When it comes to living a life that becomes a story worth telling. This dad is out there making it happen. How an ex LAPD SWAT captain affectionately know as coach C brings him back on track after his parent separation and becomes a mentor, a father figure, and a friend. How at the age of 23 he takes on fatherhood the same way he takes on life, all in and full-on. His positivity is infectious only matched by the size of his heart and his commitment to giving back to his community and world at large.  He's working on creating a  legacy to help 100 million people lead a more meaningful, healthy-minded & physically fit lifestyle.

This dad describes himself as 240lbs of big and ugly. But don't let that scare you. Today's guest Steve Sims is a smart savvy son of a bricklayer from London who is living his dream by helping people live theirs. You want to meet Elton John, done. You want to meet your favourite band, done. You want to meet the pope, yes he's even arranged that one. Beyond making dreams come true for people, he is one of those genuine people out to make everyone's life just that little bit better by sharing some of his hard-earned wisdom with the world.

When it comes to raising the next generation of strong confident resilient human beings, story, metaphor, and creating the right experiences, and environments for growth is the way to go. Today I chat with one of the worlds leading body language experts Mark Bowden. His latest book Truth and Lies is a field manual on how to increase your awareness of what is going on around you. Because as Mark says, we are constantly being manipulated by everything that is going on around us. Why using story and metaphor is more powerful than command and instruction for not just ourselves but our kids. And the importance of creating experiences in life with our kids.

No, you didn't just enter a time warp. If you hear things like valentines day is in two days and we are off skiing this weekend because we got 20cm of snow the last 48hrs. It's because, well. Dad messed up again.  We got into an early groove recording podcasts then life got in the way. And this one has been sitting unedited, lost on my computer till now. So rather than dump the episode or try and synch it up in 2020. I decided the best thing was to just go with it. The message after all in this one is about communication and owning your mistakes.

There is very little in life that any form of excess is a good thing. In this weeks episode of the Sheepdog eXperience Grant and Todd kick off by talking about the swing of political correctness and how they are handling it within their own lives and families. Somehow managing to segway into discussing how children are just little people and people can be assholes. Where we all have a switch that turns us from nice lovable people into complete dicks.  

Its time to meet the reasons behind this whole Sheepdog thing. It's fun entertaining and an honest to goodness look at how we do things. The stuff that works, the stuff that doesn't and the stuff we love. And oh a dad joke or two.   p.s.  It's true what they say never work with children or animals. But I wouldn't have it any other way  

Todays Guest is Bruno Guvremont former Bomb Disposal Expert with the Canadian military. Entrepreneur and mental health advocate. Bruno talks candidly about his time in Afghanistan. What it was like to come back home, his PTSD and his journey to recovery. How his son and fitness helped Bruno out of the darkness and set him on a new path to success. His journey to the pole and what it's like to be a dad today. 

In this episode, Todd and Grant go head to head and discuss some of the parenting strategies and the idea of the last 20 years. What they think about them and why they think they don't work and what we need to do in order to turn things around

This is the welcome episode of the Sheepdog eXperience. Your host Grant Donnelly, the Sheepdog Dad provides insight into his life so far. The simmering boil that brought him to the idea of the sheepdog and why it's needed today in society.  He talks about the different types of show you can expect, anything from dad thoughts and musing to two dads talking about life, Guest interviews with dads who are rocking dad life and an intimate look into real family life when Grant sits down with kids to share the ups and downs of life. Introduction to the principles behind FLIP, Fun, Legacy, Impact and Purpose