Podcasts aimed at supporting you in all aspects of family life including marriage, parenting and bereavement.
Who Let The Dads Out? | The Dad Cave podcast
Tony Sharp joins Stephen and Mark in the Dad Cave to talk all about Who Let The Dads Out? – A network of toddler groups just for Dads that was set up by Mark and Tony over twenty years ago.
10/8/2024 • 32 minutes, 1 second
Championship Manager – Luke Williams | The Dad Cave Podcast
We talk football and fatherhood with Swansea City Head Coach, Luke Williams. Stephen and Mark do a deep dive into his career to date and unpack the reality of juggling a high-pressure job with being a dad of two young boys.
9/10/2024 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 53 seconds
When your world falls apart | The Dad Cave podcast
Motivational speaker and dad of four, James Shone, joins Stephen and Mark in The Dad Cave to talk about how a routine health check in 2012 led to him needing emergency surgery for an advanced brain tumour which left him partially sighted. This experience changed the course of his life, forcing him to give up work to adapt to life with a disability, before going on to start the charity “I Can & I am”.
8/13/2024 • 31 minutes, 57 seconds
Facing burnout | The Dad Cave podcast
Stephen and Mark are joined in The Dad Cave by Luke Meates to discuss the realities of facing burnout whilst parenting two young children, and what you can do when life gets a bit too much.
7/9/2024 • 51 minutes, 58 seconds
Raising children in the most dangerous country on earth | The Dad Cave podcast
Simon Guillebaud, author speaker and charity founder, joins Mark and Stephen in The Dad Cave to discuss his experience of giving up the safety of the UK to live and work as a missionary in Burundi. He shares his perspective on choosing to bring up his children in a place once considered the most dangerous country on earth.
6/11/2024 • 46 minutes, 53 seconds
Happier before kids! This sentiment was felt by one in three dads in a recent survey | The Dad Cave
Ian Soars, CEO of Spurgeons, the organisation behind Dad.info, joins Stephen and Mark in The Dad Cave to discuss the eye-opening results of their nationwide survey of dads.
5/14/2024 • 43 minutes, 27 seconds
Loveliness and bloodlines | The Dad Cave podcast
Guest Gerrit Bantjes joins Stephen and Mark in the Dad Cave to share his experience of being a stepdad.
4/9/2024 • 39 minutes, 4 seconds
The pressure of being a Super Dad and living with unique challenges | The Dad Cave podcast
Mark Madavan visits The Dad Cave this month to talk to Stephen and Mark about losing his sight and overcoming the pressure to always be a ‘Super Dad’.
3/12/2024 • 32 minutes, 51 seconds
Being a dad when you’ve lost your dad | The Dad Cave Podcast
Author Phil Knox returns to The Dad Cave to share with Mark and Stephen how his dad dying unexpectedly 20 years ago has shaped his adult life and impacted his own experiences of becoming a father.
2/13/2024 • 45 minutes, 3 seconds
Financial pressures and the cost of living | The Dad Cave Podcast
Mark and Stephen are joined by finance expert Simon Martin to discuss living costs, financial pressures and budgeting tips for dads.
1/9/2024 • 41 minutes, 29 seconds
The pressure of being a dad at Christmas | The Dad Cave podcast
Mark and Stephen discuss Christmas pressures, the festive role of dads and cracker jokes in this Dad Cave Christmas special.
12/12/2023 • 28 minutes, 15 seconds
The importance of friendships | The Dad Cave Podcast
Mark and Stephen discuss fatherhood and male friendships as they catch up with author Phil Knox who’s recent book “The best of friends” looks at this all important topic.
11/14/2023 • 46 minutes, 36 seconds
Christian's journey to forgive his father | The Dad Cave Podcast
Divorce and estrangement are on the rise in today’s society - Christian Sana discusses a childhood with an absent father and how he made the decision to reach out and offer forgiveness.
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8/18/2022 • 43 minutes, 16 seconds
When and how to nurture our kid's passions and interests | The Dad Cave Podcast
Dave Gordon is the father of two rising stars in two very different sports; water polo and football! He shares with us what it's like to encourage his sons in their individual passions, and how he sees his role as their dad in nurturing their character as well as their talents.
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7/22/2022 • 35 minutes, 45 seconds
How a new dad got postnatal depression | The Dad Cave Podcast
In this episode of The Dad Cave, Tim shares his own mental health challenges following the difficult birth of his daughter, Hannah.
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7/14/2022 • 28 minutes, 49 seconds
Talking to a world record holder about dads, father figures, and swimming the English Channel |The Dad Cave Podcast
Talking to a world record holder about dads, father figures, and swimming the English Channel Tom Gregory, the youngest person to ever swim the English Channel is in The Dad Cave. Tom is also the author of A Boy in the Water, winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2018.
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11/29/2021 • 41 minutes, 13 seconds
How do you cope when you’ve become a dad for the first time? | The Dad Cave Podcast
Only a few months into fatherhood, Dan Ridgeon joins Stephen and Mark as they chat about the overwhelming experience of becoming a dad.
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11/29/2021 • 33 minutes
Becoming a single dad | The Dad Cave Podcast
Rich Muller opens up about how life changed when he became a single dad and talks about the struggles and loneliness of parenting alone.
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