Blending The Family With Tommy Maloney

PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   When I first got divorced, I was devastated because the family dog Keewee and my son would not be with me any longer.    Keewee was an Australian Shepherd and was truly my dog. I took her to obeisance class, and she was my wing dog.   You will hear an episode on the topic of what do you do in a divorce with your pets? My guest is Karis Nafte, who has taken her love of animals and mediation to create a unique business. Her website is: whokeepsthedog.com   Bio: Born in Oregon, Karis started training dogs professionally in 1996. In addition to teaching puppy and obedience classes, she worked at the very first doggy daycare in Portland. As a result, she has a hugely varied background in professional animal work; obedience, agility, aggressive dogs, shelter work, flyball, and movie work with animals.   In 2005 Karis came to South Africa on vacation, fell in love with the country, and decided to stay put. She lives there with her husband, daughter, 3

"YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKIEST SOB'S IN THE WORLD". PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   I know, I know, you are rolling your eyes at me because we are talking hockey. This episode with Justin Goldman is more than just hockey. Trust me; you are in for a mental ride.   Links:   The Goalie Guild: www.thegoalieguild.com Lift The Mask: www.liftthemask.com Goalie Guild Gaming: www.goalieguildgaming.com My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgoldman30/ Okay, what are you going to learn about this episode? I will admit my prediction was wrong, way wrong. Justin told a great story, and it validated my way of ending each podcast. How do you become an Elite Performer? Justin has a new book "The Power Within II Stoic Philosophy  Justin's answer to my last question was the best I have heard on the podcast for 2021. I also mentioned the name of my business coach and wanted to share his information with you. His name is Glenn P Brooks Jr, and his website is, https://www.mmcintensive.com/  

PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     Hi!! I missed you so much. My gift to you is a new weekly podcast episode called "Mental Health Mondays." I want to talk to you today about finding your pain point.  There are three points I wanted to talk to you about on this episode: Side Gig Think from the end Ask for help Please let me know at tommy@blendingthefamily.com if this was helpful.   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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 magazines: The Good Men Project, M

#pride2021   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   In June, we celebrate Pride Month. I am so grateful that my friend Jamila Bryant was my guest to talk about her life.  During our conversation, Jamila had several great points to help both parents and kids about her experience coming out to her family. Love your kids unconditionally. Support your kids. Educate yourself as a parent. We also talk about Jamila's only nephew Dwon Fields Jr "DJ" who was shot and killed on March 5, 2021. https://www.wtoc.com/2021/06/18/bluffton-high-class-2021-remembers-slain-classmate-graduation/ I hope you will gain new knowledge and share this episode with other families who might need this information. I failed to mention one thing about the recording of this episode. Otis was chewing on a bone in my office, and those are the sounds you will hear in the background. Jamila's Bio: An 18-year Air Force veteran, Jamila is passionate about personal development and leadership. Jamila is a talented speaker

PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     Hi!! I missed you so much. My gift to you is a new weekly podcast episode called "Mental Health Mondays." I want to talk to you today about family.  There are two points I wanted to talk to you about on this episode: Get outside. Parents, are you a role model to your kid's when it comes to exercise?   We here in Colorado are so blessed to have great places to hike. Our hike had great weather and, for me, wonderful companions.    Please let me know at tommy@blendingthefamily.com if this was helpful. PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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 D

#FATHERSDAY #FATHERSEVE #IHOWAREYOUDAD #IFMHD One of my favorite pictures. The picture is of Connor's first trip to Chicago.   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   This episode is an audio diary for my dad and the kids. I am very blessed to be a dad. I know that I have NEVER been perfect. I have tried just like my dad to do our best.         A big thank you to all of the dads regardless if your kids are blood or not.   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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

    PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     Hi!! I missed you so much. My gift to you is a new weekly podcast episode called "Mental Health Mondays". I want to talk to you today about family.  Three things to help you with the topic of purpose: Call, not text, but call your family on a weekly basis. Call a friend with who you have not spoken in a while.  Start to schedule visits friends. Please let me know at tommy@blendingthefamily.com if this was helpful.   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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

#howareyoudad     Before we start, I need your help.  Please let others know about the newsletter. If you or someone you know needs coaching, please click here and it will take you to the coaching page. My goal is to get the podcast in the top 100 Apple podcasts, and I can only do this with your help. Please leave a rating and review, share the link to the podcast with your social media followers, and support the guest on the podcast. PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com My guest today is someone I have been working with to get onto the show for two years. He is a hard man to get a sit down with because he is so busy with his purpose in life. Plus he is rubbing elbows with the Royal Family. Mark Williams is a Keynote Speaker, Author, and International Campaigner. He founded International Fathers Mental Health Day (always June 21, the day after Father's Day) and the #HowAreYouDad Campaign to help ensure that all parents and families are supported throughout the perinatal period. Ma

  PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     Hi!! I missed you so much. My gift to you is a new weekly podcast episode called "Mental Health Mondays". I want to talk to you today about purpose. Do you know yours? Are you living it?   Three things to help you with the topic of purpose: If you do not know, ask your closes friends. What is one thing that will get you closer to living your purpose daily? I believe in you, and you should too. Please let me know at tommy@blendingthefamily.com if this was helpful.   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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

"Father's Eve is about spending time with your buddies, Father's Day is about spending time with family" PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com My returning guest (episode 153) is the Founder of "Father's Eve" John Francis. He will walk you through how this idea came about (in a garage).  Many of the organizations that John will mention have been on this podcast or have a connection to the podcast: NYC Dad's Group Dad 2.0 James Lopez with #fatherhoodislit Please go to his website and create an event on June 19. Another ask is to use the #fatherseve on all of your social media.   You can learn more about John and how you can have your own event on the website: https://fatherseve.com Let's get the word out and start building a community to help support both dads and men going forward. See our NBC News coverage www.fatherseve.com Be sure to connect with Fathers Eve on all the social media platforms: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / LinkedIn Please let me know at tommy@blendingthe

PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     Hi!! I missed you so much. My gift to you is a new weekly podcast episode called "Mental Health Mondays". I want to talk to you today about when people are renting space in your head.   Three things to help you evicted those people taking up space: You really have the power to say no! What is triggering those emotions? Journaling could help you identify why you are allowing these people to take up land in your cranium.  Please let me know at tommy@blendingthefamily.com if this was helpful.   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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

My guest are Jan and Jillian Yuhas, who have super passionate when it comes to the world of co-parenting. You can find them on IG at Divorcefamilymediations as well as their website www.divorcefamilymediations.com Bio:  Jan Yuhas and Jillian Yuhas, MA, MFT, CPC are Family Mediators, Co-Parenting, and Children Coaches. They guide co-parents & children to overcome the challenges of divorce through creative solutions that are children-centered. Their expertise is a blend of family psychology, certified family conflict resolution, negotiation strategy, healthy boundaries, and real-life experience to guide and serve all family members. Three concepts you will hear and learn on this episode: The Three "C's"; Calm, Conscience, and Constructive. We VS Me Facts VS Feeling  I know after talking to Jan and Jillian, I still have work to do on my co-parenting. There are times when I still have some anger, even after 13 years of divorce.    Otis was laying down but I interrupted him as he was nappin

  I am thrilled to have on the podcast, Chris Natzke. He is an author, speaker, and coach. His new book " Break Through" is available by clicking here.  More fun facts about Chris:   Chris Natzke is an 8th Degree Black Belt/Master Instructor and former national Taekwondo champion. As a life-leadership coaching, keynote speaker, and Amazon #1 best-selling author, he transforms lives through his unique brand of Black Belt Leadership. During our conversation, Chris brought up his "6 Morning Mastery" routines. Meditation Mind Treatment Mental Imaging  Movement Motivation Memoir (journalling) You will learn new words too.  ***SPECIAL OFFER***  Your listeners can download a FREE chapter of BREAKING THROUGH by either… Going to my website – www.ChrisNatzke.com OR… Texting “breakthrough” to 720-741-6263       PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where you can find on Apple Podcasts, Iheart Radio,

  I could not stop thinking about Terry Gaspard's book and how it can help parents with some of the tips she covers in her book. There were three points I wanted to share with you in this episode: 1. Positive Reflection 2. Love 3. Finacial Health My hope is that you will listen to Terry's episode and this one to compare notes. Would love to know what you thought about this episode? PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com         PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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" is coming out in 2021. He has written

In this episode, I am once again joined by Terry Gaspard (she was on episode 28) to talk about her brilliant new book "the Re-marriage manual: How to Make Everything Work Better the Second Time Around".  What I learned from the book: 1. I need to do a better job of telling my wife Ann, I love her more often. 2. Let Ann know more things she has done in a positive way (the podcast will explain better). 3. The six-second kiss 4. The name Tommy was popular. 5. I WAS RIGHT!!  As promised the "Six Strategies for Increasing Communication and Creating Loving Intimacy: 1. Be sure you first understand, and then seek to be understood. 2.Freely Communicate your admiration and fondness for your partner. 3. Catch your partner doing something "right" and compliment them for it (this was an eye-opener for me). 4. Practice offering mutual gratitude on a regular basis. 5. Turn toward your partner. 6. Remind yourself of your partner's positive qualities and express your positive feelings out loud several times each day. Who is

  After each chapter of the book, I present to you questions. I have been working on other chapters of the book, so, when I read these questions to you it has been a while. Meaning, it is almost seeing them for the first time. Here are the questions that I will be talking about: 1. How would you have handled the breakup of your marriage differently? Where people shocked that the marriage ended? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did the divorce affect your children and what ways are you supporting them emotion

PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Jason Kreidman, makes another appearance on the podcast. He has launched new online courses. Jason is the founder of Dad University, an educational company designed to help fathers in navigating parenting, enhancing their relationships, and boosting their personal lives. Jason reaches dads across the world through his videos on his Dad University YouTube Channel.   Additional Links:   Website: https://www.daduniversity.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/daduniversity/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/DadUniv Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/daduniv/ Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/dad-university/   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     Tommy Maloney is the Executive producer and host of the podcast Blending The Family, where 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 Conventio

  Before we start, I need your help.  Please let others know about the newsletter. If you or someone you know needs coaching, please click here and it will take you to the coaching page. My goal is to get the podcast in the top 100 Apple podcasts, and I can only do this with your help. Please leave a rating and review, share the link to the podcast with your social media followers, and support the guest on the podcast. Please support me and not only purchase the book but share the pre-sale link to your network.     PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com     This week's guest is one of my writing heroes. The funny thing is both Rich and I come from the same area of the burbs of Chicago.    Rich is the Co-creator of HBO's Vinyl, author of The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, Monsters and The Fish That Ate The Whale, Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair magazine.    His new book is one if you are a parent of kids who play sports is one you NEED to pick up. https://www.authorr

Chapter One: The Exorcist PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Before we start, I need your help.  Please let others know about the newsletter. If you or someone you know needs coaching, please click here and it will take you to the coaching page. My goal is to get the podcast in the top 100 Apple podcasts, and I can only do this with your help. Please leave a rating and review, share the link to the podcast with your social media followers, and support the guest on the podcast. You are in for a treat in this episode. You will hear the backstory of my new book "My Dads Advice at 5:04 AM". You will hear the early stages of the book as I am reading from the original manuscript.  I will be reading chapters from the book and I might even give you more details and my thoughts during the podcast episodes. What you are hearing is going to be the baseline but once the book is out there might be some editing changes but as I said, I will expand on the chapters to give you more context. Pl

MY DADS ADVICE AT 5:04 AM   PRE-ORDER: My Dads Advice At 5:04 AM www.mydadsadvicebook.com   Before we start, I need your help.  Please let others know about the newsletter. If you or someone you know needs coaching, please click here and it will take you to the coaching page. My goal is to get the podcast in the top 100 Apple podcasts, and I can only do this with your help. Please leave a rating and review, share the link to the podcast with your social media followers, and support the guest on the podcast. You are in for a treat in this episode. You will hear the backstory of my new book "My Dads Advice at 5:04 AM". You will hear the early stages of the book as I am reading from the original manuscript.  I will be reading chapters from the book and I might even give you more details and my thoughts during the podcast episodes. What you are hearing is going to be the baseline but once the book is out there might be some editing changes but as I said, I will expand on the chapters to give you more context.