Guest: Geoff Girvitz Dad Strength is a community of engaged dads who are ready to take the next big leap. They share wisdom on the health, work, and relationship practices you need to get to the next level in your life. Geoff Girvitz is today’s guest and the founder of Bang Personal Training and the host of the Dad Strength Podcast. He has been featured in Vice, GQ, and T-Nation. He is an expert in behaviour design and functional exercise. And, of course, he's a dad. Geoff designed Dad Stre...
Aug 10, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome to the Modern Husbands podcast, where Dr. Ross, Christian, and Brian host national experts who share ideas to manage money and the home as teammates. Today’s guest is Rahkim Sabree CFEI®,RFC®AFC® Candidate. Rahkim is an author, Forbes columnist, and financial coach who focuses on the intersection of financial education and financial trauma as a barrier to achieving financial empowerment. His work has been seen or published in many of the large publications including Business Insider, Bla...
Aug 03, 2023•44 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to the Modern Husbands podcast, where Dr. Ross, Christian, and Brian host national experts who share ideas to manage money and the home as teammates. Today’s guest is Andy Murphy, otherwise known as, The Secure Dad. Andy Murphy founded The Secure Dad in 2016 realizing that every parent is a protector. Andy’s passion is to help families live safer, happier lives. His Amazon best-selling book Home Security: The Secure Dad’s Guide has helped thousands of people around the world. Andy will s...
Jul 27, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Dr. Michael Gene Thomas is the author of Black Financial Culture: Building Wealth from the Inside Out. He is also a Lecturer at the University of Georgia where he teaches Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics. His research involves understanding what factors influence financial well-being across socio-economic status and how to optimize those factors through evidenced-based interventions or therapeutic methods. Dr. Thomas has won numerous teaching awards. Show Notes 0:00-1:00 Introd...
Jul 20, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Shyam Pradheep currently serves as the General Manager of Zogo, having previously worked as the Head of Operations and VP of Customer Success. Since graduating from Duke alongside Zogo’s founding team, Pradheep’s prior roles have given him a holistic perspective that drives the future of not only the company but the field of financial literacy and institutional engagement at large. Since growing up in Muscat, Oman, and living in multiple countries before moving to the United States, Pradheep bri...
Jul 13, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Christian Sherrill is the Director of Growth & Advocacy at Next Gen Personal Finance. His work and passion are to help end the opportunity gap, specifically by guaranteeing all high school students an engaging personal finance course before they graduate from high school by the year 2030. Christian graduated from Dartmouth College. Christian’s wife, Chelsea Hayman, MD is an Emergency Medicine Resident at NYU. Their story and ideas to manage the modern home is full of ideas applicable to many...
Jul 06, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Guest: Aliyha Amani, Tax Attorney at Exxon Mobil Today’s topic is how to support your spouse at home. Our guest is Aliyha Amani. Aliyha and her husband Zo both have pressure packed careers. They currently live in two different cities as they advance in their careers. In this episode, Aliyha shares the modern day coordination strategies they use to manage money and the home in support of each other as they continue to progress in their professions, and how her husband Zo commits to supporting her...
Jun 29, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Justin shares how he was able to get through cancer during a turbulent marriage, focusing on his mental wellbeing and managing his physical health in the ways he could. Justin Birckbichler is a men’s health advocate, testicular cancer survivor, and the founder of aBallsySenseofTumor.com. In 2017, ABSOT won an award for the Best Advocacy and Awareness Cancer Blog in 2017 and Justin was recognized as one of 15 People Who Raised Cancer Awareness in 2017. Additionally, Justin was selected as the win...
Jun 22, 2023•20 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Our guest is Paul Sullivan, Founder of The Company of Dad’s. After 25 years as a journalist, and last with the New York Times, Paul started The Company of Dads, a media company and community platform aimed at Lead Dads – men who are the go-to parents whether they work full time, part time or devote all their time to their families. Show Notes 0:00-0:54 Introduction 0:55-2:25 What Paul enjoys most about being a father 2:26-3:31 Paul shares the accomplishments earned by his children that make him ...
Jun 15, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Today's topic is Equal Partners: How to be a team at home Dr. Kate Mangino has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about issues such as healthy masculinity and women’s empowerment. She brings her lens of social change to her debut book, Equal Partners, which introduces readers to a diverse group of men who are proud to be equal partners in the home. She draws from their examples to offer practical advice as to what each of us can do to rewrite gender norms. Dr. Mangino has ...
Jun 09, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Welcome to the Modern Husbands podcast, where Dr. Ross, Christian, and Brian host national experts who share ideas to manage money and the home as teammates. Today’s topic is Money and Marriage for LGBTQ+ Couples. Today’s guests are David & John Auten-Schneider. With their writing and speaking for DebtFreeGuys.com and Queer Money® podcast, they help queer people (and allies) live fabulously, not fabulously broke. As certified LGBTBEs, they are the queer voice in both personal and business fi...
Jun 01, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Jason Vitug is a bestselling author and inspirational speaker who talks about personal finance and financial wellness. His most recent book is Happy Money Happy Life. Happy Money Happy Life is an exciting and practical discussion at the intersection of our mental, our emotional health, and our money. Today we explore the interconnectedness of money and our overall well being. Show Notes 0:00-1:00 Introduction 1:00-3:00 An overview of Jason’s book Happy Money Happy Life 3:01-4:04 Our basic needs ...
May 26, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Today’s topic is From the Federal Reserve to Budgeting with his Spouse: A Modern Husband's Journey. Our guest is Lorenzo “Zo” Amani, who is the vice president, compliance officer at Industrial Bank. Prior to joining Industrial Bank, he served as a policy advisor in the Office of Consumer Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department and as a senior consumer compliance bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Mr. Amani is ABD status for his Ph.D. in public administration and public affa...
May 18, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Our guest is Dr. Perry Jenkins. She is the author of Work Matters: How Parents’ Jobs Shape Children’s Well-Being and serves as the Department Chair of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Today’s topic is how your job can make you a better parent or spouse. Her latest work has been highlighted in the Harvard Business Review and Washington Post, among other publications. Show Notes 0:00-2:59 Introduction 3:00-5:29 Why she decided to tackle the research proj...
May 11, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Guest: Sonya Lutter, Ph.D., CFP®, LMFT Professor of Practice, Director of Financial Health and Wellness, Ph.D. Program Director School of Financial Planning at Texas Tech University https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/pfp/Lutter.php Dr. Lutter shares how to reduce money induced stress and anxiety in relationships. Sonya Lutter holds a Ph.D., CFP®, and LMFT and serves as the inaugural Director of Financial Health and Wellness at Texas Tech University. She leads curriculum and continuing education opport...
Apr 27, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 1
April is financial literacy month, and in celebration we will be sharing two special episodes focusing on personal finance for your kids. Christian works for the nation’s #1 provider of teacher professional development for personal finance, as I did with the same organization in a previous role and was a former personal finance teacher. Dr. Ross teaches a personal finance class at the University of Kentucky is personal finance. Today we discuss the lessons and resources parents can use to teach ...
Apr 13, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 9
April is financial literacy month, and in this spirit we are dedicating both April podcasts to teaching your children money lessons. Today we will discuss why your child might be deprived of a class dedicated to personal finance, and what to do about it. As context for the discussion, Christian is spending much of the month traveling the country advocating with lawmakers to guarantee a personal finance class for every student, something I did in the past. Meanwhile, Dr. Ross teaches a personal f...
Mar 31, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Dr. Streib is an Associate Professor at Duke University and holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan. She is the author of three books. For today’s discussion we are focusing on The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages looks at how couples who grew up in different class backgrounds think about how to spend money, plan their careers, raise their children, and express their emotions. Show Notes Up to 1:03: Introduction 1:04-1:54: What the book is about. How marrie...
Mar 14, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Ron Lieber will share important lessons for parents about using money as a tool to teach your children values and hacks to pay for college. Ron Lieber is the author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money, which was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. “The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Roadmap for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make,” was published by HarperCollins in January, 2021. Ro...
Mar 03, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Join us for a discussion about investing as a couple and rules put into place to reduce being scammed while saving for retirement. Skip Schweiss, CFP®, AIF® currently serves as the volunteer past president for the Financial Planning Association® (FPA®), the leading membership organization for Certified Financial Planners. In 2020, Schweiss concluded a 12-year career with TD Ameritrade, where he most recently served as President of TD Ameritrade Trust Company and Managing Director of Advisory Ad...
Feb 17, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 5
David Yuan is a Managing Partner at the MindKind Institute where he coaches and facilitates leaders and their teams in self-awareness, well-being, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and conscious communication. David is also an award-winning strategist who has led organizational and cultural redesigns for Fortune 100 companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and the public education sector. Show Notes 0:00-0:50 Introduction 0:50-2:42 Davids work: MindKind 2:43-5:33 How David defines...
Feb 03, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Sarah Suatoni MA, LPC is a Managing Partner at the Mindkind Institute. Sarah is a licensed Professional Counselor with vast experience, including helping married couples. She partners with leaders to develop emotional and social intelligence, mindful presence, and interpersonal skills along with a clear sense of purpose and values. Her corporate clients include Goldman Sachs, Google, and the World Bank. Show Notes 0:00~0:05 Introduction 0:05~2:38 Sarah’s work 3:14~8:19 Gender roles history vs re...
Jan 20, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Money, Men, and Mental Wellness Lawrence founded Mitlin Financial in 2004 and is the host of the Mitlin Money Mindset™ podcast, a podcast that’s all about getting your mind right when it comes to all things money. Milton is an Investopedia 100 Top Advisors 2021 and Top Ten for 2022. Milton is an active volunteer for the National Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Show Notes 0:00~1:00 Introduction 1:00~4:17 What Mr. Lawrence does to bring him joy 4:17~7:30 More about Mr. Law...
Jan 07, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Dr. Michael Gene Thomas is a Lecturer at the University of Georgia. He teaches Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics. His research involves understanding what factors influence financial well-being across socio-economic status and how to optimize those factors through evidenced-based interventions or therapeutic methods. Dr. Thomas has won numerous teaching awards. Show Notes 0:00~0:55 Introduction 0:55~2:27 Why Dr. Thomas is passionate about teaching 2:27~7:19 His approach to teach...
Dec 23, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 2
You may know Philip Olson (and his wife Julia Lorenz-Olson) for their quirky, fun web series Two Cents, a weekly personal finance show on PBS aimed at millennials and Gen Z. Philip and Julia also founded The Art of Finance, an Austin-based financial services firm that helps clients in the creative industry. Listen to how Philip and Julia manage their own money and home together. Show Notes 0:00~1:00 Introduction 1:00~2:00 Two Cents introduction 4:00~6:00 Philip’s family dynamics 6:00~7:45 Benefi...
Dec 09, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Dr. McCoy shares practical tips for talking about and managing your finances with your spouse. Show notes: 0:00-0:53 Introduction 0:54-3:19 Why Dr. McCoy is passionate about financial therapy 3:20-4:58 What Dr. McCoy does at Kansas State 4:59-11:21 Dr. McCoy’s tips on preparing to talk with your spouse about finances → Start small → Write on paper (planning mindset) 11:22-12:45 Other strategies that couples can use to have productive financial conversations 12:46-13:02 Modern Husbands Ad 13:03-1...
Nov 25, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Jackie Cummings Koski’s success was just shared on the Rachel Ray Show, and for our podcast we dive deeper into how she was able to retire a millionaire at the age of 49. Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning and Financial Therapy. She is a financial literacy advocate and Certified Educator in Personal Finance— her areas of specialty are optimizing Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), FI/RE (Financial Independence/Retire Early), Youth Financial Literacy and Stock Investment Clubs. Champion...
Nov 11, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Dr. Lusardi shares with us the most important personal finance concepts couples should understand, what is Inflation and how it is impacting folks now, how men and women invest differently, and how husbands can support their working wives. Show notes: 0:00-0:11 Introduction 0:11-1:10 Why Dr. Lusardi is passionate about financial literacy 1:11-4:50 Financial concepts every person should understand 4:50-6:16 The power of confounding: Rule of 72 6:16-13:21 Understanding Inflation 13:22-17:06 Financ...
Oct 28, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Various surveys have found that fighting about money is the primary reason couples divorce. We hosted incoming Financial Therapy President Ed Coambs to discuss the warning signs of danger and next steps for those who could be facing significant relationship problems that derive from money. Ed Coambs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Financial Therapist-Level I™, and Certified Financial Planner®. He is also the author of The Healthy Love and Money Way. Mr. Coambs is a Master ...
Oct 14, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
For Our first joint podcast, Paul Sullivan, founder of The Company of Dads, and Brian Page, founder of Modern Husbands, come together to discuss what the two groups have in common and where we differ. No competition here, just two men discussing one set of key issues that have come out of the pandemic: what it means to be a Lead Dad or Modern Husband in this changing world of work and home life. Listen to hear what Brian and Paul have to say about money, marriage and the pursuit of dad and husba...
Sep 27, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6
