Oct 25, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 13 segments
You become a dad, and suddenly everyone needs something from you. Where do you fit? Mark, the Strong Dad Coach, joins Nick and Grant for a candid conversation about fatherhood, identity, grief and…
Grant McDonaldHost
Nick FinchHostYeah, and I think as dads, it changes you as a bloke.
What surprised
The
But it becomes the norm as such.
That's the surprise.
It's like, I'm no longer Mark.
I'm this person that these, or this bundle of joy and this kid needs as that support.
And look, there's no book for that at all either.
So like it's, you are almost on your own.
There is no coach.
There is no mentor as such.
You just kind of, yeah.
And I think...
The surprise and I think for that is for me was the love you kind of feel.
You can love yourself at one stage, but when you come into having kids, the love changes for you.
Like it's not so much your internal love, it's the love you're kind of protruding out to other people, your partner, your kid, all that aspect as well.
I think that was one thing that surprised me the most.
Well, you work with a lot of dads, right? Yes, I predominantly work with dads in terms of helping them with their fitness, but not just obviously that aspect of and helping them see that it's not just the identity to be a dad.
There is so much to it.
We often will forget.
So I like to say with dads, and I have the same, is we have three spaces in our lives.
Yeah, and I think as dads, it changes you as a bloke.
What surprised
The
But it becomes the norm as such.
That's the surprise.
It's like, I'm no longer Mark.
I'm this person that these, or this bundle of joy and this kid needs as that support.
And look, there's no book for that at all either.
So like it's, you are almost on your own.
There is no coach.
There is no mentor as such.
You just kind of, yeah.
And I think...
The surprise and I think for that is for me was the love you kind of feel.
You can love yourself at one stage, but when you come into having kids, the love changes for you.
Like it's not so much your internal love, it's the love you're kind of protruding out to other people, your partner, your kid, all that aspect as well.
I think that was one thing that surprised me the most.
Well, you work with a lot of dads, right? Yes, I predominantly work with dads in terms of helping them with their fitness, but not just obviously that aspect of and helping them see that it's not just the identity to be a dad.
There is so much to it.
We often will forget.
So I like to say with dads, and I have the same, is we have three spaces in our lives.
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