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The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.

Would They Want to Be Your Kid?

3 mins; December 08, 2025

You Think You Want the Chaos to End… Until It Ends | Ryan and Sam Holiday

14 mins; December 06, 2025

They Are Why You Do This

4 mins; December 05, 2025

But What If You Saw It Differently?

3 mins; December 04, 2025

No One Cares About Your Kids

3 mins; December 03, 2025

These Things Are Meant to Help You

4 mins; December 02, 2025

This Is What You Can Save On

5 mins; December 01, 2025

How Running Together Can Build Unbreakable Bond | Nick Thompson & Ryan Holiday

20 mins; November 29, 2025

You Can Show Them What It Means

5 mins; November 28, 2025

You Will Want a Crowded Table

5 mins; November 27, 2025

This is the Best Excuse in the World

3 mins; November 26, 2025

You’re Missing What’s Important

4 mins; November 25, 2025

Know The Weight Of Your Words

3 mins; November 24, 2025

Surviving the Craziest Time of Year | Ryan and Sam Holiday

13 mins; November 22, 2025

This Is Your Advantage Now

4 mins; November 21, 2025

Do You Need To Be Doing This Right Now?

3 mins; November 20, 2025

Embrace What Your Family Is In This Moment

4 mins; November 19, 2025

They Are Jealous of You

4 mins; November 18, 2025

They Just Need You to Do This

4 mins; November 17, 2025

A Surprising Perspective On Parenting From A Billionaire

12 mins; November 15, 2025

You’re Going To Stick With That?

4 mins; November 14, 2025

You Shouldn’t Expect Anything Different

4 mins; November 13, 2025

You Are Not a Bad Parent

4 mins; November 12, 2025

Reflect On Yourself First

3 mins; November 11, 2025

This Skews Our Perspective

4 mins; November 10, 2025

Our Kids Are Outsmarting Us | Ryan and Sam Holiday

13 mins; November 08, 2025

You Have to Be More Careful Now

4 mins; November 07, 2025

It Would Be Weird If This Didn’t Happen

3 mins; November 06, 2025

It’s About Learning How to Live

4 mins; November 05, 2025

The Problem is Trying to Do Two Things at Once

3 mins; November 04, 2025

There Is No Right Way

4 mins; November 03, 2025

Let the Past IGNITE Their Future | Doris Kearns Goodwin

19 mins; November 01, 2025

Why Can’t You Enjoy This?

4 mins; October 31, 2025

We Need This as Much as Our Kids Do

5 mins; October 30, 2025

It’s Good They Make You Do This

3 mins; October 29, 2025

Are You Making Them Hungry?

4 mins; October 28, 2025

It Shifts Your Focus

3 mins; October 27, 2025

Why Sam Didn't Read Ryan's New Book... | Ryan & Sam Holiday

23 mins; October 25, 2025

This Lie Can Crush Them

4 mins; October 24, 2025

Why Are You Interrupting This?

3 mins; October 23, 2025

Are You Leaving Them These Debts?

4 mins; October 22, 2025

Help Them Find Their Classroom

4 mins; October 21, 2025

Encourage This Habit in Them

4 mins; October 20, 2025

8 Honest Lessons Every Parent Needs to Hear

14 mins; October 18, 2025

Are You Making Exceptions (For Your Exceptional Kids)?

5 mins; October 17, 2025

Who Is Putting Who On A Schedule?

3 mins; October 16, 2025

You Can Definitely Give Them This

4 mins; October 15, 2025

If You Don’t Do It, Who Will?

3 mins; October 14, 2025

How to Get Them to Love Learning

4 mins; October 13, 2025

The Truth About Being Married to Ryan Holiday During a Book Launch

21 mins; October 11, 2025

Don’t Hurry Through This

3 mins; October 10, 2025

How Many Times Have You Told Yourself?

4 mins; October 09, 2025

Help Them Figure It Out

4 mins; October 08, 2025

As It Was in the Beginning is Now and Ever Shall Be

4 mins; October 07, 2025

You’re Not in This Bracket

4 mins; October 06, 2025

Why Kids Don’t Want to Be Astronauts Anymore | NASA Astronaut Terry Virts & Ryan Holiday

14 mins; October 04, 2025

Always Put This First

4 mins; October 03, 2025

Teach Them To Deal With Difficult People Like This

5 mins; October 02, 2025

We Can Close the Distance

3 mins; October 01, 2025

This Is How You Remind Them Of Your Love?

3 mins; September 30, 2025

It’s About Them. It’s About Them.

3 mins; September 29, 2025

How We Take Day Trips With Our Kids | Chet Garner & Ryan Holiday

17 mins; September 27, 2025

Do You Know What You Look Like Angry?

3 mins; September 26, 2025

This Is Why You Can’t Relax

4 mins; September 25, 2025

It’s Here Now

3 mins; September 24, 2025

Are You Showing Them How To Be a Student?

4 mins; September 23, 2025

We Can Be Heroes, Too

4 mins; September 22, 2025

THIS Is One Of The Best Skills You Can Give Your Children | Melinda Wenner Moyer

14 mins; September 20, 2025

You Won’t Do It For Them?

3 mins; September 19, 2025

Above All, And Beyond All, Give Them This

4 mins; September 18, 2025

It’s Always Coming And Going

4 mins; September 17, 2025

Show Them How To Do This

5 mins; September 16, 2025

Want Them To Listen? Do This.

3 mins; September 15, 2025

Raise Kids Who LOVE Sports, Not Just Winning | Candace Parker & Ryan Holiday

20 mins; September 13, 2025

Show Them How To Do This

3 mins; September 12, 2025

Do This While You Still Can

5 mins; September 11, 2025

This Is Always The Remedy

4 mins; September 10, 2025

It Goes From ‘Watch Me!’ to ‘Get Out!’ Real Quick

4 mins; September 09, 2025

This Is All You Can Do

3 mins; September 08, 2025

31 Books To Read Before You Have Kids (The Ultimate Reading List For Parents)

17 mins; September 06, 2025

Can You Give Them This?

4 mins; September 05, 2025

Is This Fixing Anything?

6 mins; September 04, 2025

This Is Why We Teach History

5 mins; September 03, 2025

Why Do You Think It Will Be Worth It?

4 mins; September 02, 2025

Why Did You Expect Anything Else?

4 mins; September 01, 2025

Talking About Taylor Swift Turned Into a Parenting Lesson | Ryan and Sam Holiday

16 mins; August 30, 2025

Isn’t This What We Want Ourselves?

4 mins; August 29, 2025

We Have To Do This For Them

6 mins; August 28, 2025

Who Decides Who Gets What?

4 mins; August 27, 2025

Yelling Doesn’t Undo It, You Know

4 mins; August 26, 2025

This Is What They Were Thinking

3 mins; August 25, 2025

Every Question Is an Invitation — Accept It | Ryan Holiday

13 mins; August 23, 2025

Would You Do It Again?

5 mins; August 22, 2025

Is Your Ego Distracting You From This?

4 mins; August 21, 2025

It’s Not As Important As You Tell Yourself

4 mins; August 20, 2025

Do Not Make Them This

3 mins; August 19, 2025

Look Always For This Silver Lining

3 mins; August 18, 2025

The New Family Member Who Changed Everything | Ryan and Sam Holiday

15 mins; August 16, 2025

Don’t Rush Through This

3 mins; August 15, 2025

They Can’t Live On Leftovers

4 mins; August 14, 2025

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