The Daily Dad

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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August 19, 2025 3 mins

Find some other way to fill yourself up, find some other little buddy—it’s not their job or their responsibility. 


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We don’t have to like or even seek out this situation where we are but we can like the byproduct of it, we can choose to accept the gift it is giving us—a chance to spend more time with people we love. 


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What started as a reluctant “yes” turned into one of the biggest - and best - changes to the Holiday family’s life. Ryan and Sam share what happened when a new dog joined the mix, from surprising parenting lessons to the unexpected ways it’s helped their kids grow.


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August 15, 2025 3 mins

We are rushing from another bedtime we’ll never get back. To the end of one of only 18 or 20 summers we’ll have with them under our roof. We’re rushing away from right now.


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August 14, 2025 4 mins

Commute. Office. Commute. Then the obligatory phone calls and emails that trickle in through the evenings and the weekends. What does your family get then?


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August 13, 2025 3 mins

You can rush them. You can ride them. You can make them feel like absolute garbage about it. Or, you know, you could just...


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We tell ourselves that we’re indispensable. That our presence is absolutely necessary. And you know what? We’re right. 


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August 11, 2025 4 mins

It’s not a question of whether your kids will ever feel stressed. The question is how will they respond to these everyday stressors?


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Ryan's back from 27 days in Greece, and he’s got stories. A bee sting to the throat, a jellyfish sting, lost luggage, and a nearly missed flight… all while trying to stay calm with two young kids. In this solo episode, he shares what went wrong, what went right, and why the best parenting lessons happen when nothing goes according to plan.


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August 8, 2025 5 mins

We have the treasure. This is the adventure. The rhythms of family life. 


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August 7, 2025 4 mins

Sure, we can talk all we want. We can have great conversations. We can give them a great lecture. But what matters is what we model.


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August 6, 2025 4 mins

You think you’re a hard worker, yet here you are neglecting your most important job.


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August 5, 2025 3 mins

Not all readers are great parents but all great parents are readers. We have to be.


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August 4, 2025 2 mins

Let’s focus on getting better, let’s focus on learning from what happened—not feeling guilty and awful and like the worst parent in the world because of what happened.


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What started as a simple hike on a remote Greek island turned into one of the most meaningful moments of the Holiday family’s trip. In today’s episode, Ryan reflects on what happens when you stop rushing your kids and start following them instead.

 

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August 1, 2025 4 mins

Kids will humble us like that. We think we’re so important.


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July 31, 2025 4 mins

Why do we do this to ourselves? Why can’t we take the break? Why can’t we take the hand that’s being offered? 


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July 30, 2025 2 mins

Why aren’t they listening? Why are they so loud? Why do they make such a huge mess? The answer should be obvious: They are like this because they are kids!


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July 29, 2025 3 mins

The key is balance. We want our kids to work hard, but not at the cost of their well-being.

 

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July 28, 2025 4 mins

We are so lucky. Not everyone gets this. 

 

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