Be The Torch

About Be The Torch

Be The Torch podcast is a life, business and personal development show that supports high-performing dads who are entrepreneurs, and aspire to reach their highest potential in ALL areas of life. Far too many dads who are business owners suffer from burnout, exhaustion, pain and chaos focusing on producing and performing for everyone else except themselves. It's time to shine the light on ourselves first, to illuminate our own path to freedom, fulfillment and happiness in all areas of life. This show is about building a life your business can fit into. Hosted by Cletus Coffey - a former professional football player, world champion athlete, turned entrepreneur, who knows first hand the pain and suffering men, who are single dads and entrepreneurs experience when they make business the priority and neglect all other areas of life. Listen in to learn the art and science to thrive in the Power 5, Focus, Fitness, Family, Fortune, and Foundation.

Publisher

Cletus Coffey

Category

business · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Apr 2017

Latest episode

22 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 103 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Jan 2026

   Why Smart Leaders Lose Their Team’s Trust Without Realizing It

   Most leaders believe trust is earned through vision, values, and competence. It isn’t. People don’t trust your words. They trust your patterns. In this LIVE conversation, I break down why smart, capable leaders lose their team’s trust without realizing it and what separates leaders people follow from leaders people quietly manage around. You’ll learn: The subtle behaviors that cause teams to filter the truthWhy mission-driven leadership fails under pressureHow your reactions, not your intenti...

2. 

   11 Dec 2025

   Life Is A Mirror: Why Your Triggers Are Costing You Power, Profit And Peace

   Most men are playing victim and blame everything around them. Her. The kids. The employees. The economy. Meanwhile their body is softening, their relationship is flat, the business is stuck and they keep attracting the same chaos in different clothing. In this solo episode, Cletus breaks down one of the core Be The Torch principles: life is a mirror, not a verdict. Your results in business, your body, your relationships and your bank account are feedback, not a life sentence. You’ll hear Clet...

3. 

   6 Oct 2025

   How to Tell If You’re Headed for Divorce, Burnout, or a Business Breakdown

   Dude, you don’t need a psychic to predict the future, you just need the balls to look in the mirror. In this episode, Cletus Coffey exposes how your current habits, beliefs, and standards quietly predict whether you’ll face divorce, burnout, or business collapse. You’ll learn how to read the signs, raise your standards, and stop the breakdown before it happens. Looking for more training to unlock greater purpose, passion, profits and play in your life? START HERE: Book a Call with Cletus ...

Inside a recent episode

How to Make The Impossible...Possible w/Dr. Jen Welter (Part 3)

Published 29 Jun 2021 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So this was a place that was under my control that I could put women on the field as coaches, help impact the girls and bridge some of the male to female connections, right? And get some of these retired players or current players to know some of the female players and just really be intentional about bridging some of those gaps through something I created. And so that's Gridiron Girls. We have done 35 camps now across the country. That's like, that's my baby. And as I say to people, it's, we teach girls, there's no game you cannot play and no field you do not belong in or on. So it's confidence through football. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

80,002

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

31 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77