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How to Be a Better Father: A Practical Guide for Everyday Dads

For eight years I traveled every week for work. I told myself I was doing it for my family — that providing wa…

Episodes on Marriage

Fatherhood

The Long Game of a Girl Dad: Max Wimmer on Raising Daughters Who Come Back

Bryan Graf takes the host chair to interview Max Wimmer — his longtime friend and mentor, a dad of four daught…

Marriage

Navigating the Mental Load of Parenting with Jessica Etting and Sonya Reeser

For this Mother's Day episode, Zach steps into the "lion's den" and hosts two female guests: Jessica Etting, c…

Personal Development

The Flawed Dad: Identity, Sacrifice, and Motivating the People You Lead

Zach sits down with Warren Miles-Pickup — founder of Pixel True and former host of "The Flawed Dad's Guide to …

Fatherhood

Catch Them Being Good: Reinforcement, Consistency, and Quality Time with Dr. Larry Waldman

Zach sits down with Dr. Larry Waldman, a clinical child and forensic psychologist with roughly 50 years of exp…

Faith

Find Your Nathan: Timothy Reigle on Grit, Accountability, and Breaking Free from Porn Addiction

Zach sits down with Timothy Reigle — funeral director by trade, girl dad of a 19- and a 15-year-old, author of…

Fatherhood

Sending Your Agents Into the World: Harvey Laguerre on Fatherhood, Vulnerability, and Showing Up

Zach sits down with Harvey Laguerre — dad of four (two biological, two bonus), host of the podcasts Men Are Th…

Marriage

Reconnect Before You Fix: Randy Pryor on Rewiring Your Marriage

Randy Pryor spent 40 years as a comedy magician and juggler before becoming a workaholic and control freak tha…

Fatherhood

Mentorship, Sobriety, and Leading Your Family with Sean Martin

Sean Martin grew up in the Bronx in the '90s without a nuclear family or a male role model, and for years he r…

Fatherhood

Gardeners, Not Sculptors: Alan Stevens on Reading Your Kids and Raising Men

Zach admits he got nervous 45 seconds into meeting this guest — Alan Stevens, an international profiling and c…

Fatherhood

Redefining the Provider: Joe Pomeroy on Why You're Really Working 80 Hours

Zach sits down with fellow podcaster Joe Pomeroy (Forward with Joe) — married nearly 14 years, dad of three (1…

Health

Leveling Up Your Health Takes Guts with Christian Yordanov (aired YouTube title)

Zach connects across the Atlantic with Christian Yordanov, a health consultant in Portugal, author of "How to …

Leadership

Let Go to Grow: Kyle Gillette on Head Trash, Awkward Texts, and the BLUE Leadership Framework

Zach talks with Kyle Gillette — founder of Blue Shirt Leadership Coaching, author, and dad of three girls (7, …

Fatherhood

Attention Is Your Child's Currency: Dr. Andrea Mata on Catch-and-Ignore, the 5:1 Ratio, and Consistency

Zach opens 2024 with his second-ever female guest: Dr. Andrea Mata, clinical child psychologist and author of …

Fatherhood

Adversity Introduces a Man to Himself: Alex Van De Sompele on Swedish Fatherhood, 400 Days, and Owning Your Patience

Zach's first seven-time-zone episode connects him with Alex Van De Sompele — "Mr. Vandy" to the fourth and fif…

Fatherhood

He Doesn't Remember a Time Before Me: Andrew Harshey on Showing Up as a Bonus Dad

Zach sits down with Andrew Harshey — his co-coach from the season's youth soccer team and a guest eleven years…

Fatherhood

Breaking Into His World: Josh Heerdt on Autism, Presence, and Loving a Son Without Words

Zach sits down in the treehouse with Josh Heerdt — a 6'6" barbershop owner who took a fast track through life:…

Fatherhood

Be the Room: A Young Dad on Presence, Selflessness, and Surviving the Hard Stuff

Zach sits down with Eli Matteson, a 26-year-old barber and dad of three (with a third baby due any day), in wh…

Marriage

A Mom's Perspective: Preconception Nutrition, Getting "Broken" by Baby #1, and Seeing the Invisible Work

This is the first episode featuring a female guest, and the guest is Zach's wife, Sonya Reeser. (She confirms …

Fatherhood

Working With Your Hands, the Infertility Journey, and Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

Zach sits down with longtime friend Alex Stern, dad to a 17-month-old, for an honest conversation about the ro…

Fatherhood

Faith, Fighting, and Fishing: Raising Boys with Harrison Connely

Harrison Connely, a lead pastor in Orange County, California, and dad of three boys, joins Zach to talk about …

Fatherhood

Be the Phone Call: Lessons from a Cop Dad on Presence, Patience, and Vision

Brian Graf is a California law enforcement officer, husband of 10+ years, and dad of three young kids. He came…

Fatherhood

Fatherhood Across Borders: Lessons from the UK, China, and Raising Three Sons

James Austin grew up in a small village outside Cambridge in the UK, spent nearly eight years living and worki…

Personal Development

Mind and Strength Aren't Enough: Doing the Heart Work as a Dad

Zach sits down with his friend Jake Smith, a former pastor of 21 years who now runs Plumline, doing deep inter…

Personal Development

Ruthless Transparency: Real Vulnerability, Accountability, and Showing Up as a Dad

Josh Turner — married 17 years, dad to an 18-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter with severe special needs…

Fatherhood

The Zach Attack: Six Kids, Tipping Points, and Creating a Safe Space

Host Zach Reeser sits down with his friend Zach McCann — a former pastor turned Nashville production company o…

Fatherhood

Put Your Cape On: Showing Up as Dad Through Cancer, Calendars, and the Circle of Awkwardness

Jon French — a dad of three kids born in three years, a Convoy of Hope fundraiser, and a stage-four mantle cel…

Fatherhood

Macro vs Micro Adventure: Keeping the Wild Alive as a Dad

Zach sits down with his longtime friend Mark Hamilton, a mental health and addictions counselor and former you…

Fatherhood

Homemade Spears & Listening Ears

Zach sits down in the treehouse studio with his friend Justin Meeker, a dad of three (two boys, one girl) and …

Fatherhood

Be Where Your Feet Are: Presence, Marriage, and Finding Your 2 AM Friends

This is the first episode of The Skilled Dad, and Zach kicks it off with his friend Matt Cass — a former pasto…

Fatherhood

Four Kids, One Shot: Creating Moments That Stick

Jason Kimbrow, a dad of four from Fayetteville, Arkansas, walks through what he's learned going from one kid t…

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