The Father Show with Mike Thompson‘s Podcast

In this episode we learn from the owner of The Impactful Parent, Kristina Campos how we can help our kids to be more Emotional Regulated through the use of video games. Kristina explains why kids today do not know how to regulate their emotions. She gives us parents examples of what we need to do if we want our child to know how to handle their emotions. Kristina tells us what we as parents need to be aware of when our child has th...

Our guest for this episode is Thomas Kersting. He is the Author of Disconnected: How to Reconnect Our Digitally Distracted Kids and How to Protect Your Child from the Dangers of Device Dependency. Tom has another book coming out in February 2023 entitled Raising Healthy Teenagers: Equipping Your Child to Navigate the Pitfalls and Dangers of Teen Life. He tells us the average amount of time a parent spends with their kids each week,...

This week's show features Allen Carter the Author of Letters from a Father. For years now, it has been Allen Carter’s habit to write a monthly letter to his children during their teenage years. The letters cover an amazing array of life lessons that also show an intimate glimpse of one family’s life journey. He tells how writing letters to his kids provided him an opportunity to stay connected to his kids and draw value from them. ...

Tommy Maloney from the podcast Blending the Family came on the show to talk about his new book “My Dad’s Advice at 5:04 AM” and where the title comes from. We stated with why a child should not see a parent leave. We talked about dating after a divorce. Tommy really explains how we as fathers can build quality time with our kids. Why he never wanted to get married or have kids. He discusses how men will sometimes battle depression....

This week’s episode is with Rachael Katz, MS, Ed, who teaches social and emotional learning skills to parents and children. Today you can learn all about the stages of development your child goes through as they gain social awareness and emotional balance—and how you can nurture this development using the author’s innovative MIND framework. Rachael explains how as parents we are always planting seeds within our children by the exam...

This week’s episode is with Dan Doty. Doty is a father, husband, meditation teacher, men's work leader, and wilderness guide. He was the former co-founder of EVRYMAN and the director of hit tv show MeatEater which was a hunting and wilderness show. Dan talks about the father's wounds men carry and why. We discuss the difference in fatherhood by generations. He mentions the different challenges father experiences. He lets us know wh...

This week’s episode is with Dwayne Meeks, an expert and the founder of an award-winning fatherhood program Urban Colors Arts and Mentoring and also the President and Chair of the Colorado African American Drug Policy Coalition. He believes that by changing yourself, you’ll be able to change and empower others. Meeks co-authored the book “Pieces Never Missing Required in a Child's Life”. It is Impacting the country and getting Natio...

This week’s episode features Philip Pelto who is a husband, father, ultra-runner, adventurer, entrepreneur and lover of life! He believes that there is nothing you can’t accomplish with a little hard work, patience, persistence and perseverance. He talks about the fear of the unknown when he first found out that he was going to be a dad. Phil tells us how he and his wife communicate and how they handle problems. He shares what he h...

This episode is with Dr. Stacy Friedman who has a Doctorate degree in Human Sexuality in addition to a Masters in Clinical Sexology and is a Certified Sex Coach. She is a member of WASC (World Association of Sex Coaching), including ACS (The American College of Sexologists) which shows that she has earned top credentials in her field. Dr. Stacy first explains what is sex and what it is to women. Dr. Stacy explains what men think se...

This episode is with the owner of Budget Management, LLC and current Bay City, Texas Mayor Robert Nelson who notice that a lot of people did not have the financial savvy and literacy that they really needed to move their life forward. If you really want to build generational wealth, in this video Robert tells us what money is, how to work with money, how to save money, how to spend money, how and when to invest your money, and havi...

This week’s episode is with Jason Kreidman of Dad University. Dad University was established in 2016 to help dads learn what we are not taught in school and support dads across the world. Jason explains how important a man’s mind-set is. He tells us how we as men should have more compassion for ourselves. Jason gives three examples of crucial mistakes that men make. Jason tells us what he wants his kids to learn from him. Through J...

Jayne Sanders is a MASTER Scientific Hand Analyst and Transformational Coach. In this week’s episode she tells us what hand analyst is and how it works. With a corporate background and 3 coaching certifications - Purpose, Law of Attraction, and Spiritual Life Coach – and featured in a FORBES article about her work, Jayne Sanders helps leaders, business owners, and teams, love their lives and their work.

Using her extensive past cor...

Michael Uram, MA, LMFT, LPCC is the Founder and CEO of Uram Family Therapy, a private practice psychotherapy office dedicated to helping their clients live their authentic lives by treating anxiety, depression, ADHD, Asperger’s, High-Functioning Autism, OCD and related conditions using Evidenced-Based techniques, such as, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Problem Solving® (CPS), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), A...

This week’s episode is with Judy Graybill who is a relationship healer and a certified stepfamily coach. Judy works with men, women, and couples who repeatedly argue, can’t agree on a solution, and long to feel the connection again. She’s gifted at identifying a strategy that can transform conflict into connection and partnership. Everything we talk about today focus on how men are being in a relationship. The 3 blocks of intimacy....

Appearing on this week’s episode from Stony Brook Psychotherapy & Wellness is psychologist Dr. John G. Cottone who has a private practice in Stony Brook, New York. He’s here to talk about an article I read of his entitled Fathers and Sons: Masculinity, Men, and Relationships. It highlights the tricky nature of relationships between men. Being a father and a son himself he informs us as to why relationships matter and why men should...

This week’s episode is with Kyndall S. Cooper of The Kynship Birth Collective who is a doula that specializes in working with new parents. She explains what a doula is, what they do, and how they can help before, during, and after a pregnancy. How important can a doula be to an expecting dad? Kyndall provides great details on what a father-to-be role is. She gives great advice on how we as men can help the expecting mother. She mak...

On this episode of The Father Show our guest is Daniel Huerta who is the Vice President of the Parenting and Youth Department at Focus on the Family. Danny oversees initiatives that equip parents to disciple and mentor the next generation, so that they can thrive in Christ. He is a bilingual, licensed clinical social worker. We talked about the 7 Traits of Effective Parenting from his book by the same name. Daniel tells us how we c...

If you are a father that is going to family court soon or in the near future, this week's episode is a must see. Michael Watson who is a professionally qualified social worker and author of two books, Family Court: Giving Evidence in Family Court and his second book is Represent-Yourself-Family-Court. He has over 33 years’ experience working with children and families. Michael is an expert in the family court at assessing parenting...

On this week episode we talked about How to Build an Intimate Relationship That Last a Lifetime with author, counselor, and a pioneer in the men’s and fatherhood movement Randell Turner, Ph.D. He has authored award-winning resources for National Center for Fathering, National Fatherhood Initiative, Prison Fellowship, and Fatherhood.gov. Randell Specializing in healthy masculine intimacy, he has dedicated over 20 years in working wi...