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. 4d ago

    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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Sep 21

    74 | BREWING BEHAVIORS

    Brewing Awareness: Cultivating Intentional Behaviors Exploring how our habits, like coffee, take time to develop. Did you know that the average cup of coffee takes anywhere from one to five minutes to brew? As Sean Patrick reflects on this, he invites us to consider how we can use that brief moment to reset our minds and cultivate intentional thinking. The Brew of Intentionality In today’s episode, Sean shares a personal story of feeling unmotivated at work. Instead of pushing through, he decided to step outside for a walk, drawing inspiration from the various brewing methods of coffee. Each method — from a quick espresso to a slow cold brew — represents different ways we can approach our tasks and lives, emphasizing that just like coffee, our thoughts and actions require time to develop. "It doesn’t take very long to make an improvement, but it takes a really long time to keep that improvement going." Observations from the Classroom While at school, Sean noticed the varying levels of focus among students. Some were hyper-aware, while others were blissfully unaware. This led him to reflect on the importance of being present and intentional as fathers. He emphasizes that, as men, we need to allow boys to express themselves, while also guiding them in understanding the consequences of their actions. Brewing Behaviors Sean connects the metaphor of brewing coffee to the behaviors we develop over time. He questions whether the struggles we face as adults might have started brewing in our youth. "Life is stress. It’s just a matter of what stress you’re stacking." He discusses how our behaviors, both good and bad, can take time to brew, and how we need to be aware of what we are cultivating in ourselves and our children. Key Takeaways 1. Awareness of Behaviors: Let's become more aware of the behaviors we're brewing in our lives. What emerges when we're stressed? 2. Modeling for Our Kids: While we can’t control our children’s choices, we can strive to model the best behaviors ourselves. As you brew your next cup of coffee, take a moment to reflect on your own behaviors and the impact they have on those around you. Life is about gradual improvement and understanding that mistakes are part of the journey. Let’s embrace the process and strive to be the best versions of ourselves, both for us and our children.

  7. Sep 19

    73 | DAD SPACE

    Finding Your Dad Space: Embracing the Journey Exploring the challenges and joys of fatherhood in today’s world. Sometimes, the best encouragement comes from the stories of others—not just their successes, but their struggles as well. This week, Sean Patrick dives into the often chaotic yet rewarding journey of fatherhood, sharing his own experiences and insights on finding balance in the dad space. The Importance of Connection Sean reflects on a conversation with his friend Ben Barker, who reminded him of the value in sharing not just achievements but also setbacks. This candidness can create a sense of normalcy for fathers navigating their own challenges. Sean wants to create a community where men can connect over their experiences, recognizing that being a dad is a crucial part of their identities. The Evolution of Dad Content Since Sean started this podcast in 2024, he has seen a significant rise in content geared towards dads. While some of this content is genuinely helpful, the saturation can also lead to confusion about what truly matters in the dad space. He emphasizes that the focus should not be on marketing or selling products but rather on fostering genuine connections among fathers. Three Steps Towards Clarity In today’s episode, Sean shares three personal steps he is taking to find clarity in his dad space: 1. Limit Podcast Consumption Reducing the number of podcasts he listens to daily has helped Sean focus on quality over quantity. Finding a few key voices to follow has made his listening experience more meaningful. 2. Identify Personal Needs Instead of trying to meet external expectations, Sean encourages dads to reflect on their own needs. Writing down daily necessities has helped him align his actions with his personal goals, whether it’s nourishing his body or ensuring he carves out time for reading. 3. Create Quiet Space Amidst the chaos of parenting, Sean emphasizes the importance of finding quiet moments for oneself. He acknowledges the challenge of establishing this space but believes it’s crucial for mental clarity and recovery. A Call to Reflection As Sean wraps up, he invites listeners to consider their own journeys in the dad space. It’s not about following every piece of advice or purchasing the latest products; it’s about finding what works for you and creating a supportive environment for yourself and your family. The dad years may be demanding, but with intention and community, they can also be incredibly fulfilling. Remember, it’s all about being the best version of yourself—today and every day. For more insights and stories, tune into the full episode!

  8. Sep 12

    72 | EDUCATORS

    What happens when structure becomes control—and teachers lose the freedom to truly teach? In this episode, Sean Patrick and Joe have an honest conversation about autonomy, creativity, collaboration, and perfectionism in education. They explore the tension between following a scripted curriculum and trusting teachers to use their experience, personality, and understanding of their students. Sean and Joe discuss why every classroom interprets learning differently, how fresh perspectives can reveal potential others may have missed, and why collaboration matters more than uniformity. Sean also shares a personal story about his daughter’s classroom experience and the pressure often placed on well-behaved students to lead, help, and hold everything together. As Sean explains, “You can’t see the picture when you’re standing inside the frame.” The conversation also moves beyond the classroom into parenting, leadership, and the importance of community. Both Sean and Joe reflect on releasing perfectionism, accepting that educators do not need to have every answer, and creating environments where teachers and students can bring their full selves to the work. This episode is for teachers, coaches, parents, and leaders trying to balance high expectations with creativity, compassion, and joy.

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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
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sean Patrick | Joe Bush
  • Show Website
    The Just Call Dad Podcast