How To Be A Better, More Present Father (& Not Get DAD-BOD!) with John Schott
Boundless Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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What does it take to show up as a strong, present, and resilient father in a world that gives most men no clear blueprint?
In this episode with John Schott, you’ll explore why so many dads feel depleted, distracted, and unsupported, and how that ties directly to poor recovery, low energy, and lack of structure. You’ll also discover how simple systems built around circadian rhythms, movement, hydration, and family routines can restore your physical edge while improving patience, focus, and leadership at home. This conversation goes beyond surface-level advice, exploring what truly shapes a man's identity and why the way he shows up as a father and leader ripples into his family and our broader culture.
John Schott is a bodyworker, wellness practitioner, and founder of the Conscious Dad Protocol, a system designed to help men optimize their physical health, emotional resilience, and leadership within the family unit. With years of experience in fascia work, recovery techniques, and holistic living, John combines ancestral principles with modern strategies to create practical systems that support both performance and presence.
Through his work, he focuses on helping fathers build stronger bodies, clearer minds, and deeper connections with their families while navigating the demands of modern life.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Boundless Life podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | You have to take care of everybody else but the dad. |
| 0:07.0 | If you have boys as a man, you have to consider so many different aspects of raising conscious men that are not only just like healthy and robust, but also service-minded. |
| 0:18.0 | Have a purpose, have a deep passion for humanity and things like that |
| 0:21.3 | to become a next-level person and next-level dad. |
| 0:25.5 | Welcome to the boundless life with me, your host, Ben Greenfield. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm a personal trainer, exercise physiologist, and nutritionists, |
| 0:33.4 | and I'm passionate about helping you discover |
| 0:35.7 | unparalleled levels of health, fitness, longevity, and beyond. |
| 0:45.8 | All right, I've been asked about this, this little can I take out of my pocket sometimes when I'm at dinner. |
| 0:52.7 | I take it out and people like, oh, is that a zen? Can I grab one, bro? Is that nicotine? It's not. It's a healthy alternative |
| 1:00.4 | to nicotine that does not result in the vasoconstriction, the erectile dysfunction with |
| 1:06.4 | long-term usage, fellas, the standing up and getting dizzy, dizzy the addiction the burning in the back of your |
| 1:13.2 | throat this is a company called ultra ultra makes pouches that have the feel and the look of nicotine |
| 1:22.5 | but i'm going to turn this over and read you the ingredient label on here. |
| 1:33.8 | Vitamin B6, vitamin B12, parazanthine, which is like caffeine's kiffing kissing cousin, |
| 1:38.3 | but it doesn't affect sleep parameters, meaning I can use one of these at dinner and I'm fine. |
| 1:43.3 | Alpha GPC, Lthianine, and Jensen root extract. |
| 1:47.0 | I mean, they almost have, like an adaptogenic effect, |
| 1:53.1 | meaning they don't get you too amped up, but they also give you this streamlined focus and energy. And it's a pouch. You just put in your mouth, we grab one on my, I don't have one in my |
| 1:56.8 | pocket. I could just open this can. I'll just open this. Okay, so you just open it like this |
| 2:01.2 | and you put one of these patches in your mouth. They use clinically grade neutropics and |
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