The Intentional Dad is a community of men, women, and families learning and living lives of intimate apprenticeship with Jesus. Together, we are learning what it is to be fathered sons and daughters and what it is to then offer the gift of a good father’s heart…a good mother’s heart…to our children, our families, and our communities. The podcast is one of many ways we share in this apprenticeship journey together. We engage in discussion, teaching, and, most importantly, the practice of story. It is in sharing our stories of intimate life with Jesus that we more deeply understand our own journey and invite and encourage those around us for their own journey.
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Guest Appearances
Dad2Dad Collective Podcast with Everett Gutierrez Jr.
The Son Every Father Must Become
What if becoming a better father doesn't begin with learning how to parent, but with becoming the son God created you to be?
In this episode of Dad2Dad Collective, Everett Gutierrez sits down with Aric Manly, author of The Intentional Dad and founder of The Intentional Dad, for a powerful conversation about fatherhood, sonship, healing, identity, and the freedom of living with nothing to prove.
Together, Everett and Aric unpack one of the greatest misconceptions about fatherhood: that being a great dad is simply about mastering the right parenting principles. Instead, this conversation invites fathers to look deeper — into their own identity, wounds, fears, striving, and relationship with God as Father.
Aric shares his personal journey from achievement, ministry, and performance into a deeper understanding of what it means to be a fathered son. Through honest reflection, he challenges men to consider how often they are trying to prove their worth through titles, success, provision, or performance, and how that pressure can quietly shape the way they lead their families.
This episode is an invitation for fathers to stop striving, receive the love of the Father, and begin leading their children from a place of healing, presence, and freedom. Whether you are a new dad, seasoned father, husband, mentor, or man seeking to grow in your faith, this conversation will challenge and encourage you to live from the truth that your worth is not on trial.
Dudes Without Dads with Joshua Brown
It's Not About Being a Perfect Dad — It's About Being Fathered
Joshua Brown is founder and host of the Dudes Without Dads podcast, a ministry to help men "become the Dads they never had."
Dudes Without Dads brings together men from all walks of life—young dads figuring it out, grown men still wrestling with childhood pain, and anyone who refuses to let their past dictate their future.
His Side with Joshua Wyant
S2, Ep1: Welcome Home
A "mountain climber" learns to let go and finally finds his way home.
Joshua Wyant is the founder of One Three Consulting and the host of His Side podcast, a platform to explore topics relevant to faith and life in our modern age. In this episode, Joshua invites Aric to share his story and how that led to the creation of The Intentional Dad. Join in as Joshua interviews Aric. Aric tells his story of learning to be a fathered son and how he came to understand that as the foundational principle for God's design for parenthood.
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