The Just Call Dad Podcast

Sean Patrick | Joe Bush
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**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

  1. 3d ago

    82 | Daily Over Decades | Faith, Fitness & Fatherhood with Dave Paczkowski

    Daily Over Decades | Faith, Fitness & Fatherhood with Dave Paczkowski JUST CALL DAD | A Conversation with Dave Paczkowski of Garage Gym Athlete What if becoming a better dad isn't about doing more, but being more intentional with what you're already doing? In today's call, I'm joined by my friend Dave Paczkowski from Garage Gym Athlete. We're talking about faith, fitness, fatherhood, and learning to build a life around what matters most. Dave is a husband, father of three, and coach who understands what it's like to balance family, fitness, and personal goals. FAMILY FIRST — Your kids don't just need to see what you accomplish. They need to see how you get there. PROCESS OVER RESULTS — The small things you consistently do matter more than the big goals you're chasing. DAILY OVER DECADES — Whether it's fitness, faith, marriage, or parenting, lasting growth starts with showing up. CONNECTION OVER ISOLATION — You weren't meant to figure everything out alone. Find people who encourage you, challenge you, and walk alongside you. We also talk about garage gym training, God's timing, building better habits, setting meaningful goals, and the importance of letting our kids be part of the process. One of my favorite parts of our conversation was hearing Dave share how his daughter joined him at the track while he trained for a major fitness challenge. It was a reminder that our kids may not remember the numbers we hit, but they'll remember the time we spent together. We also get into my own journey through injury, changing priorities, and discovering how conversations and relationships can help us move forward. I'm not the expert. I'm just another dad making the call. Today's challenge: Pick one small action that moves you toward the person you want to become. Move for a few minutes. Open your Bible. Encourage your wife. Play something your kids love. Or call a friend. You don't need a perfect plan. You need a place to start. Stop. Pause. Praise your progress. Today is Day One. 📓 Just Call Dad | Episode Resources Explore practical ideas, reflect on your goals, and turn what you hear into action. Explore the Just Call Dad Notebook 🎙️ Dave Paczkowski | Garage Gym Athlete Follow Dave on Instagram 📖 The Emotional Shoes | Children's Book Get the Book 💪 Honorable Savage Explore Honorable Savage ⚡ 1st Phorm | Nutrition & Performance Shop 1st Phorm 🏋️ Garage Gym Athlete | Training Real programming for everyday athletes. Build strength, improve conditioning, and train consistently through every season of life. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial 🔗 28 Bands | Movement & Mobility Explore 28 Bands JUST CALL DAD Real conversations. Better dads. One call at a time. Some links are referral or affiliate links that may support the show.

  2. 3d ago

    81 | The Payphone: Who's Directing Your Steps?

    The Payphone | Who's Directing Your Steps? JUST CALL DAD | A Quick Call for Dads We have more ways to communicate than ever before. So why does it sometimes feel harder than ever to connect? In today's call, I'm taking a trip back to payphones, bag phones, and dial-up internet to talk about something I'm learning as a dad. DIRECTION — Don't let someone who doesn't know your goals direct your steps. CONNECTION — More communication doesn't always mean better relationships. INTENTION — Your plan for becoming a better dad doesn't have to look like anyone else's. As a dad to three daughters, I'm still figuring out what being a great girl dad looks like. And sometimes, all the advice available makes that harder instead of easier. I'm not the expert. I'm just another dad making the call. Today's challenge: Write down what being a good dad looks like to you. Find someone you trust who understands your goals. And don't be afraid to talk about how you're feeling. Feelings first. Conversations follow. Stop. Pause. Praise your progress. Today is Day One. 📓 The Payphone | Episode Notebook Explore the ideas, reflect on your own goals, and turn this episode into action. Open the Episode Notebook 📓 Just Call Dad | Additional Resources Explore the Just Call Dad Notebook 📖 The Emotional Shoes | Children's Book Get the Book 💪 Honorable Savage Explore Honorable Savage ⚡ 1st Phorm | Nutrition & Performance Shop 1st Phorm 🏋️ Garage Gym Athlete | Training Real programming for everyday athletes. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial 🔗 28 Bands | Movement & Mobility Explore 28 Bands JUST CALL DAD Real conversations. Better dads. One call at a time. Some links are referral or affiliate links that may support the show. TAKE THIS EPISODE FURTHERLINKS & RESOURCES

  3. 3d ago

    80 | Feedback. Form. Fight. Breaking the Loop.

    Feedback. Form. Fight. | Breaking the Loop JUST CALL DAD | A Quick Call for Dads Ever feel like you're doing everything but not actually moving forward? In today's call, I'm sharing three lessons from coaching that I'm learning to apply to fatherhood, leadership, and everyday life. FEEDBACK — Who are you listening to? FORM — What habits are you building? FIGHT — Are you making decisions for who you are today or who you want to become? I'm not the expert. I'm a dad figuring this out, too. Sometimes moving forward starts with better feedback, more intentional habits, and a little fight for the person you're becoming. Today's challenge: Reach out to someone. Remind them they matter. Build the relationships that matter most. Today is Day One. 📓 Your Just Call Dad Notebook Explore the ideas, reflect on what you've heard, and put this episode into action. Open the Episode Notebook 📖 The Emotional Shoes | Children's Book Get the Book 💪 Honorable Savage Explore Honorable Savage ⚡ 1st Phorm | Nutrition & Performance Shop 1st Phorm 🏋️ Garage Gym Athlete | Training Real programming for everyday athletes. Start Your Free 7-Day Trial 🔗 28 Bands | Movement & Mobility Explore 28 Bands JUST CALL DAD Real conversations. Better dads. One call at a time. Some links are referral or affiliate links that may support the show. TAKE THIS EPISODE FURTHERLINKS & RESOURCES

  4. Oct 20

    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 📖 The Emotional Shoes – Kids Bookhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7Y95ZNW 💪 Honorable Savage Bootcamphttps://www.skool.com/honorablesavage/about?ref=19bd685db886441f861aaba80c04aa06 ⚡ 1st Phorm – Supplements & Nutritionhttps://1stphorm.com/?a_aid=m8vz246x8190j 🏋️ Garage Gym Athlete – Free 7-Day Trialhttps://app.garagegymathlete.com/r/FTKREPJV Just Call Dad — Real conversations about fatherhood, faith, fitness, and becoming better today. JCD -- Strive Light Co. LLC

  5. Oct 12

    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 INSTAGRAM:@justcalldadpodcast@coachseanpatrick@strivelight YOUTUBE: Strive Light Studio CONNECT Guests, collaborations & questions:justcalldadpodcast@gmail.com POWERED BY STRIVE LIGHT CO. Focus. Train. Build. Train the tangible so you can build the intangible.

  6. Oct 7

    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.

  7. Oct 7

    76 | PRAISE THE PERSON YOU ARE BECOMING

    PRAISE THE PERSON YOU’RE BECOMING What if praise shouldn’t only come after you get it right? We usually think of praise as a reward. You played well → praise.
You made the right decision → praise.
Your kid listened → praise.
Your athlete executed → praise. But lately, I’ve been thinking about praise differently. What if we used praise to help build the behavior we want to see—not just celebrate it afterward? As a coach, dad, leader, and even just in the way I talk to myself, I’m realizing there’s power in naming the good before the pressure hits. Instead of waiting for someone to prove themselves, tell them what you already see developing. “You’re becoming someone who handles hard things well.” “I love how you keep showing up.” “You’re learning how to lead.” “You’re becoming more disciplined.” And maybe we need to do the same thing for ourselves. PRAISE + CORRECTION Praise doesn’t mean ignoring what needs to improve. Great coaching requires correction. Parenting requires correction. Growth requires correction. But correction hits differently when someone already knows what you believe they’re capable of. That’s something I want to get better at: Don’t just point out what needs fixed. Reinforce what needs built. PREPARE YOUR PRAISE Here’s the practical challenge I’ve been thinking about: Don’t wait until the moment to decide what deserves your attention. Write it down. Before practice, think about what you want to reinforce in your athletes. Before walking through the door after work, think about what you want to notice in your family. Before starting your own day, remind yourself of the person you’re trying to become. Then look for evidence of it. Because the things we consistently notice, name, and reinforce have a way of growing. THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE Pick one person in your life. Your spouse. Your child. An athlete. A coworker. Or yourself. Don’t wait for them to do something extraordinary. Find something worth reinforcing today and say it out loud. Praise the progress. Praise the effort. Praise the person they’re becoming. And then keep building. BETTER MEN. BETTER COACHES. BETTER DADS. — Coach Sean Patrick
Just Call Dad | Strive Light Co.

  8. Sep 22

    75 | Anthony The Real Ketchup Guy

    75 | Anthony The Real Ketchup Guy From the archives here is an unreleased episode we only dropped on YouTube last year! Loved this talk with my friend Anthony! Healthy ketchup, a comeback story, and the kind of conversation that reminds dads why they started trying in the first place. Coach Sean Patrick sits down with Anthony Martins, better known as The Real Ketchup Guy, for a surprisingly powerful conversation about food, purpose, and what it really takes to keep going when life gets hard. Anthony shares how a childhood love of ketchup turned into a partnership with True Made Foods, a brand built around hidden veggies, no added sugar, and condiments that actually make sense for families trying to make better choices. But this episode goes way beyond ketchup. You’ll hear how Anthony went from an underdog athlete, to a walk-on football player, to a boxer, stuntman, and eventually a creator who built a new career in his 40s after years of doubt, injuries, and financial grind. He opens up about the years he survived on almost nothing in Los Angeles, the moment one letter from a young person changed his mindset, and why his biggest lesson is simple: never give up, even when the path looks ridiculous to everyone else. Sean and Anthony also break down why kids books matter, why representation in reading matters, and how books can shape identity, emotional health, and confidence in kids who need to see themselves reflected on the page. From anxiety to boldness, from fatherhood to mental health, from content creation to building a life with purpose, the conversation keeps circling back to one thing: helping people live better today. Anthony also shares the mission behind True Made Foods, including their no-sugar ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauces, and seasonings, plus the values behind supporting veteran-owned, minority-owned, smaller businesses that are trying to do good in the world. Along the way, Sean and Anthony talk about creating positive media, being more intentional with time, and why joy, community, and a little bit of childlike fun still matter more than most of us admit. If you’re a dad, a creator, a parent, or just someone who needs a reminder that your story is still being written, this one will hit home. It’s funny, honest, unexpected, and packed with the kind of encouragement that can help you take the next step.

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**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

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  • Creator
    Sean Patrick | Joe Bush
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    81
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Sean Patrick | Joe Bush
  • Show Website
    The Just Call Dad Podcast