Just Call Dad

About Just Call Dad

**The Just Call Dad Podcast** A podcast by dads, for dads. Just Call Dad exists to help dads become the kind of men their families, teams, and communities can count on. Through honest conversations and practical insights, we explore fatherhood, leadership, mental health, personal growth, coaching, teaching, and the everyday challenges of being present in the lives that matter most. 📖 Sean Patrick's book, Emotional Shoes https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Shoes-Designed-Compete/dp/B0F7Y95ZNW 📸 Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/justcalldadpodcast

Publisher

Sean Patrick | Joe Bush

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Dec 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

85 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   79 | The Dad Warm-Up

   The Dad Warm-Up | Just Call Dad Podcast We warm up before a workout, but how often do we prepare ourselves for the challenges of fatherhood? In this episode, I share how faith, fitness, coaching, and having the right team are helping me show up better for the people who need me most. The real workout is life. How are you warming up? 📓 Build Your Own Dad Warm-Up Routine Take what you heard in this episode and apply it to your life. Use this interactive notebook to create your own daily warm-up routine as a dad. https://notebook.google.com/notebook/f60ca44a-4e1c-4ac6-9ffe-7d0ceb482494 (https://notebook.google.com/notebook/f60ca44a-4e1c-4ac6-9ffe-7d0ceb482494) 📖 The Emotional Shoes – Kids Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7Y95ZNW (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7Y95ZNW) 💪 Honorable Savage Bootcamp https://www.skool.com/honorablesavage/about?ref=19bd685db886441f861aaba80c04aa06 (https://www.skool.com/honorablesavage/about?ref=19bd685db886441f861aaba80c04aa06) ⚡ 1st Phorm – Supplements & Nutrition https://1stphorm.com/?a_aid=m8vz246x8190j (https://1stphorm.com/?a_aid=m8vz246x8190j) 🏋️ Garage Gym Athlete – Free 7-Day Trial https://app.garagegymathlete.com/r/FTKREPJV (https://app.garagegymathlete.com/r/FTKREPJV) Just Call Dad — Real conversations about fatherhood, faith, fitness, and becoming better today. JCD -- Strive Light Co. LLC

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   12 Oct 2026

   78: IF YOU CAN'T RUN, WALK | Sprinting, Striding & Stretching Through Life

   IF YOU CAN'T RUN, WALK | Sprinting, Striding & Stretching Through Life Sometimes life calls you to sprint. Other times, all you can do is walk. In this episode of Just Call Dad, Coach Sean Patrick reflects on rediscovering videos he recorded in 2023, the challenges of accepting a slower season of life, and why personal growth isn't always about moving faster. From fatherhood and coaching to discovering the power of conversations and creativity, Sean explores how different seasons shape who we become. We also talk about recognizing your strengths, letting go of comparison, overcoming the fear of getting started, and finding purpose in the season you're in. CHAPTERS: 00:00 If You Can't Run, Walk 00:30 Seasons of Sprinting, Striding & Stretching 01:04 Keep Stepping Forward 01:24 What Is This Season Teaching You? 02:12 Why I Started Recording Videos in 2023 03:05 Discovering the Power of Speaking 03:16 Building Conversations, Community & Connections 03:55 Stop Comparing Your Strengths to Others 04:34 Why We're Afraid to Get Started 04:47 Pressure, Purpose & Being Present 05:20 Finding Growth in a Stretching Season 05:53 Make Today the Best Version of Today ABOUT JUST CALL DAD Dad is more than a noun. It's an action. Hosted by Coach Sean Patrick, Just Call Dad explores fatherhood, coaching, leadership, faith, fitness, and the everyday work of becoming better. Better men. Better coaches. Better dads. LISTEN & FOLLOW SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1QnwAJ25SsFnzZBipLKopd (https://open.spotify.com/show/1QnwAJ25SsFnzZBipLKopd) INSTAGRAM: @justcalldadpodcast @coachseanpatrick @strivelight YOUTUBE: Strive Light Studio CONNECT Guests, collaborations & questions: justcalldadpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:justcalldadpodcast@gmail.com) POWERED BY STRIVE LIGHT CO. Focus. Train. Build. Train the tangible so you can build the intangible.

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   7 Oct 2026

   77 | CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE

   CHOOSE YOUR HARD Sometimes the rain isn’t the problem. It’s how much we fight the fact that it’s raining. It was a rainy Friday morning. Cold. Wet. One of those mornings where everything just feels a little harder than it needs to be. And honestly, the weather wasn’t even the biggest problem. The morning had already been chaos. Missing glasses. Missing shoes. Kids to get where they needed to go. Work waiting. A brain already running in ten different directions. I felt behind before the day had really started. And sitting in my truck, I started thinking: Maybe the goal isn’t to avoid the hard. Maybe it’s to choose how we meet it. CHOOSE YOUR HARD We love making plans. I make them as a dad. I make them as a coach. I make them at work. I make them in business. Planning is good. The problem comes when we start believing the plan guarantees the outcome. Because then it rains. Someone loses their shoes. The schedule changes. Something doesn’t work. You get overwhelmed. And suddenly, instead of dealing with what’s actually happening, you’re frustrated because it isn’t what you thought should be happening. That’s where I’m trying to make a shift: Choose your hard instead of resenting the hard you’re already in. If it’s raining, meet the rain. If it’s cold, meet the cold. If life is busy, figure out how you need to manage the busyness. You might not get to choose the conditions. But you still get to choose your response. SOMETIMES YOU LET YOURSELF DOWN Even a Cleveland Browns win got me thinking about expectations. We spend a lot of time worrying about other people disappointing us. But sometimes the harder truth is this: We disappoint ourselves. We know how we want to show up—as husbands, dads, coaches, and leaders. And sometimes we don’t. That doesn’t mean we stay there. It means we recognize it, learn from it, and decide how we’re going to respond next. MY RAIN RIGHT NOW Right now, my rain is busyness. There are a lot of good things happening. Family. Work. Coaching. Building. Creating. But good things can still become too much when there’s no margin between them. And I’m learning that feeling overwhelmed doesn’t necessarily mean everything is going wrong. Sometimes it means I need to manage myself better. Slow down. Make room. Reset. Decide what actually matters today. Because maybe we appreciate the sunshine a little more after the rain. Maybe warmth feels different after the cold. And maybe some of the seasons we’re trying so hard to escape are actually building something in us. YOUR CHALLENGE What’s your rain right now? Don’t spend all your energy wishing the conditions were different. Ask yourself: What can I control? How do I want to respond? What could this be building in me? Then choose your hard. And meet the day you actually have. TRUCK TALK That’s the idea behind these short conversations. A few minutes on the drive. A chance to think. A chance to reset. And hopefully, by the time you pull into wherever you’re going, you’re a little more prepared to show up the way you want to. Better men. Better coaches. Better dads. — Coach Sean Patrick
Just Call Dad | Strive Light Co.

Who has been a guest on Just Call Dad

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• Jerred Moon
• Kyle Murphy
• Jesse Coomer
• Kirk Bowyer
• Ben Barker

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

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Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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