Most men in America are still fatherless on the inside.
And most won’t do the one thing that could change it.

This is a raw, unfiltered conversation with Brian Doyle (Iron Sharpens Iron) about why men stay stuck—and why showing up to a men’s conference might be the turning point.

If you’ve ever wondered:
Do I really need a men’s conference?
Is this just another church event?
Why would I give up a Saturday?

This episode answers it straight.

Iron Sharpens Iron is NOT a rally.
It’s NOT a feel-good event.
It’s training for men who know they’re not where they need to be.

Most men:

• Had absent, passive, or emotionally unavailable fathers
• Were never trained to lead, fight, or build
• Are now trying to wing it as husbands, dads, and men

You don’t have a discipline problem.
You have a father wound.

And if you don’t deal with it… you pass it on.

This conversation walks through the real path:

De-Formed – Wounded by what we didn’t get from our fathers
Re-Formed – Meeting the Father we never had
Con-Formed – Becoming the man God designed daily
Trans-Formed – Leading your family, not just existing in it

This is not Sunday teaching. This is Saturday training.

You’ll get:

• Real conversations about lust, anger, money, and pressure
• Training on marriage, fatherhood, and leadership
• Tools you can take home THAT DAY
• Brotherhood that actually sharpens you

As Brian said:
“Most men aren’t broken… they’re just dull.”

EVENT DETAILS

Iron Sharpens Iron – Indianapolis Area
Saturday
8:30 AM – 2:55 PM

Register here:
https://ironsharpensiron.net

(Also happening nationwide—search your city)

This is for:

• The dad who knows he’s coasting
• The husband who feels disconnected
• The man hiding behind work, distraction, or porn
• The guy who says “I’m fine” but knows he’s not

You don’t need another podcast.
You need a moment that marks you.

This Saturday could be that moment.

CALL TO ACTION

Subscribe to Dudes Without Dads on YouTube
Join the brotherhood in our Mighty Networks community
And most importantly… SHOW UP

What does it look like to trust God completely when everyone around you says stay put? Nick had 17 years with the United States Postal Service, a postmaster position in Gatlinburg Tennessee, full retirement benefits, and a large family counting on every dollar. He also had a calling he could not ignore.

When the COVID vaccine mandate threatened his job, Nick faced the decision that would define his family’s future — stay comfortable or go all in on God. He went all in. In this episode Nick sits down with Joshua Brown to talk about the leap of faith that changed everything, how Dave Ramsey helped his family pay off $84,000 in consumer debt in just 18 months, what it looks like to build a real estate business in 13 states while homeschooling nine children, and why your health is directly connected to your ability to lead the people you love. He also shares the one challenge he would give to any man who never had a father showing him the way.

In this episode:
— Why a federal postmaster with 17 years walked away from a safe government job
— How Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University changed their family’s financial life
— What it looks like to take a leap of faith with a large family depending on you
— The five pillars every man needs and why most men get the order exactly wrong
— Why health is directly connected to a man’s ability to lead his home
— His one challenge to every fatherless man who does not know where to begin
Resources mentioned:
— Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University — ramseysolutions.com
— NeoLife Supplements — neolife.com/funlife
— Nick on Instagram — @nickaverylove
— dudeswithoutdadspodcast.com — Apply to be a guest

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What does a man do when he has been in charge of his own life and made a complete mess of it? For "Goose," a 20-year Air Force navigator, the answer involved infidelity, depression, and becoming a man he didn't recognize. On January 1st, 2015, he surrendered everything to God — and that moment started a process that eventually led him to build one of the most powerful men's movements in the country.

In this episode, Joshua Brown sits down with Goose, founder of Men's Alliance, to talk about what it actually takes to pull a man out of isolation and into brotherhood. Men's Alliance is not a Bible study. It's not a workout group. It's a band of brothers who meet outdoors, train hard, gather around a fire, and do what most men never do anywhere — tell the truth about what's actually going on in their lives.

Goose shares some of the most powerful nights he has witnessed around that fire — a veteran whose wife just left, a father who showed up days after losing his son, and a man who confessed he was thinking about killing the person who attacked his daughter. These are the conversations that happen when men stop isolating and start being real. This episode is for every man who is white-knuckling life alone, struggling in his marriage, or slowly descending without realizing it — and needs a band of brothers before it's too late.

In this episode: — Why a decorated Air Force veteran made every bad choice a married man could make — What radical honesty inside a men's group does that church small groups rarely accomplish — Why isolation is the enemy's most effective weapon against men — The aviation principle that explains why so many men are headed for a crash — What is at stake for your kids if you stay on the sideline another year — How to find or start a Men's Alliance tribe near you for free

Resources mentioned: — mensalliancetribe.com — Find or start a tribe near you — Carry The Fire discipleship training — rolling out nationwide in 2026 — James 1:5 — If any of you lacks wisdom, ask God — dudeswithoutdadspodcast.com — Apply to be a guest

Connect with Dudes Without Dads: 🎙️ New episodes every Thursday 🌐 dudeswithoutdadspodcast.com 📲 Follow on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok & Facebook

Dudes Without Dads is the podcast that trains men to become the dads they never had. If this episode added value to your life, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a man who needs it.