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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
Episode A Father's Day Roundtable: 4 Dads on Self-Love, Brotherhood, and the Inner Work of Being a Great Dad
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.
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Now to the episode.
This one isn't tactical. It's not about parenting hacks or systems. It's four men getting real about what Father's Day brings up, why self-love is the foundation of being a great dad, and the inner work most men never talk about out loud.
Mike opens up about going from a man who hated himself to one who is finally proud of who he's becoming. Scott shares his journey from being suicidal to seeing himself as divine. Austin reflects on what it means to consciously prepare for fatherhood with his wife now pregnant with their first child. And Jon brings the framework he learned recently from a father whose son was murdered by a 14-year-old, and what it taught him about restorative versus punitive energy, both with others and with himself.
If you've ever wondered why being a great dad feels harder than it should, this one will land. The hardest part of fatherhood isn't your kids. It's the relationship you have with yourself.
What you'll hear in this conversation:
→ Why Father's Day brings up grief, guilt, pressure, and complexity for most dads
→ The punitive vs restorative framework and how it changes how you treat yourself
→ Why self-love is one of the strongest things a man can practice
→ How Mike's relationship with his dad shaped a decade of self-punishment
→ Scott on why your kids only do what they see
→ Austin's unplanned solo trip to Panama and why play might be the highest form of self-love → The Azeem story and what restorative energy actually looks like
→ What each man hopes his kids will know about themselves above everything else
→ Why even lone wolves need to recharge by the pack
If this conversation moves you to want to dig deeper into the books that have shaped how Front Row Dads think about fatherhood, marriage, business, and brotherhood, our community-curated book list is here: frontrowdads.com/books
Connect with the guests:
Jon Vroman: instagram.com/jonvroman
Mike Chu: instagram.com/mike__chu
Scott Seymour: instagram.com/journey_of_man
Austin Distel: instagram.com/austindistel
Links in the notes 6
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