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How to Get Clarity About Your Life Purpose

Have you discovered your real purpose in life? On The Father Show our guest Doug Osness who is known as the Big Why Guy tell us just how he can help you discover your why. Doug has developed a one-of-a-kind tool to help you discover your life purpose with only 3 words or less. Whether you know or have no idea what your “Why” is, he will help you get clarity. 

How Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD Lead to 4 Suicide Attempts

Our guest Michael Parker who after leaving the military was diagnosed with PTSD, depression, and anxiety has attempted suicide 4 times. While working on ranches in Hawaii, Michael discovered healing through working with horses and in nature. Fueled by his desire to help others overcome their struggles and using the tools that helped him, he set out to create Second Chance Rehabilitation Ranch, which just launched its first program, Healing Retreats for veterans and first responders.

Formerly Incarcerated, Entrepreneur, and Father

Aaron Smith a college graduate, formerly incarcerated, entrepreneur and father shares his up to now life’s journey. Aaron tells how he took want he learned in college he used for his street hustle which ultimately got him put in federal prison. Aaron took the experience of prison to turn his life around and to learn from fellow inmates how to be a better and legal entrepreneur. Now he is the founder and CEO of Escaping The Odds is a media company which provides a podcast that highlights other formerly incarcerated men and women, resources for formerly incarcerated that is very helpful to everyone. Aaron shared about the struggle it has been to build a relationship with his daughter. He gives some great advice as to how to go about it.  

Holistic Wellness for Black Men

Tresaca Hamilton who is the founder and CEO of The Sid Center, a behavioral health company specializing in holistic mental health and wellness programs for Black males' mind, body, and spirit. The Sid Center's premier program the Black Men Healing Circle focuses on providing Black men internationally with a safe space to receive healing, inspiration and self-care. She tells us how a holistic mental health and wellness program can and should work together with your physician and your therapists. You can also pick up her book "The Black Men Healing Handbook" on The Sid Center website. The center also offers an intensive behavior intervention program called Hope 180 that is designed to dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline for Black boys. 

Addiction, Is It Real

Porn addiction, is it a real addiction and how would you know you are addicted? Dr. Rob Weiss from Seeking Integrity, LLC based out of Los Angeles, California tells us the signs to look for. Dr. Weiss said that with modern technology porn is something that people of all ages watch and have access to. When it comes to our kids, Dr. Weiss informs us that there are ways to help parents when they find out their child is looking at porn. In this video he tells us that in most cases your child is looking at porn and how to respond when you find out he or she does. Dr. Weiss is the author of ten books on sexuality,  technology, and intimate relationships, including Sex Addiction 101, Out of the Doghouse, and Prodependence. Dr. Rob’s Sex, Love, and Addiction Podcast is currently in the Top 10 of US Addiction-Health Podcasts. Dr. Rob hosts a no-cost weekly Sex and Intimacy Q&A on Seeking Integrity’s self-help website, SexandRelationshipHealing.com (@SexandHealing). The Sex and Relationship Healing website provides free information for addicts, partners of addicts, and therapists dealing with sex addiction, porn addiction, and substance abuse issues. 

How Men Can Get Sober & Ameliorate Mental Health

Chris Howard from ETHOS Recovery knows first-hand the wake of destruction that individuals and families experience as a result of addiction and mental health disorders. Chris grew up in a home with a mentally ill mother and experienced the hardships and challenges that come with caring for someone in a continuously fragile mental state. As a young man, Chris turned to drugs and alcohol at a very young age to help escape his troubles at home. For more than a decade of struggling with addiction, Chris finally was forced to make a change in 2009. Hear his amazing story of not only becoming sober but also how he ended up owning Ethos Recovery / Lifestyle Interventions when he really had no intention of embracing long-term sobriety. He also gives us insight on how a parent can tell if their child is doing drugs. Is there a difference between mental health and addiction? Chris tells what he believes is the difference. He also explains how addiction can make a man struggle with his masculinity.

Parental Alienation/The Genderless-ness of Domestic Violence by Proxy

Joan T. Kloth-Zanard a Parental Alienation expert and Board President of PAS Intervention, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. She informs us that a parent who is an alienator suffers from some form of PTSD. She said most alienators were abused as a child physically, sexually, or psychologically. She explains how Parental Alienation is another form of Domestic Violence by Proxy. Joan lets us know that there is hope when a child reaches certain ages. As an alienated parent she gives you solutions as to how to keep in contact with their child so they don’t feel abandoned. She tells us how learning critical thinking skills can help. Learn which court and the type of changes you can file if you are being alienated against. Her book Where Did I Go Wrong? How Did I Miss the Signs? Dealing with Hostile Parenting and Parental Alienation and Broken Family Bonds are two books that can help.  

Parental Alienation & Family Violence

What is Parental Alienation and are you a victim of it? Dr. Jennifer Harman an Associate Professor of Psychology at Colorado State University and the President of the International Council on Shared Parenting came on The Father Show to provide information on Parental Alienation and Family Violence. She gives the primary definition on Parental Alienation. She explains that alienation doesn’t always began after a divorce. It could happen even in a couple current marriage. She has a book out called Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Societies Promote the Alienation of Children from their Loving Families. 

Overcoming a Life of Domestic Violence

Dom Waltower is an inspirational speaker who uses his professional and personal experience to speak about domestic abuse and what is necessary for abusers to change their lives. He tells the type of intervention needed to work towards a solution to Domestic Violence. He tells us what made him change to become the man he is today, the man that can co-parent, and becoming the man that sets the example for his boys. He talks about how one of his sons spoke about what it was like growing up in a domestic violent home. 
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How Fathers Can Communicate Effectively with Their Kids

Our guest Dr. Denny Coates of Performance Support Systems gives us ways we as fathers can communicate with our sons and daughters effectively. From his book titled Connect with Your Kid: Mastering the Top 10 Parent-Child Communication Skills he outlines 5 of those skills.