Remember that real parenthood, real family life , isn’t the curated illusion on your Instagram feed. It’s not pristine homes, it’s not spotless designer furniture, and it’s definitely not easy. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society Fishing Booker | With Fishing Booker , you can compare prices, read verified reviews, and even message the captain before you book — so you know exactly what to ex...
Dec 22, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1857
In today’s episode, Ryan shares a rare behind-the-scenes moment when his kids start to realize what he actually does, and then his son takes the mic to ask the questions. You’ll hear him interview Kenny Curtis , host of Nat Geo’s hit kids podcast Greeking Out , in a genuinely fun, curious, and unexpectedly thoughtful conversation, and later Ron Chernow , the historian behind Hamilton . 🎥 Watch Kenny Curtis’ episode on The Daily Stoic Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAu5_O-KZNg 📚 Pick ...
Dec 20, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1856
Anything you do together as a family brings you closer and makes lasting memories. Make 2026 the year you start a new tradition with your family for the new year. Make 2026 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life. No more waiting. Demand the best for yourself. The Daily Stoic New Year New You challenge begins January 1, 2026. Learn more and sign up today at dailystoic.com/challenge . 👉 Get The Daily Stoic New Year New You & all other Daily Stoic courses for...
Dec 19, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1855
A lot of parenting can feel like trial and error. But when we make mistakes, we can own up to them. MasterClass | Get 15% off any annual membership at MasterClass.com/RyanHoliday ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Dec 18, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1854
Look, we know our kids grow when we sign them up for things—when they do sports, when they take classes, when they volunteer for an event at school or in the community. And that’s why we sign them up for all of this. But what about us? Make 2026 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life. No more waiting. Demand the best for yourself. The Daily Stoic New Year New You challenge begins January 1, 2026. Learn more and sign up today at dailystoic.com/challenge . 👉 Get...
Dec 17, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1853
Just because it sometimes takes longer than we’d like to see the results of our efforts doesn’t mean that our efforts are going to waste. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and use promo code DAILYDAD to get 35% off your first subscription! ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy P...
Dec 16, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1852
We have to grow up. If we’re not going to do it now as parents, when are we? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and use promo code DAILYDAD to get 35% off your first subscription! ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...
Dec 15, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1851
Comedian Pete Holmes is calling out a lie most parents tell themselves: “I’m doing it for my family.” In this episode, Pete and Ryan break down how work, ambition, and the idea of “providing” can become the perfect excuse to drift away from the very people we say we’re doing it all for. Pete Holmes is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and podcaster. He first gained recognition in the early 2010s as a stand-up comic, and also released his first comedy special and worked as a televisi...
Dec 13, 2025•14 min•Ep. 1850
Statistically, it’s terrifying. All the things that can go wrong. But you need to remember that statistics are about averages. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get your free quote at Ethos.com/STOIC ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https:...
Dec 12, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1849
It's tough to be a person in this busy, noisy world. You have work. You have obligations as a citizen, as a spouse, as a friend, as a son or daughter. You’ve got goals you’re trying to hit. And of course, having kids puts extra pressure and tension on all this. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 🖼️ For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat fra...
Dec 11, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1848
One of the hardest parts of being a parent is, if you want to be a good one, you have no choice but to become the kind of person you hope your kids will one day be. Make 2026 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life. No more waiting. Demand the best for yourself. The Daily Stoic New Year New You challenge begins January 1, 2026. Learn more and sign up today at dailystoic.com/challenge . 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and communi...
Dec 10, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1847
We want our kids close. We want to see them. We want to spend time with them. And yet, what do we do? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society HIYA | Go to hiyahealth.com/DAILYDAD to receive 50% off your first order! ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...
Dec 09, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1846
We are critical. We punish. We assert rules. We raise our voice. Why? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society HIYA | Go to hiyahealth.com/DAILYDAD to receive 50% off your first order! ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...
Dec 08, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1845
Every parent thinks they have more time than they actually do. In today’s episode, Ryan and Sam talk about how fast childhood slips by, how messy seasons you think you want to rush through end way sooner than you expect, and what it feels like to suddenly realize you’re already halfway through your kids living under your roof. 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of this at The Daily Dad Store: https://store.dailydad.com/ 👉 Give yourself the ul...
Dec 06, 2025•15 min•Ep. 1844
Why do you work so hard, why do you fight for the causes you fight for, why do you put up with all the crap you have to put up with in this life? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 🖼️ For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames—named #1 by Wirecutter—by using promo code DAILYDAD at checkout. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.co...
Dec 05, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1843
Well, of course those parents can be at every field trip and attend every performance. Of course they can do pickup and dropoff. One of them is a full-time parent. Or they both work from home. Or make their own schedule. That’s what you tell yourself. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society MasterClass | Get up to 50% off at MasterClass.com/RyanHoliday ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyD...
Dec 04, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1842
As much as our kids are the center of our universe, they aren’t the center of everyone else’s. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society MasterClass | Get up to 50% off at MasterClass.com/RyanHoliday ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...
Dec 03, 2025•3 min•Ep. 1841
Let go of trying to have everything clean and perfect. Let all the things do their job and be functional for your family. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 📖 Check out Storyworth and save $10 on your first purchase here: storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art1...
Dec 02, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1840
What if instead of just talking about this stuff to our kids, we showed them what doing good looked like? Feeding America | We donated the first $30,000 and would love your help in getting to our goal of $300,000 —which would provide over 3 million meals for families across the country! Just head over to dailystoic.com/feeding —every dollar provides 10 meals, even a small donation makes a big difference. Resources Mentioned: - Action Against Hunger : https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/ 👉 Give ...
Dec 01, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1839
There’s nothing quite like seeing your kids light up over something you’ve always loved. In today's episode, Ryan sits down with Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and author of The Running Ground , to talk about how running has created a special bridge between him, his father, and his sons. Nick Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic , an American magazine founded in 1857, which earned the top honor for magazines, General Excellence, at the National Magazine Awards in both 2022 and 2023. In his ti...
Nov 29, 2025•20 min•Ep. 1835
It’s a world with too many problems. It’s a world with too much suffering. We can’t fix all of this as people, nor as parents. But we can try to help a little. Feeding America | We donated the first $30,000 and would love your help in getting to our goal of $300,000 —which would provide over 3 million meals for families across the country! Just head over to dailystoic.com/feeding —every dollar provides 10 meals, even a small donation makes a big difference. Resources Mentioned: - Action Against ...
Nov 28, 2025•6 min•Ep. 1838
You don’t get a table full of smiling faces for every holiday, every milestone event, just because you’re related. A crowded table is a lagging indicator of the job you’ve done as a parent. If today’s episode resonates with you and you’re interested in a structured path to becoming the parent you aspire to be, check out our brand-new Daily Dad Five Year Reflection Journal , now available for preorder | https://dailydad.com/leather 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure,...
Nov 27, 2025•6 min•Ep. 1837
There are a lot of reasons why someone’s output might change. When people ask why, you have the best excuse in the world. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 🖼️ For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get 45 DOLLARS off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames—named #1 by Wirecutter—by using promo code DAILYDAD at checkout. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily...
Nov 26, 2025•3 min•Ep. 1836
It can be very easy to get tunnel vision. It can be easy, in the overwhelm of day-to-day parenting, to forget that this is an endeavor in which success—and responsibility—is measured in the course of years. 👉 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 at KiwiCo.com with code DAILYDAD ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily...
Nov 25, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1834
Think about your own life. Are there not things that your parents said that still weigh on you? 👉 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 at KiwiCo.com with code DAILYDAD ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...
Nov 24, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1833
Is it the most wonderful time of year or just the busiest? In today's episode, Ryan and Sam talk about bracing themselves for the holidays, the challenges of managing a small business during the busy season, and their unique perspectives on gift-giving. 👉 Resources Mentioned: Feeding America | We donated the first $30,000 and would love your help in getting to our goal of $300,000 —which would provide over 3 million meals for families across the country! Just head over to dailystoic.com/feeding...
Nov 22, 2025•14 min•Ep. 1832
As parents, we have to understand that we have an advantage now that we didn't have before. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society Head to ZBiotics.com/DAILYDAD and use the code DAILYDAD at checkout for 15% off! ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...
Nov 21, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1831
Sure, they’re being a little rude. They’re being annoying. They are acting entitled. And yet? As we’ve said, maybe you are the problem. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 🖼️ For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get 45 DOLLARS off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames—named #1 by Wirecutter—by using promo code DAILYDAD at checkout. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com �...
Nov 20, 2025•3 min•Ep. 1830
You have this dream of what your house should look like. And then reality inevitably intrudes. And what is that reality? It’s that you have kids . 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 🖼️ For a limited time, visit AuraFrames.com and get 45 DOLLARS off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames—named #1 by Wirecutter—by using promo code DAILYDAD at checkout. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: Dai...
Nov 19, 2025•4 min•Ep. 1829
Don’t forget it. Don’t rush through it. Don’t let it wear you down…but remember what it is. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society 📖 Check out Storyworth and save $10 on your first purchase here: storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...
Nov 18, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1828
