Dad Up Podcast

Ep. 326 - Dad Can You Not? | Chip Leighton and Bryan Ward

🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of the Dad Up Podcast! 🟫 Dad Can You Not? | Chip Leighton & Bryan Ward | Ep. 326 👉 In this episode of the Dad Up Podcast, Bryan Ward sits down with Chip Leighton a powerful voice known for his bold humor, real-life storytelling, and unapologetic take on personal growth. 👉 Chip has built a platform that cuts through the noise, using both comedy and truth to challenge men to take ownership of their lives, their mindset, and their role as fathers. 👉 We dive deep into what it really means to break generational cycles and step into the responsibility of leadership within your home. 👉 Chip shares his perspective on discipline, identity, and the importance of showing up consistently, even when it’s hard, inconvenient, or uncomfortable. 👉 This conversation isn’t about perfection, it’s about progress, accountability, and becoming the man your family needs you to be. 👉 We also unpack the power of humor as a tool for connection, how to navigate adversity without losing yourself, and why so many men stay stuck and how to break out of it. 👉 Chip brings both energy and authenticity to this episode, offering practical insights and mindset shifts that every dad can apply immediately. 👉 If you’re serious about leveling up, leading with intention, and building a legacy your kids will be proud of, this episode will hit home. 👉 Follow the Dad Up Podcast for more conversations on fatherhood, leadership, and becoming the man your family needs. 👉 Like this episode? Be sure to subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with your friends and families you know that may be trying to successfully coparent. 👉 Links are in my bio or in the show notes! Dad Up! Where Fathers Break Cycles & Build Legacies. 📞 Contact with Bryan Ward: ✅ Dad Up Instagram: https://instagram.com/daduppodcast ✅ Dad Up YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast ✅ Dad Up Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562 ✅ Dad Up LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe 📞 Contact with Chip Leighton: ✅ Chip Leighton’s Book: https://theleightonshow.com/book/ ✅ Chip Leighton’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_leighton_show ✅ Chip Leighton’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/@leightonshow ✅ Chip Leighton’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theleightonshow

Ep. 325 - When Fathers Lead | Jeff Hamilton and Bryan Ward

🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of the Dad Up Podcast! 🟫 When Fathers Lead | Jeff Hamilton & Bryan Ward | Ep. 325 👉 In this episode of the Dad Up Podcast, Bryan Ward sits down with Jeff Hamilton, pastor, championship coach, father, and founder of Dad Academy, to talk about what it truly means to lead as a man in today’s world. 👉 Jeff shares powerful insights on faith-driven fatherhood, leadership in the home, raising resilient kids, and why the greatest championship a man can win is inside his own family. 👉 As both a pastor at Hills Church OC and a championship-level coach, Jeff has spent decades mentoring young men and fathers to live with purpose, discipline, and faith. 👉 Through his platform Dad Academy, Jeff helps men grow into stronger fathers by focusing on faith, discipline, and intentional leadership in the home. 👉 His message centers on one simple belief: the most important championship a man will ever win is the one inside his own family. 👉 Jeff’s work continues to impact fathers, coaches, and leaders who want to build stronger families and raise the next generation with character, resilience, and faith. 👉 If you’re a dad who wants to break cycles, build legacy, and become the father your kids truly need, this episode will challenge and inspire you. 👉 Follow the Dad Up Podcast for more conversations on fatherhood, leadership, and becoming the man your family needs. 👉 Like this episode? Be sure to subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with your friends and families you know that may be trying to successfully coparent. 👉 Links are in my bio or in the show notes! 👉 Comment below: What did leading as a father means to you? Dad Up! Where Fathers Break Cycles & Build Legacies. 📞 Contact with Bryan Ward: ✅ Dad Up Instagram: https://instagram.com/daduppodcast ✅ Dad Up YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast ✅ Dad Up Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562 ✅ Dad Up LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe 📞 Contact with Jeff Hamilton: ✅ Jeff Hamilton’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/hamilton_jeff ✅ Jeff Hamilton’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamilton_jeff ✅ Jeff Hamilton’s Dad Academy: Parenting | Dad Academy | United States

Ep. 324 - Leading As A Father Without Losing Yourself | Kenyada Meadows and Bryan Ward

🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of the Dad Up Podcast! 🟫 Leading As A Father Without Losing Yourself | Kenyada Meadows & Bryan Ward | Ep. 324 👉 In this episode of the Dad Up Podcast, I sit down with Kenya Meadows, 👉 Kenyada Meadows believes the old model of dominance, control, and self-sacrifice is broken and it’s costing men their families, their health, and their humanity. 👉 Kenyada is a financial services executive, governance expert, board member, and leadership coach with over 25 years leading audit, risk, and compliance across some of the world’s most demanding Wall Street institutions. 👉 He’s a Harvard Business School alumnus, author, and Master Certified Executive Coach, holding CPA, CIA, and CFE credentials. 👉 Kenyada mastered the traditional playbook, outworking, outlasting, outperforming, until life forced a reckoning. 👉 As senior leadership responsibilities collided with fatherhood and caring for an ailing parent, he confronted the hidden cost of success and questioned whether well-being could survive on the margins. 👉 That turning point led him to develop The New Alpha, a powerful framework built on three pillars: Home, Work, and Self. 👉 This approach redefines leadership through balance, emotional integrity, and presence, where vulnerability becomes strength and wholeness becomes the true measure of success. 👉 Today, we’re talking about how men can lead with purpose, show up fully at home, and succeed at work, without losing themselves in the process. 👉 Follow the Dad Up Podcast for more conversations on fatherhood, leadership, and becoming the man your family needs. 👉 Like this episode? Be sure to subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with your friends and families you know that may be trying to successfully coparent. 👉 Links are in my bio or in the show notes! 👉 Comment below: What did leading as a father mean to you? Dad Up! Where Fathers Break Cycles & Build Legacies. 📞 Contact with Bryan Ward: ✅ Dad Up Instagram: https://instagram.com/daduppodcast ✅ Dad Up YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast ✅ Dad Up Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562 ✅ Dad Up LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe 📞 Contact with Kenyada Meadows: ✅ Kenyada Meadows’s Website: Executive Parent Company ✅ Kenyada Meadows’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/100bookeverything ✅ Kenyada Meadows’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyadameadows

Ep. 323 - Raising Kids Beyond The Scoreboard | Harvey Araton and Bryan Ward

🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of the Dad Up Podcast! 🟫 Raising Kids Beyond The Scoreboard | Harvey Araton & Bryan Ward | Ep. 323 👉 In this episode of the Dad Up Podcast, I sit down with Harvey Araton, New York Times best-selling author, award-winning sports journalist, and co-producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “When The Garden Was Eden.” 👉 With over 25 years writing for The New York Times and ten powerful books behind him, Harvey brings unmatched insight to sports, life, and legacy. 👉 Now, Harvey is speaking directly to young readers and families with his upcoming middle-grade novel, “The Goal of the Game,” releasing December 2025 through Koehler Books. 👉 We dive into how storytelling impacts youth, what sports can teach parents today, and how resilience shows up on and off the field. 👉 If you’re a dad, coach, athlete, sports fan, or parent wanting to raise resilient kids, this conversation is packed with perspective you won’t want to miss. 👉 Follow the Dad Up Podcast for more conversations on fatherhood, leadership, and becoming the man your family needs. 👉 Like this episode? Be sure to subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with your friends and families you know that may be trying to successfully coparent. 👉 Links are in my bio or in the show notes! Dad Up! Where Fathers Break Cycles & Build Legacies. 📞 Contact with Bryan Ward: ✅ Dad Up Instagram: https://instagram.com/daduppodcast ✅ Dad Up YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast ✅ Dad Up Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562 ✅ Dad Up LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe 📞 Contact with Harvey Araton: ✅ Harvey Araton’s Website: Harvey Araton - Home ✅ Harvey Araton’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harveyjaraton ✅ Harvey Araton’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harvey.araton

Ep. 322 - The Mozy Story | Charlie Sherts and Bryan Ward

🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of the Dad Up Podcast! 🟫 The Mozy Story | Charlie Sherts & Bryan Ward | Ep. 322 👉 In this episode of the Dad Up Podcast, I’m joined by Charlie Sherts, a seasoned medical device engineer and inventor with over 20 years of experience bringing innovative products to market. 👉 But Charlie’s most meaningful invention didn’t start in a lab, it started on the sidelines of his kids’ outdoor sports games, watching his own mother shiver through cold, windy afternoons just to support her grandkids. 👉 That moment sparked the creation of Mozy, a patented, weatherproof thermal wrap that uses the laws of heat transfer and thermodynamics to keep you up to 500% warmer than traditional blankets, without batteries, cords, or external heat sources. 👉 Drawing from his deep background in medical device engineering, Charlie designed Mozy to be: * Safe (no external power or electronics) * Reliable (durable and weatherproof) * Intuitive (30-second setup) * Simple (powered by your own body heat) 👉 Mozy has since been featured in Rolling Stone, Outside Magazine, and Today Show, proving that some of the most impactful innovations are born from deeply personal family moments. 👉 This conversation dives into fatherhood, problem-solving, empathy, and what happens when dads use their skills not just to build products, but to build legacies. 👉 Follow the Dad Up Podcast for more conversations on fatherhood, leadership, and becoming the man your family needs. 👉 Like this episode? Be sure to subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with your friends and families you know that may be trying to successfully coparent. 👉 Links are in my bio or in the show notes! Dad Up! Where Fathers Break Cycles & Build Legacies. 📞 Contact with Bryan Ward: ✅ Dad Up Instagram: https://instagram.com/daduppodcast ✅ Dad Up YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast ✅ Dad Up Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562 ✅ Dad Up LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe 📞 Contact with Charlie Sherts: ✅ Charlie Shert’s Website: https://getthemozy.com/blogs/news/from-the-brrr-ainchild-how-i-use-my-own-mozy ✅ Charlie Shert’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/get_the_mozy?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== ✅ Charlie Shert’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getthemozy?mibextid=wwXIfr&mibextid=wwXIfr