This week's guest is Estrella Rogers.

This episode is sponsored by my new book "My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM," and you can get it here or here.

Estrella is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Author, Speaker, and Relationship coach who
services couples locally and internationally. She earned her master's degree in Social
Work from East Carolina University.

Early in her career, Estrella realized that many couples wanted to make their marriage work but
were never taught, nor did they have the proper tools. This began her journey to becoming a
specialist in the field of couple's work. Estrella is aware that she herself cannot "save a
marriage," but it is her goal to ensure that couples have the tools and skills to achieve the
relationship they desire.

Wife and mother of two, Estrella recently published her first book "Prayers for My Husband."
and is a published writer for "Jacksonville Scene" and "Fearless Life" Magazines.
Estrella is also the co-founder and lead facilitator of Aspire Reaching Beyond the Obvious, a
non-profit youth mentoring program servicing youth ages 11-18 in Jacksonville NC.

LINKS:

www.starlevelcoaching.com

IG: @starlevelcoaching

FB: @starlevelcoaching

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where you can find Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Spotify, and Stitcher Radio. 

Tommy has spoken at TEDx, Ignite Fort Collins, and was a Keynote Speaker at Everything Dad Convention. He even has won speaking awards through Toastmasters International.

 The author of the book "25 Tips For Divorced Dads." "Why not you, Why Not Me" and His new book, "My Dad's Advice At 5:04 AM,". He has written for magazines: The Good Men Project, Modern Gladiator, and Nurture Magazine. Plus, he has been a guest writer.

Tommy enjoys a good red blend while writing or hiding from the family. A dad to Betsy, Becca, Connor, and Duke (RIP), Otis. A husband to Ann. 

Anyone considering suicide should contact the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or chat with someone live on its Website.

Podcast music by Twisterium / freebackgroundtracks.net

Contact him at

 Tommy@BlendingTheFamily.com

TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/azG2K47iz4Q

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

 Blog: http://blendingthefamily.com/blog/

 Podcast: http://blendingthefamily.libsyn.com/

 Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tommy-maloney/id958223196?mt=2

 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/tommy-maloney/blending-the-family

 Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetommymaloney

 The Good Men Project: https://goodmenproject.com/author/tommy-maloney/

Medium: https://medium.com/@thetommymaloney

Calendly: calendly.com/thomasdmaloneyjr

The question is, why are your friends your friends? We will explore that today with my friend and guest Freddy Angel. Freddy and I did this conversation with both video and audio. Here is the video link:

https://youtu.be/H1QUYtXEyUY

Otis in my office:

My new book is out, and you can get it here or here.

My guest is actually the host, and I am the guest. Tracy Malone has been on this podcast, so she was kind enough to let me blab on about Fatherhood stuff. Tracy has been on this podcast before, and I hope to of brought the same energy and wit she did when she was on.

My new book is out, and you can get it here or here.

Pics from California:

My guest is the author of the new book "I Never Met My Father" Eugene Schneeberg.

BIO:

I Never Met My Father is a powerful true story of brokenness, forgiveness, healing, restoration, and hope. 

My new book is filled with practical advice for fathers, mothers, and children. 

If you're one of the millions of men and women who grew up with a rocky relationship or no relationship with your father, then this book is for you.

In My new book, I share my RAW AND HONEST JOURNEY GROWING UP IN POVERTY, my battles with insecurity, mental illness, and depression, 

My new book will teach you ways to break generational cycles of fatherlessness.

And put you on a path toward forgiveness, healing, and wholeness.  

For the first time ever, I share lessons learned from over 30 years of searching for my father.

Each chapter has action steps and a fatherhood challenge to encourage you.

My journey from the poor house to the White House proves that there is hope for fatherless sons and daughters.

If you are a father, a mother, or one of the millions of people like me who grew up without your father, this is a must-read for you. 

LINKS:

https://inevermetmyfather.com/

https://inevermetmyfather.com/

How To Be A Unicorn 

Elise Buie, Esq. is a Seattle-based family and divorce lawyer and founder of the Elise Buie Family Law Group. A survivor of Hurricane Katrina, her divorce, and many dish-filled sinks piled high after lively family dinners with her husband, Doug, and their blended family of six (six!) teens and 20-somethings, Elise knows firsthand what it means to juggle work and parenting, finding balance in between, even if it means a lot of late nights. When she’s not advocating for her clients, the best interests of their children, and civility in divorce, you can find her sailing on Puget Sound.

LINKS:

Instagram

Facebook 

LinkedIn

Twitter

 

 

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

Tommy has spoken at TEDx, Ignite Fort Collins, and Keynote Speaker at Everything Dad Convention. He even has won speaking awards through Toastmasters International.

 

 The author of the book "25 Tips For Divorced Dads." "Why not you, "Why Not Me" and His"new dad's, "My Dad's Advice "t 5:04 AM," are coming out in 2021. He has written for The Good Men Project, Modern Gladiator, and Nurture Magazine. Plus, he has been a guest writer.

 

Tommy enjoys a good red blend while writing or hiding from the family. A dad to Betsy, Becca, Connor, and Duke (RIP), Otis. A husband to Ann. 

Podcast music by Twisterium / freebackgroundtracks.net

Contact him at

 Tommy@BlendingTheFamily.com

 

TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/azG2K47iz4Q

 

 Blog: http://blendingthefamily.com/blog/

 

 Podcast: http://blendingthefamily.libsyn.com/

 

 Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tommy-maloney/id958223196?mt=2

 

 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/tommy-maloney/blending-the-family

 

 Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetommymaloney

 

 The Good Men Project: https://goodmenproject.com/author/tommy-maloney/

Medium: https://medium.com/@thetommymaloney

Calendly: calendly.com/thomasdmaloneyjr

 

Anyone considering suicide should contact the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or chat with someone live on its Website.

 

 

PRE-ORDER: My Dad's Advice At 5:04 AM
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My guest is the Co-Founder of Fathering Together, Brian Anderson.

He has a new book titled "Fathering Together."

Divorce Diaries Show Creator Michele Traina

This episode is sponsored by BLENDING THE FAMILY. Do you need general coaching or a professional speaker for your next event? Here is the link to get more information at Blending The Family. Now on with the episode.

If you do not ask the question, then the answer will always be no. I happened to be on Instagram when there was a notification that our guest Michele Traina was doing a live video. I jumped on because I've wanted her on the podcast ever since I started to follow her on IG.

I dropped a comment in her feed, and well, here we are. 

Michele is someone that, if you get on her wrong side, then you won't be sleeping with the fishes, nope, you will be part of her comedy act. Just ask Police Officer Mike.

In this episode we talk about:

• Don't have a meeting with her while you schedule your own meeting with someone else (funny story).
• Does Michele's daughter think she is funny?
• Is laughter therapy?

From Michele's bio:

Michele Traina is a performer, educator, and creator of multiple performance brands that carry a thread of healing through humor. She has toured around the country from Stand up to Shakespeare. Michele earned her Masters's in Educational Theatre from NYU and has her principal, supervisor, and theatre teacher certifications in the state of New Jersey. In 2013 she founded Propbox Players, a theatre company for young audiences geared towards inclusion and performance for diverse learners. Her one-woman show How to Be A Successful Teacher was in United Solo Festival in 2012 as well as multiple other performances in the tri-state area. She continued her one-woman show 'train' when she was getting divorced by putting her diary on the stage. Michele created Divorce Diaries in 2013, and it has evolved into a one-woman comedy show that laughs at life's beautiful mishaps.

A Jersey Native, Michele's work has a trademark accent and physicality to it, unlike anyone else. She's fiercely energetic and uses her own challenges in life to motivate and inspire her practice as an educator and performer. Michele's obsession with coffee, high kicks, and running literally everywhere. Her favorite role will always be a mom to her beautiful daughter, Grace. 

Michele on the social:

Website: https://micheletraina.com/

https://twitter.com/divorcediariess

https://www.facebook.com/michele.traina36

https://www.instagram.com/michele_traina_/

Past podcast guest mentioned:

Kathy Hammond

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

Why talking about suicide with my son was so important, even though it was difficult.

Debby Waldman was born and raised in Utica, New York. She has a journalism degree from Syracuse University and an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University. She has been a newspaper reporter, a college instructor, and a radio researcher. Since marrying her Canadian husband and moving to his hometown of Edmonton, Alberta, in 1992, she has raised two children and freelanced for publications and websites including The New York Times, the Washington Post, People, Parents, Publishers Weekly, and NBC-Think. She has also written a half dozen books for children and co-written two editions of a book for parents of children with hearing loss. As the daughter of a man who died by suicide and the mother of a son who wanted to, she is passionate about promoting suicide prevention and good mental health. You can find her sharing her articles and making snarky comments as DebbyJW1122 at Twitter and sharing photos of landscapes, baking, and her dog on Instagram at debojw60.

"Four years ago, our 20-year-old son was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill himself. That night, my husband implied that I bore some of the blame."

“You kind of normalized suicide because you talked about your father all the time,” he said."

Here is the link to Debby's article.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/why-talking-about-suicide-my-son-was-so-important-even-ncna1288704

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

Michelle Travis:

Michelle Travis is a law professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she serves as the Co-Director of USF’s Labor and Employment Law Program. She is an expert on employment discrimination law, gender stereotypes, and work/family integration. She has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. in psychology from Cornell University.

Michelle’s recent research focuses on male allyship for gender equity. She serves on the Board of Directors of the non-profit, Fathering Together, which supports engaged fatherhood around the globe. She is the author of the award-winning book, Dads For Daughters, which is a guide for fathers who want to become stronger advocates for gender equity in their homes, workplaces, and communities. She has also written a picture book, My Mom Has Two Jobs, which has garnered multiple children’s literature awards.

Michelle grew up in Colorado and now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two daughters, as well as a feisty chinchilla and a mischievous goldendoodle. She is a former collegiate gymnast, a novice ballerina, and an avid non-fiction reader.

https://michelletravis.net/

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP

My guest this week might be a relative, but we have not taken the DNA test. Tracy Malone is: 

Topics on the episode:

• What is a narcissist?
• How to speak to a narcissist during and after a divorce.
• Are you taking selfies' creating narcissistic tendencies?

Tracy has a new book out "

Divorcing Your Narcissist: You Can't Make This Shit Up! https://divorcingyournarcissistbook.com

Tracy's Links:

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

My guest is J Robert Parker, a Certified Hypnotherapist and the founder of Twin Ravens Hypnotherapy and Research, LLC.

BIO:

Mr. Parker received his education in hypnotherapy from HMI College of Hypnotherapy, graduating with full Honors from their 720-hour Clinical Hypnotherapy program. Finding inspiration in a previously unknown gift, he now operates Twin Ravens Hypnotherapy and Research LLC, an organization founded on the principles of and devoted to science-based application and study of the natural state of hypnosis. 

As a Certified Hypnotherapist, J. Robert offers one-on-one and group therapeutic hypnosis sessions as well as customized classes tailored to your specific group to teach about the subconscious and how to apply it to live your best life. 

I heard Robert on another podcast, Djscoob talking about Robert's business. My thought was Robert's business model would fit by helping parents out with his technique.

Topics we spoke about but not limited to:

• The movie "The Secret."
• Emotions and Physical.
• Self-talk
• Visualization
• What is Hypnotherapy?      

Robert's Website:

https://twinravens.org/

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right."

-Henry Ford

My question before you go. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhju6cCeHC9xphoWbN3frA

Wine is your friend. Choosing a wine is not going to be a mystery after this episode. Have I failed you yet? Do not answer that.

In this episode, we will finally do the show I have wanted to do for a LONG, LONG time.

Many years ago, my friend Zach recommended that my wife Ann and I sit down to work on our weekly budgets to have a bottle of wine.

Live in the home office; I sit down with a friend of the family, Bruce Gammill, who is the closes person to be a wine sommelier that I know. Bruce has worked in wine country at Beaulieu Vineyard. Whenever Bruce has suggested a wine (I am a red guy), he has never disappointed.

We talk about wine suggestions on first dates or cooking for someone new.

One of Bruce’s favorite wineries, and you really will not go wrong with it, is Cline. At the liquor store where Bruce spends most of his time, they recently did their weekly wine tasting of several different wines from Cline.

This episode was not just about wine but removing labels to describe kids. Bruce has been married and divorced two times. He talks about life lessons on raising kids in a blended family.

QUESTION!!! What wine do you buy for others??

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel:

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What comes to your mind when you hear the word "walking"? What comes to your mind? Are you going for a walk? Are you taking your wing dog for a walk? Or are you emotionally "walking"?

Moving forward (see what I did there?), we will explore the concept of walking—both physically and metaphorically. 

When I go to the dog park with Otis, I spend a lot of time thinking as I walk. I am trying to get away from Headphones and be in tune with the world.

Are you walking and listening to this episode?

There is no JOB worth sacrificing your mental health. I chose the above picture because it makes me smile and helps with my mental health.

Our family dog, "Otis," truly helps my mental health.

I hope this episode can help you with prioritizing your life.

Welcome to the Parenting Tip Tuesday episode but with a different twist.

I am not going to offer your coach parenting tips; instead, how to be better at being a husband for the men out there.

You will hear three suggestions, and if you want to tweak them, please go right ahead. The three are called:

1. Show Affection Towards Your Significant Other.

2. The Little Things

3. Date Night

I hope these help strengthen your relationships and create a stronger family bond.

There is no JOB worth sacrificing your mental health. I chose the above picture because it makes me smile and helps with my mental health.

Our family dog, "Otis," truly helps my mental health.

I hope this episode can help you with prioritizing your life.

"I'm A Stay-At-Home Dad Who Felt Like An Outsider At Playgroup. That Has To Change."

Today, my guest is Jay Deitcher, a stay-at-home dad who wrote an excellent article for the Huffington Post. After reading the article, I had to get Jay on the podcast.

Jay's Bio:

Jay Deitcher is a freelance writer, former social worker, a full-time stay-at-home dad from Albany, NY, whose work has been featured in The Washington Post, Esquire, New York Magazine, Wired, Shondaland, and others. Follow him on Twitter at  @jaydeitcher.

 

Links: 

"I'm A Stay-At-Home Dad Who Felt Like An Outsider At Playgroup. That Has To Change." Huffpost

 

"The Stay-at-Home Dad's Dilemma," Esquire

"'Bluey' is the Show I Need as a Stay-at-Home Dad," Parents Magazine

 

"I Never Enjoyed Sex Until I Took It Less Seriously: When my wife and I had a baby, all my planning fell apart — and I finally learned to be spontaneous," The Cut 

Jay Deitcher | he/him

jaydeitcher.com

 

Featured in: The Washington Post, Longreads, Wired, Insider, Esquire, The Cut

Jay and I talk about what he is looking forward to as he is the first to hear the new last question. Who does Jay ask for help when he needs parenting tips. Since Jay is a writer, we go into his process, and I was shocked to hear how often he writes.

Mentions:

Johnny Nomads book click here.

Brian Groves on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bgdtcoaching/

Three Questions to ask yourself

https://www.wellandgood.com/start-your-day-on-a-positive-note/

Pics:

 

 

Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, which you can find on Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio, Spotify, and Stitcher Radio. 

Tommy has spoken at TEDx, Ignite Fort Collins, and Keynote Speaker at Everything Dad Convention. He even has won speaking awards through Toastmasters International.

 

 The author of the book "25 Tips For Divorced Dads." "Why not you, Why Not Me" and His new book, "My Dad's Advice At 5:04 AM," are coming out in 2021. He has written for The Good Men Project, Modern Gladiator, and Nurture Magazine. Plus, he has been a guest writer.

 

Tommy enjoys a good red blend while writing or hiding from the family. A dad to Betsy, Becca, Connor, and Duke (RIP), Otis. A husband to Ann. 

Podcast music by Twisterium / freebackgroundtracks.net

Contact him at

 Tommy@BlendingTheFamily.com

 

TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/azG2K47iz4Q

 

 Blog: http://blendingthefamily.com/blog/

 

 Podcast: http://blendingthefamily.libsyn.com/

 

 Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tommy-maloney/id958223196?mt=2

 

 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/tommy-maloney/blending-the-family

 

 Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetommymaloney

 

 The Good Men Project: https://goodmenproject.com/author/tommy-maloney/

Medium: https://medium.com/@thetommymaloney

Calendly: calendly.com/thomasdmaloneyjr

 

Anyone considering suicide should contact the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or chat with someone live on its Website.

 

 

I am so excited to share this new episode with you. Johnny Nomad is a dear friend of mine, and he asked me for some reason to be his first guest of 2022 for his podcast.

Here is the YouTube link to our conversation.

https://youtu.be/Bu8wc4pEeGE

We talked about getting better at goal setting and executing your goals. What can you do each day to move forward to achieve you're written down goals.