important? Kids emulate their parents. If you are not teaching them by example, how are they supposed to learn how something is done?

Three Crucial Mistakes That Men Make

This week’s episode is with Jason Kreidman of Dad University. Dad University was established in 2016 to help dads learn what we are not taught in school and support dads across the world. Jason explains how important a man’s mind-set is. He tells us how we as men should have more compassion for ourselves. Jason gives three examples of crucial mistakes that men make. Jason tells us what he wants his kids to learn from him. Through Jason’s course, videos, podcasts, social media and speaking, they help businesses, organizations, and schools communicate with dads. Dad University's mission is to get more dads involved, increase parenting effectiveness, and help dads find work/life balance. He is a keynote speaker for organizations, businesses, and schools that want to either enhance participation of their dads or provide education and parenting skills of their participants.

Why Self-Awareness and Authenticity Matters

Jayne Sanders is a MASTER Scientific Hand Analyst and Transformational Coach. In this week’s episode she tells us what hand analyst is and how it works. With a corporate background and 3 coaching certifications - Purpose, Law of Attraction, and Spiritual Life Coach – and featured in a FORBES article about her work, Jayne Sanders helps leaders, business owners, and teams, love their lives and their work.

Using her extensive past corporate experience, along with Scientific Hand Analysis and her proprietary Coaching process, she reveals your purpose, special gifts, and blind spots, then guides you into the inspired meaning, passion and fulfillment you crave in life and work. Jayne believes we all have a purpose and was put on this earth for a reason. If you have not figured out your life purpose, you should get in touch with her. She is offering The Father Show audience a special price, a discount of $100.00 off. All you have to do is follow this link Https://bit.ly/3mrHjUv  for the $397 special price on a full Scientific Hand Analysis with summary report and recording. Her website is  https://www.purposewhisperer.com

Parenting a Child with ADHD, Asperger’s, or Autism

Michael Uram, MA, LMFT, LPCC is the Founder and CEO of Uram Family Therapy, a private practice psychotherapy office dedicated to helping their clients live their authentic lives by treating anxiety, depression, ADHD, Asperger’s, High-Functioning Autism, OCD and related conditions using Evidenced-Based techniques, such as, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Problem Solving® (CPS), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and more. Michael gives us insight as to what a father needs to know and how to become the best father he can be while raising a child with Asperger’s, Autism, or ADHD. He informs us that there are little to no support groups dedicated to helping fathers facing these challenges. However, Michael gives us ways to help father’s that want to know how to connect with their child who has Asperger’s or Autism connect with them. He tells us the hardest lesson he had to learn about being a father. Michael has written a book that was released in February 2021 called, “Parenting & Asperger’s”. It is a simple guide to understanding your child’s unique traits and having an open mind on how to support and connect with your child. It is available through all major book publishers. You can reach Michael at uramfamilytherapy.com

The 3 Blocks of Intimacy

This week’s episode is with Judy Graybill who is a relationship healer and a certified stepfamily coach. Judy works with men, women, and couples who repeatedly argue, can’t agree on a solution, and long to feel the connection again. She’s gifted at identifying a strategy that can transform conflict into connection and partnership. Everything we talk about today focus on how men are being in a relationship. The 3 blocks of intimacy. Are you focusing on the end goal and what is that? Men must learn how to truly be intimate within their relationship. To really have a connection with the person you are in a relationship with. What does that mean and how can we get there? She tells us to think about empowerment. Judy has published 2 free e-books available on her website. You can find her on Instagram, YouTube, BlogTalkRadio and www.JudyGraybill.com, and stay tuned for more from Judy.

Father & Sons: Masculinity Men, and Relationships

Appearing on this week’s episode from Stony Brook Psychotherapy & Wellness is psychologist Dr. John G. Cottone who has a private practice in Stony Brook, New York. He’s here to talk about an article I read of his entitled Fathers and Sons: Masculinity, Men, and Relationships. It highlights the tricky nature of relationships between men. Being a father and a son himself he informs us as to why relationships matter and why men should find a therapist to strengthen relationships. He talks about the unwritten rules of the pecking order between a father and son and males’ social groups. He explains how this pecking order keeps males avoiding traits like tenderness and emotional sensitivity that would maybe make them look vulnerable. Dr. Cottone has numerous peer-reviewed research publications in neuroscience, psychiatry, psychotherapy outcome and moral reasoning. He is also a regular contributor to Psychology Today where he has a blog entitled The Cube, and he is the author of three books, including, Who Are You? Essential Questions for Hitchhikers on the Road of Truth. You can email him at MindCube3D@gmail.com, check out his YouTube channel Mind Cube 3D (youtube.com/channel/UCcuWgaynspx77K4vavXIRfw) and or his blog The Cube on Psychology Today (psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-cube ).

The Importance Role Dads Play in the Birth Process as Well as the Postpartum Period

This week’s episode is with Kyndall S. Cooper of The Kynship Birth Collective who is a doula that specializes in working with new parents. She explains what a doula is, what they do, and how they can help before, during, and after a pregnancy. How important can a doula be to an expecting dad? Kyndall provides great details on what a father-to-be role is. She gives great advice on how we as men can help the expecting mother. She makes it clear as to how what the expecting mother is feeling affects the unborn child's mental foundation. Since she has worked with kids from the age of 0-3 years old, she explains what a father can expect and need to know. How, even with twins, each child is different and you have to treat and interact with them differently. We hear how bonding with your child is so Important. Kyndall provides ways that we can make that happen.  She lets us know what fathers should be mindful of. You can reach Kyndall at kyn@thekynship.com    

The Seven Traits of Effective Parenting

On this episode of The Father Show our guest is Daniel Huerta who is the Vice President of the Parenting and Youth Department at Focus on the Family. Danny oversees initiatives that equip parents to disciple and mentor the next generation, so that they can thrive in Christ. He is a bilingual, licensed clinical social worker. We talked about the 7 Traits of Effective Parenting from his book by the same name. Daniel tells us how we can correct our child when we have teachable moments. He gives examples as to what we as fathers should do when we have those correctable moments but we didn’t handle it in a way that the child we really learn from their mistakes. He teaches us how we can recognize the different invitations your child gives to build a better bond. We talked about how a child picks up on the emotion in the room and what you should do about the times big emotions show up. At the end of the show he tells us dads something that we really need to grab hold of. You can find more on the book Seven Traits of Effective Parenting on focusonparenting.com 

How to Conduct and or Represent Yourself in Family Court

If you are a father that is going to family court soon or in the near future, this week's episode is a must see. Michael Watson who is a professionally qualified social worker and author of two books, Family Court: Giving Evidence in Family Court and his second book is Represent-Yourself-Family-Court. He has over 33 years’ experience working with children and families. Michael is an expert in the family court at assessing parenting relationships and the various needs of children. He talks about how a person's emotion can hinder a person to stay objective. How to present all the evidence you have to the court. He tells us how a person should conduct themselves in court. He also talked about how important both mother and father are to the child. Michael even gives good examples as to when a parent should not be in a child’s life. Whether you have an attorney to represent you or you are doing it on your own, the information Michael Watson talks about is so important. You can reach him at familycourtcoaching@gmail.com. Learn what the hardest thing to do in court is. 

How to Build an Intimate Relationship That Last a Lifetime

On this week episode we talked about How to Build an Intimate Relationship That Last a Lifetime with author, counselor, and a pioneer in the men’s and fatherhood movement Randell Turner, Ph.D. He has authored award-winning resources for National Center for Fathering, National Fatherhood Initiative, Prison Fellowship, and Fatherhood.gov. Randell Specializing in healthy masculine intimacy, he has dedicated over 20 years in working with men who feel broken, rejected, isolated, and lonely because of their struggles with “intimacy ignorance.” Dr. Turner says most men think of intimacy as something that leads to having sex. Intimacy is not something that men discuss or are taught. He says intimacy is who they are rather than what they do. He tells us that there are 5 different types and 5 different characteristics of intimacy that are all supposed to work together. Dr. Turner informs us that learning how to be more intimate helps with relationships with your kids, siblings, friends, and others in your circle. It allows people to bond with each other on many levels. His personal and professional experience inspired the creation of Rescuing the Rogue designed to equip men in forging intimate relationships to last a lifetime. His most recent work includes two small group study guides: Transformational Life and Relationship Foundations. We are going to have Dr. Turner back. If you have any questions about intimacy, email them to thefathershow@gmail.com and we’ll get the answers for you.