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Hosted by Steve Cardwell · education · EN-GB · 16 episodes
This isn’t another parenting podcast. Each week, you’ll get practical tools, honest reflections, and sharp conversations to help you stop spending time by default and start living deliberately across work, family and self.If you're a high-agency dad who wants to hit who knows there’s more in them and want to build a life that proves it, this is for you.Solo riffs. High-signal guests. Zero fluff.Because default is easy. Deliberate is better.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis isn’t another parenting podcast. Each week, you’ll get practical tools, honest reflections, and sharp conversations to help you stop spending time by default and start living deliberately across work, family and self.
Deliberate Dad is hosted by Steve Cardwell. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#15 John Stacey | Being a Present Dad: The Hard Truth Most Men Won't Admit" (26 September 2025, 47 minutes), "#14 | How to Break Bad Habits (without Willpower)" (19 September 2025, 7 minutes), and "#13 | Are you Happening To Life, Or Is Life Happening To You?" (12 September 2025, 10 minutes).
Deliberate Dad publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for Deliberate Dad is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Deliberate Dad requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Deliberate Dad's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Deliberate Dad are Family & Social Services. Deliberate Dad has an education audience.
Steve Cardwell hosts Deliberate Dad, an education show with 16 episodes published.
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Deliberate Dad
<p>Most dads won't say this stuff out loud. John does.</p><p>The guilt. The mental load. The tension between presence and pressure. The joy and the rage sometimes in the same bloody moment.</p><p>If you've ever thought...
Episode #14
<p>Most bad habits aren’t about discipline. They’re about design.</p><p>You don’t scroll because you're weak you scroll because the system makes it easy.</p><p>This episode flips that. You'll learn how to build friction...
Episode #13
<p>You’re not broken. Your default mode is.High agency isn’t a slogan. It’s the switch from autopilot to ownership. If you want alignment at home and at work, this is where it starts. Be deliberate.What You’ll Learn-How...
Episode #12
<p>Ever sat in your car after work, shut the laptop, and thought: I can’t do this anymore?</p><p>That was Paul, Finance Director. </p><p>New promotion. Drowning fast.</p><p>This is the real shift from firefighting to...
Episode #11
<p>You’re not failing, you’re just chasing an impossible goal.</p><p>The ground keeps shifting. Kids off school. Clients kicking off. Sick parents. Then you blame yourself. Here’s the fix: stop chasing balance. Work in...
Deliberate Dad
<p>This episode cuts through the noise. It’s not about doing more it’s about doing what matters, deliberately. You’re not stuck. </p><p>You’re just operating on default.</p><p>What you’ll learn:-Why waiting for “more...
Episode #9
<p>Sam Built a Business That Actually Works for His Life</p><p>Sam didn’t want to scale chaos. He wanted a business and a life that actually worked.</p><p>This episode is a blueprint for building with intention. No more...
Deliberate Dad
<p>You’re not lazy. You’re overloaded.You’re not broken. You’re just stuck in default mode.This episode cuts through the noise and gets honest about what deliberate fatherhood really looks like.</p><p>What you’ll...
Deliberate Dad
<p>Craig Carey joins me for a raw chat on choosing health, setting boundaries, and why being deliberately selfish isn’t selfish at all. It’s necessary. Craig Carey is an ex personal trainer turned life coach who aids...
Episode #6
<p>Today we’re having a brilliant conversation with Chris Britton: People Experience Director, National Football League Referee, volunteer for Sussex police department and best selling author. </p><p><br></p><p>Here’s...
Episode #5
<p>You don’t need another productivity hack. You need permission to choose yourself.</p><p>In this episode, I break down the uncomfortable truth: being deliberately selfish is the most generous thing you can do as a...
Episode #4
<p>You’re not lazy. You’re not unmotivated.</p><p>You’re just stuck in survival mode defaulting to comfort and delaying the hard things until “later.", until things 'calm down'.</p><p><br></p><p>But as you know, it's...
Episode #1
<p>I didn’t realise I was living by default until my 32nd birthday, when I found myself sobbing into a scotch egg. No, seriously.</p><p>In this episode, I tell the full story: the years of drifting, the businesses I...
Deliberate Dad
<p>Not another parenting podcast, this one’s about you Dads! </p><p>Welcome to the Deliberate Dad: a podcast for ambitious dads who want to lead at home, in business, and in themselves without sacrificing what matters...
Episode #2
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Declan in real life to share his incredible journey of personal and professional growth over the past two years!</p><p><br></p><p>From a chance meeting on a BA flight to launching a...
Episode #3
<p>Ever catch yourself thinking, “Am I even doing enough?”</p><p> If you’re a dad running a business or just trying to keep all the balls in the air, you’re definitely not alone.</p><p>In this one, I’m breaking down why...
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