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The Fatherhood Challenge Podcast & Radio Program

The Fatherhood Challenge Podcast & Radio Program

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The Fatherhood Challenge is a movement dedicated to encouraging fathers to engage with their children and educate society on the positive impact involved fathers have on their communities and society from generation to generation.All rights reserved. Ciencias Sociales Crianza y Familias Cristianismo Desarrollo Personal Espiritualidad Ministerio y Evangelismo Relaciones Éxito Personal
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  • Nine Lives, One Dad

    Nine Lives, One Dad
    Nov 29 2025
    Come meet a dad who is raising 9 kids, yes you heard me right, 9 kids! I wasn't sure how it was even possible to raise 9 kids! In this episode you will hear me pick his brain on how he balances faith, career and family. If you like stories, this will be a great episode for you.Casey Stubbs is not only a very busy dad and devoted husband, but in his professional life he’s passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.Special thanks to Smile Online Course & Books for sponsoring this episode. To learn more visit: https://thefatherhoodchallenge--smileteenskills.thrivecart.com/social-career-skills-accelerator/Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrhttps://zencastr.com/?via=thefatherhoodchallengeCome and meet a dad who is raising nine kids.00:12.70Jonathan GuerreroYes, you heard me right. Nine kids. I know what you're probably thinking. How is he doing this? We're both going to find out together in just a moment, so don't go anywhere.00:25.28Jonathan GuerreroGreetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called Nine Lives, One Dad. I met a dad of seven with seven kids once, but never nine. This is the first for me.00:36.11Jonathan GuerreroWe chatted a bit before this interview, and I felt like he was a long-lost brother from another mother. So I'm excited to introduce you to Casey Stubbs. Casey is not only a very busy dad and a devoted husband, but his professional life, he's very passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.00:54.90Jonathan GuerreroWe will talk more about that in a later episode, but right now we're here to pick his brain about being a dad of nine. Casey, welcome to the fatherhood challenge.01:04.73CaseyThanks, Jonathan. great Glad to be here.01:08.56Jonathan GuerreroOkay. So I am curious, what was that moment like when you had your, your first child and you knew for the first time that you were going to be a dad?01:19.43CaseyWell, um it's that's a really good question, and I'll unpack that with that. When I first started, met my wife, she had two kids already.01:31.88CaseyAnd so ah when we got together, i went through the process of adopting them. And so I knew immediately, so it wasn't like, oh, you know, it was not like a big surprise, but I will just preface like how my wife and I got together because I think it would be an interesting story for you and your listeners.01:56.21Jonathan GuerreroYes. Yes, it would please.01:58.32CaseySo, um so I was, this was back in 2004, 2003. two thousand and three And my, I knew my wife as an acquaintance, as a friend.02:11.46CaseyAnd I worked at a restaurant. I was a cook at Ponderosa Steakhouse with her brother. And so I knew her, um but we weren't really friends. As a matter of fact, we didn't like each other.02:25.71Caseyum And neither of us were Christians either. So I was in the Army Reserve at the time, and I got shipped off to go to Iraq.02:37.68CaseyAnd while I was at the training camp, which was at Fort Dix, my one of my friends that I made there, he gave me a book, and the name of the book was called The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.02:52.43CaseyAnd so I'm reading the book. I'm getting ready to go to Iraq. I had ah some ah quite a few personal issues, problems, and things like that going on. And so i I made a joke to my friend who gave me the book. I didn't realize it was a Christian book at all.03:08.17CaseyLike that's how how out of it I was. But ah I just, the first, the intro was like, yeah, life's not all about you, you know? And so i I read that comment and I made a joke to my friend. I said, you gave me the wrong book.03:23.06CaseyYou said, this isn't all about me. What's going on? so So I read the book and it right in the in the middle of it, maybe in the beginning, ah There was a verse in there that said, ah before I created you, i knew you. It was a reference from, from Isaiah and man, that just hit me so hard.03:45.12CaseyAnd so i I was just, I prayed. i was ah like alone in the room. I prayed, I was reading and I called out on the Lord said, you know what? I need help. I can't do this. And I just felt the presence of God there.03:59.65CaseyLike it was amazing. I just felt like this incredible peace. And, um ah you know, I was having some difficult challenges and I've just felt like the Lord said, you know what? You're gonna have challenges in this life. You're gonna have problems, but I'm gonna be with you. And it's like the peace of God came on me and you know I never really got over that moment, even to this day.04:23.17CaseyAnd it just has been amazing. And that was like 22 years ago. so ah04:29.08Jonathan GuerreroWhoa. woe04:30.04CaseySo anyways, to make a long story, that was the preface of how my wife and I ended up getting together. So I then i was in the i wasn't in Iraq yet. That was like on the way. And so that book, Purpose Driven Life, is like 40 days for new believers, like the 40 steps that they're supposed...
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  • The Paternal Instinct: Foundational or Fabricated?

    The Paternal Instinct: Foundational or Fabricated?
    Nov 18 2025
    Today we are going to dive deep into the origins of fatherhood and what it was designed to be. We’re also going to explore how fatherhood is connected to identity and purpose.My guest is my pastor Meshach Faaeteete. Pastor Faaeteete is husband and a father of two boys. He is passionate about helping men connect with their true God given identity and purpose.You can connect with pastor Meshach Faaeteete at:Phone: (650) 636-6811Email: faaeteete@andrews.eduSpecial thanks to Smile Online Course & Books for sponsoring this episode. To learn more visit: https://thefatherhoodchallenge--smileteenskills.thrivecart.com/social-career-skills-accelerator/Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrhttps://zencastr.com/?via=thefatherhoodchallengeTranscript:00:16.58Jonathan GuerreroToday we're going to dive deep into the origins of fatherhood and what it's designed to be. We're also going to explore how fatherhood is connected to identity and purpose in just a moment. So don't go anywhere.00:29.12Jonathan GuerreroGreetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called The Paternal Instinct, Foundational or fabric Fabricated. My guest is Pastor Mishak Faitete. Pastor Faitete is not only a pastor, but a husband and a father of two boys.00:43.49Jonathan GuerreroHe is passionate about helping men connect with their true God-given identity and purpose. Pastor Faitete, welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge.00:53.60MeshachThank you. Glad to be here.00:56.60Jonathan GuerreroOkay, my favorite question of all, what is your favorite dad joke?01:01.48MeshachFavorite dad joke. Okay. um So it goes, my wife complains that I don't buy her flowers. To be honest, I didn't know she sold them.01:14.53MeshachThat's all I got.01:18.20Jonathan Guerreroah That's perfect. All right. Well, this episode is going to go a little deep. So, so we'll not waste any more time. So let's dive in. Let's start with your story about the moment you became a father for the first time.01:32.21Jonathan GuerreroWere you scared, excited, both? What thoughts ran through your mind?01:38.48MeshachYes, so I both, I was both scared and excited. i was excited because having a child was something my wife and I ah really wanted. and We had been praying for some time for it.01:51.99MeshachBut I was also scared for a number of reasons. For one, having a child, another life, another life, in my, as part of my responsibility to nurture and raise, that task seemed pretty pretty big task. And so that that scared me at first. Another thing I was scared about was before my firstborn, Niles, we had experienced a pretty heartbreaking miscarriage.02:24.03MeshachAnd that one was, it was, I think, the I forgot which one of the first checkups that we had and it was going to be the one with the ultrasound where we could see the baby and when we looked, there was no baby and we had already told our families and so that that one was that experience was pretty heartbreaking. And so I was fearful of like, what if this happens again or something like that? So I'm fearful for for us and and especially for my wife.02:57.75MeshachI didn't want to see her heartbroken in in that sense too. So yeah, I was both scared and excited. ah Thoughts running through my mind.03:11.10Meshachum When my my firstborn came, which is Niles, When he was born, i was I had to go home to get food.03:23.32Meshachum He was born like around midnight in Niles, Michigan. And ah the the nurses had stated that they only had food for my wife, but for me, and this was a whole day of ah delivery. So I went home and as I went home, I remember my child was already born probably about an hour or two before.03:46.10MeshachAnd it was it was kind of this weird thought. Like, I checked the house to see if everything was okay, like clean and stuff. And it was a strange experience because it's like I was cleaning the house for a guest because someone that we've never had at home. But this wasn't just any guest. This was my son. So I still have trouble explaining that. But, yeah, um I remember that running through my head. Like, oh, man, is everything okay for our son when he comes home? It's like preparing for a guest. But, no, this is this is your child.04:15.16MeshachSo, yeah.04:18.38Jonathan GuerreroYeah. ah As you were describing this, it was taking me back to my own experience. i I still remember the day that we took our son home from the hospital. And actually, it was just me. um my My wife had to stay behind um for for just a little bit. So I went home first. so and And so I had my son and in the back, and I'm driving the van, and it's just me and him.04:47.20MeshachYeah.04:47.23Jonathan GuerreroAnd I still remember it was nighttime and I had a classical music station on to help him sleep. And in that calm, all kinds of thoughts ran through my mind.05:00.82Jonathan GuerreroEverything was a mixture of both excitement and ah a little bit of maybe healthy fear ah of what was what was ahead.05:00.90MeshachYeah...
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  • The Car That Rebuilt Us

    The Car That Rebuilt Us
    Nov 9 2025
    Who doesn’t like stories, especially ones that inspire us? In this episode you’re going to hear the true story about a father, a son, a clunker car and a 5,000-mile road trip that rebuilt their relationship.Ruchin Kansal is a leadership educator, advisor. But I’ve brought him on the program because he’s the co-author of The Kansal Clunker: The Car That Rebuilt Us. His Son Neil Kansal is a certified EMT and lifelong car enthusiast, he rebuilt his first clunker at sixteen and drove it to the highest motorable road in America.To learn more about The Kansal Clunker or to purchase the book, visit: https://www.thekansalclunker.com/Special thanks to Smile Online Course & Books for sponsoring this episode. To learn more visit: https://thefatherhoodchallenge--smileteenskills.thrivecart.com/social-career-skills-accelerator/Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrhttps://zencastr.com/?via=thefatherhoodchallenge00:14.50Jonathan GuerreroWho doesn't like stories, especially ones that inspire us? In just a moment, you're going to hear the true story about a father and son, a clunker car, and a 5,000-mile road trip that rebuilt their relationship. So don't go anywhere, right?00:30.65Jonathan GuerreroGreetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called The Car That Rebuilt Us. Let me start by introducing my two guests. Ruxin Kansal is a leadership educator advisor, but I brought him on the program because he's the co-founder of the Kassal Clunker, the car that rebuilt us.00:49.85Jonathan GuerreroHis son, Neil Kassal, is a certified EMT and lifelong car enthusiast. He rebuilt his first clunker at 16 and drove it to the highest memorable road in America. Ruxian Neal, welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge.01:04.54Ruchin KansalThank you for having us, Jonathan. It's really a pleasure.01:07.69Neil Kansaland Thanks, Jonathan.01:09.33Jonathan GuerreroSo here's my favorite question to both of you. What is your favorite dad joke?01:16.40Neil KansalYeah, well, dad, fitting you start with this one, I'd say.01:19.62Ruchin Kansalyeah the You know what? Neil just had his heat break down and he called, Dad, I'm cold. And I said, yeah, go stand in the corner. It's 90 degrees there.01:34.78Neil Kansaloh man, these aren't that old, do they?01:42.97Jonathan GuerreroI love that one.01:46.58Jonathan GuerreroAll right. Well, let's jump into it. Ruchin, Neil, why don't you both start by telling us about your professional careers?01:55.62Ruchin KansalNeel, you want to go first?01:57.29Neil KansalYeah, sure. I can get started. I guess mine's significantly shorter than his is. Uh, so I'm a recent college graduate. I graduated from a Washington and Lee university in Virginia this past May studying biology and data science.02:10.91Neil KansalAnd I recently kicked off my career as an analyst um at Deloitte working for the state of Kentucky um and the assistance programs here. um so I guess just a little bit more about me.02:23.44Neil Kansalah My whole life, I've been a builder. I've loved building things. I've loved fixing things. I've taken apart my mom's kitchen appliances, um you know much to her disappointment at various times in my life.02:35.46Neil Kansalof02:38.02Neil KansalSo, you know, I've always loved to build things and that's kind of where we got to our whole console clunker project, um which you all hear about more today. um But apart from building, I played the cello my whole life. I'm a certified EMT ah and, you know, throughout school and after I've tried to build an impact by leading organizations that can create change.03:00.01Neil Kansalum ah whether that's being a student leader in orchestras or founding programs that deliver medical assistance to those in need.03:11.37Neil Kansalum And, you know, something I'm trying to carry on forward with my life.03:16.29Jonathan GuerreroYou said you play the cello. That piques my interest because I also play the cello. I've played in orchestras and I did not know that about you.03:23.32Neil KansalOh, wow.03:26.83Jonathan GuerreroThat's really, really cool. And you said you've been playing all of your life.03:29.13Neil KansalYeah. Yeah. Yeah, my parents started me early. I think I was around three years old when I started playing the cello.03:36.92Jonathan GuerreroThat's really, really cool. Yeah, that that has a special place with me.03:42.48Neil KansalHow long have you been playing?03:42.55Jonathan GuerreroThe cello for me is is a voice. It's become almost like an extension of my body. If I could sing, that's what it would sound like.03:51.20Neil KansalYou know, a lot of people actually say that. um And there's a quote, and i I cannot remember who this is by, but it it was talking about how the cello is the most close replica to a human voice out of the instrument families.04:05.32Jonathan GuerreroYes. So true. So true. That was really cool.04:12.16Jonathan GuerreroWell, what is the story behind how you both got into CARS?04:18.01Ruchin KansalMaybe I ...
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