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The Dad Edge Podcast

Gratitude That Grounds You During the Holidays

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this special solo episode of the Dad Edge Podcast, I take a moment to reflect on the power of gratitude, especially as we approach Thanksgiving. What started out as a funny story about a failed attempt to record with my nine-year-old quickly turned into a heartfelt message for the men who make this podcast possible. I open up about the lessons I've learned over the past 10 years of podcasting, leading the Dad Edge movement, and the importance of appreciating life's simplest blessings—even when the world feels chaotic.

 

Whether you're navigating challenging family dynamics over the holidays or simply want to deepen your connection with those you love, this episode is packed with encouragement and reminders about what truly matters.

 

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

 

[0:00] – Introduction

[1:22] – Why this solo episode almost didn't happen

[2:38] – Reflections on Thanksgiving and what it represents

[3:55] – How simple gratitude (like working fingers and toes) shifts perspective

[4:56] – The Hagner family Thanksgiving tradition of spoken gratitude

[5:35] – The importance of setting healthy boundaries around alcohol

[6:17] – A hilarious and humbling personal story from a past holiday

[7:37] – Deep gratitude to the Dad Edge community and listeners

[9:51] – Shout-out to men in the Alliance, Boardroom, and 1-on-1 coaching

[11:39] – Celebrating Wade Hendry as First Form Dad Edge Dad of the Month

[14:29] – How First Form's company culture mirrors our values

[15:20] – Where to find full show notes and resources for this episode

 

 

5 KEY TAKEAWAYS

 

  1. Gratitude Doesn't Require Perfection: Even in chaotic or stressful family situations, choosing to focus on small, simple blessings—like health or a working car—can reframe your entire experience.
  2. Holiday Traditions Can Be Powerful Tools: Larry's family tradition of expressing specific gratitude around the Thanksgiving table serves as a model for meaningful connection, not just with family but with intention.
  3. Guard Your Energy and Presence: The episode includes a candid and humorous warning about overindulging in alcohol during the holidays—a reminder that one night can become a story you regret for decades.
  4. Celebrate Your Journey, Even If It's Imperfect: Larry shares how the Dad Edge Podcast began as a passion project and evolved into a global movement—proof that you don't have to have it all figured out to make an impact.
  5. The Community Is What Makes This Possible: From listeners to Alliance members to coaching clients, this episode is a heartfelt "thank you" to the men doing life together, growing, contributing, and showing up with courage.

 

 

 

LINKS & RESOURCES

 

 

 

If this episode resonated with you, please rate, review, and share it with another father. Let's keep building this community of intentional men who lead and love well.

 

Live legendary.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example

0:21.2

that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change

0:27.6

relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their

0:33.6

grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention,

0:40.3

passion, purpose, and direction.

0:43.7

We are the Dad Edge,

0:45.7

and we're here to change the game.

0:47.8

We're here to change the game.

1:07.0

I don't know. Well, it's that time of year again. It is the day before Thanksgiving. Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast, gentlemen. My name is Larry Hagnerner i'm the host and founder of this podcast this show

1:11.1

and movement and i want to do something different today uh it's the day before thanksgiving

1:17.2

been podcasting now for a decade and i just want to share some thoughts around gratitude and around

1:22.8

just this time of year i also got a few announcements for you guys. One of the other reasons that I'm

1:28.4

doing this show today, like this, this solo show on Wednesday is because I tried to record a podcast

1:35.1

with my nine-year-old last night. So they would go out. I just wanted to ask him some questions,

1:40.6

you know, like questions from the car like I've been doing. And he was just in one of those,

1:45.4

you know, weird moods. And he was just being absolutely like ridiculous on the microphone last

1:51.8

night. It was almost like he was trying so hard like to just be the biggest goofball known to

1:57.1

man. And he started saying like inappropriate things and stuff too on top of it i'm like dude

2:01.7

you can't be he's like he's eating goldfish as he's like talking through the microphone i'm like

2:06.5

dude you can't eat goldfish while you're on the microphone i almost just want to publish it just for the

2:12.1

shenanigans it was just so funny but um i decided not to publish that one because i was like oh my gosh

2:17.2

like this is this is like

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