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Front Row Dads with Jon Vroman

Jon Vroman

300 episodes

Since 2016, Front Row Dads has been the community for "family men with businesses, not businessmen with families".

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Weekly interviews on marriage, parenting, health, emotional intelligence, business and legacy.

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  1. Stop Trying to Balance Work and Family w/ Kevin Walton

    · 27 min · Episode 596

    There is no greater leadership than the example of a life lived, says Kevin Walton. He is a father, a spiritual guide, and one of our guest leaders at FRD Live 2026. Ali Jafarian talks with Kevin about what embodiment…

  2. Faith, Family, and Work Without the Mask w/ Rudi Riekstins

    · 33 min · Episode 595

    For years Rudi Riekstins left his faith, his marriage, and his two babies at the office door, and walked in every morning pretending to be a company man. Then he stopped pretending. Ali Jafarian sits down with Rudi, a…

  3. Is It Ever Okay to Put Work Before Family?

    · 14 min · Episode 594

    Jon has spent ten years telling men to put family first. For the last two months he's worked dawn to dinner, some weeks seven days straight, and he thinks that's okay. This is Walk With Jon. No studio, no script, no…

  4. The 7-Part Family Meeting Built on Business Principles w/ Ryan Levesque

    · 18 min · Episode 593

    Our biggest event of the year is now open to the public. Find out more and experience the best of FRD. Https://frontrowdads.com/live Ryan Levesque runs meeting rhythms for a living. So he installed one at home, and he…

  5. Your Influence as a Dad Doesn't Expire with Mark Groves

    · 9:00 · Episode 594

    Mark Groves is 46 years old, and the conversation he keeps coming back to happened in a car when he was in his twenties with his father. He had gone to his father complaining about a girlfriend, and he had said…

  6. The Dad's Formula for Influence w/ Dr. Meg Meeker

    · 14 min · Episode 593

    Jon asked a pediatrician of thirty-five years for the formula for influencing your kids. She gave him three words. Dr. Meg Meeker, author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, says her job is to speak to dads on behalf…

  7. Why You Keep Having the Same Fight with Your Wife/ Mark Groves

    · 15 min · Episode 591

    Every couple has a dance, and most men have never seen the steps written down. One of you closes the distance and gets louder. The other creates distance and shuts down. What makes it a loop rather than an argument is…

  8. Reveal Your Truth, Ask for Help, Do The One Thing

    · 7:42 · Episode 593

    Jon walked into a band meeting with seven things to do and walked out with one. Episode 4 of Walk With Jon. No studio, no script, no guest, no editing. Jon Vroman walking the lake in downtown Austin on a Wednesday…

  9. The Husband's Guide to Perimenopause and Menopause w/ Dr. Heather Hirsch

    · 1 h 36 min · Episode 592

    She calls it puberty in reverse. It can last a decade. And most husbands have no idea it's happening. LIVE WITH DR. HIRSCH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH. She is joining the Front Row Dads community for a live session with…

  10. Most Couples Fix Their Marriage Backwards

    · 11 min · Episode 591

    Most of us don't have a plan for our marriage. We have a repair schedule. Something breaks, we patch it, things are fine for a while, and then we sit there quietly waiting for it to break again. Lance Salazar lived in…

  11. Why Your Kid's Anxiety Might Be Yours

    · 11 min · Episode 592

    Jon's eleven-year-old had been more anxious than usual, and his wife told him why. You have been more stressed at work. He is a reflector. He picks up on your energy. Bryan Post takes that and does something more…

  12. Stop Working on Your Marriage. Switch to This.

    · 11 min · Episode 591

    Nobody got married hoping to work on it. That is where Ted Lowe starts. After a long day of working hard, the last thing anybody wants is to work some more, so telling a man his marriage needs more work tends to land…

  13. What Does Your Marriage Look Like Twenty Years From Now?

    · 12 min · Episode 590

    Geoff Woods set a goal of thirty-six date nights with his wife, tracked it all year, and then had to admit it wasn't working. What he found instead was the idea he spent years teaching at The ONE Thing: find the one…

  14. Do You Have a Board of Directors for Your Life?

    · 9:04 · Episode 589

    Nobody claws their way out of rock bottom alone. Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's 60 minutes on Zoom with Jon and a few other dads, free, and…

  15. The Five Versions of You (And the Sixth One You Need) w/ Dr. Kelly Flanagan

    · 16 min · Episode 588

    Five versions of you are already running your marriage. The work is building the sixth. Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's 60 minutes on Zoom with…

  16. The 5 Levels of Every Marriage (And How to Move Up)

    · 28 min · Episode 587

    Every marriage is sitting on one of five levels right now. Here is how to find yours and how to climb. Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's 60…

  17. The 3 Rules That Make Date Night Actually Happen

    · 7:10 · Episode 586

    Most date nights quietly die for the same reason, and it isn't love. Nobody scheduled it. Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's 60 minutes on Zoom…

  18. Stop Telling Your Kids to Stop. Then Let Them Teach You

    · 8:48 · Episode 585

    The thing you keep telling your kid to stop doing might be exactly what they're built for. (Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's 60 minutes on Zoom…

  19. How Four Men Deal With the Hard Stuff

    · 10 min · Episode 584

    Four men. Same question. Two completely different answers: is it powering through strength, or is it avoidance? Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's…

  20. The Three Emotions That Sink Good Men

    · 22 min · Episode 583

    Quick test: how do you deal with your neediness? If you just cringed, you found your enemy emotion. (Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood Experience. It's 60 minutes…

  21. You're the Bow, Not the Arrow: How He Sees His Job as a Dad

    · 6:50 · Episode 582

    Ask young fathers how to raise great kids and you get 72 steps. Ask the old guys and you get two words: just love them. (Want a taste of what Front Row Dads is actually like? Come sit in on a live Brotherhood…

  22. Stop Waiting for Your Son to Grow Up (here's your role)

    · 24 min · Episode 581

    "If we do not initiate our sons, they will burn down the village just to feel the heat." That African proverb is where this one starts, and Chris Bruno, counsellor, author of The Man Maker Project, and a dad who built…

  23. Why You Keep Learning the Same Lesson Over and Over | Walk With Jon

    · 9:19 · Episode 580

    Having the same realization five times doesn't mean you failed the first four. Episode 3 of Walk With Jon. No studio, no script, no guest, no editing. Jon Vroman on a walking trail near his house, thinking out loud.…

  24. How I'd Do Early Fatherhood (If I Could Start Over)

    · 19 min · Episode 579

    "I would say to my wife, I need to get to the coffee shop by seven, because I couldn't be hassled by the kids in the morning." For ten years, Jon Vroman has asked the questions on this show. To close the first week of…

  25. How Three Men Deal With Their Anger

    · 11 min · Episode 578

    "Do you ever lose your cool? Do you ever just yell?" It gets asked point-blank in this one, and the three answers could not be more different. Ryan Deiss, founder of DigitalMarketer, says he is not a yeller, then…

  26. How Three Dads Deal With Apologies, Wounds, and Forgiveness

    · 25 min · Episode 577

    "Every decision I've ever made in my life, good and bad, has been in an effort to get my father to tell me he loved me." This one moves in three parts: the apology you owe your kids, the dance you are still in with…

  27. How Successful Dads Deal With the Spoiled-Kid Problem

    · 15 min · Episode 576

    Give your kids enough that they can do anything, but not so much that they can do nothing. That Warren Buffett line is where this one starts. You worked hard so your family could have a good life. So how do you keep…

  28. You Can't Force Your Kid to Follow You: Why Correcting Costs Influence

    · 9:01 · Episode 575

    You can't force a child to make you their mentor. They choose. And most of us are quietly spending that choice on being right. That's the argument in Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate, and it's the…

  29. Take Away Dad, Husband, Business Owner. Who's Left? | Walk With Jon

    · 14 min · Episode 568

    The greatest gift you can give your kids has nothing to do with them. Episode 2 of Walk With Jon. No studio, no script, no guest, no editing. Jon Vroman on a walking trail near his house, thinking out loud, this time…

  30. 4 Dads Explain What They Wish They'd Known Before Their First Kid

    · 7:49 · Episode 573

    Fatherhood is a series of windows that open and close. The one you're leaving usually never opens again. For years we've been asking guests on this show some version of the same question: what do you wish you knew…

  31. How to Get Kids Sleepy Without Saying a Word

    · 4:29 · Episode 572

    You're exhausted, so we made this one short. Two things worth your tired attention. First, a nearly free trick for kids' bedtime that works with their biology instead of against it: no arguing, no negotiating, just…

  32. Want a Strong Family? DON'T Put the Kids First.

    · 7:28 · Episode 571

    We asked what advice he'd give a new dad. His answer had nothing to do with the baby. Steve Olsher's advice for men entering fatherhood is to prioritize your wife, above the kids. It sounds backwards, especially when…

  33. 7 Signs Your Wife Is Struggling (That She'll Never Say Out Loud)

    · 31 min · Episode 570

    Suzanne Yatim Aslam had postpartum depression after her son was born, and in this conversation she tells dads exactly what it looked like from the inside, including the part almost nobody says out loud: for a while,…

  34. Do NOT Ask Your Wife "What Can I Do?" (here's why)

    · 9:42 · Episode 569

    Your wife is struggling, and everything in you wants to solve it. That instinct is the problem. Welcome to NEW DAD WEEK. Five short episodes for guys who are expecting or in the thick of the first year. We're starting…

  35. When to Get Tougher, and When to Walk Away | Walk With Jon

    · 14 min · Episode 568

    There are two lessons available when something in your life keeps hurting. One is to get tougher. The other is to walk away. Most men only ever get coached on the first one. WHAT THIS IS This is the first episode of…

  36. What Actually Makes You Attractive to Your Wife - Dr Robert Glover

    · 16 min · Episode 567

    Most men think attraction is something you do. It's something you are. Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, gives about as direct an answer as you'll get: the feminine is highly attracted to…

  37. Why You Have All the Information and Still Never Act - Dr. Robert Glover

    · 23 min · Episode 566

    Everyone is talking about the male loneliness epidemic. Here's the less comfortable version: a lot of it is self-inflicted. Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, gets into what actually keeps…

  38. Do NOT Argue the Facts With Your Wife (here's why) - Dr. Robert Glover

    · 17 min · Episode 564

    His wife said he hadn't told her he loved her all day. He had screenshots proving he'd said it five times. He kept them to himself, and that was the whole lesson. Part three of our five-part week with Dr. Robert…

  39. Boundaries 101 for Men: The String on the Ground - Dr. Robert Glover

    · 25 min · Episode 564

    You think boundaries keep people out. They're actually what lets people get close to you. Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, runs a full crash course here, and it starts somewhere…

  40. The Ugly Truth About Being the Nice Guy - Dr. Robert Glover

    · 24 min · Episode 563

    The Nice Guy and the jerk are doing the exact same thing. Same shame, different mask. This is part one of a five-part week with Dr. Robert Glover, best-selling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, and we start at the root.…

  41. Learn the Dad Ritual That Will Build Your Kid's Confidence in Only 6 Minutes

    · 6:04 · Episode 562

    Most of us tell our kids they did great. Almost none of us tell them what we actually saw. It's one of the practices Jon Vroman is best known for around here, and the whole thing fits in a sentence: catch them doing…

  42. How to Raise Unspoiled Kids: 3 Principles and 3 Warning Signs

    · 22 min · Episode 561

    The more you can give your kids, the easier it is to spoil them. That's the quiet worry of every dad working hard to provide, so we went into the vault for this Deep Cut and pulled a teaching that's stuck with our…

  43. Work-Life Balance Is a Myth: 4 Dads Agree

    · 12 min · Episode 560

    On a topic dads argue about constantly, we found near-total agreement. In this Dads Agree episode we play four takes from past Front Row Dads guests who — without ever comparing notes — all landed in the same place:…

  44. The One Word That Made My Son "Shy" — And How Your Words Build (or Break) a Kid

    · 17 min · Episode 559

    The words you repeat about your kids become the story they believe about themselves. In this Deep Cut we share a summit teaching from Chris and Melissa Smith of Family Brand. They tells the story of how they…

  45. From the First Mountain to the Second: Rethinking Success as a Dad

    · 1 h 33 min · Episode 558

    Nick Foster has been a Front Row Dads member since 2021. He's also the founder of Foster Financial, a husband to his high school sweetheart Carrie, and a dad to three kids. This week, Nick sits down with Jon to talk…

  46. What Richard Branson Taught Two Dads About Brotherhood, Self-Love, and Legacy

    · 1 h 07 min · Episode 557

    What can a few days on Richard Branson's private island teach you about being a better father, husband, and man? In this episode, Jon sits down with Adam Holt and Derek Notman, the founders of Rebl Dads. Rebl is a…

  47. Lessons That Made Me a Better Father (After 10 Years of Front Row Dads)

    · 13 min · Episode 556

    This week on the show, All-In Front Row Dads member Dave Powders pulls out a decade of notes and shares the 5 best lessons he's learned in 10 years of brotherhood. These are the tips that have made him a better father,…

  48. The Day a Father Realized His Non-Speaking Son Had Been Listening All Along

    · 49 min · Episode 556

    Before we get into it, a quick favor. We're working on making the podcast better for you and we'd love your feedback. If you have 2 minutes, please fill out our podcast survey: forms.gle/JnJQUZR9Pt7d7fvG7 What if your…

  49. A Father's Day Roundtable: 4 Dads on Self-Love, Brotherhood, and the Inner Work of Being a Great Dad

    · 1 h 37 min · Episode 555

    Today's episode is a Father's Day roundtable. Jon sits down with three Front Row Dads, Mike Chu, Scott Seymour, and Austin Distel, for an honest conversation about what it actually means to be a great dad. Before we…

  50. Why You're Tired All the Time: Mold, Metals, and the Hidden Drivers of Chronic Fatigue

    · 1 h 45 min · Episode 554

    What if the reason you're tired, foggy, and burned out has nothing to do with stress or sleep? Most high-performing men assume their fatigue, brain fog, and inflammation come from doing too much. But there's another…

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