The Daily Dad

The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.

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We Must Cultivate This Skill

While being a parent is very different today than it was in ancient Rome, we modern parents face a similar daily battle for mindfulness. 📕 Pick up a signed copy of Stillness Is The Key by Ryan Holiday at https://store.dailystoic.com/ Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society Tinker, create and innovate with KiwiCo! Get 50% off your first month with code DAILYDAD at KiwiCo.com ✉️ Sign up for the Dai...

Jul 08, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1714

This Is What They (And We) Forget

Things were more straightforward then. Things were easier then. Things were better back then. You’ve heard your parents' generation say some version of this. 📚 Book Mentioned: The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society Tinker, create and innovate with KiwiCo! Get 50% off your first month with code DAILYDAD at KiwiCo.com ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDa...

Jul 07, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1713

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