Front Row Dads with Jon Vroman

What happens when a CEO with a young family decides to ride 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada in 13 days to serve families he's never met?
Matt King is the CEO of GoBundance, a mastermind for entrepreneurial men, and a dad to three young kids. He wasn't a cyclist. Five and a half months ago, he had never ridden more than 10 miles on a bike. Then he stood on a stage in November and announced he was going to ride 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada in May to raise $1 million for families along the route. He told everyone before he told his wife. Before he had ever trained. Before he even owned the right bike.
In this conversation with Jon, Matt opens up about why he's doing this, what it's teaching him about fatherhood, service, and modeling hard things for his kids, and what he's learned about himself along the way. He talks about the morning he quit at 3:30 a.m. in the middle of a training ride. The $100,000 donation that stopped him in the middle of a 150-mile day. The families he's already helped before the ride has even started. And why he believes the world doesn't give you permission to do meaningful things. You have to give it to yourself.
The ride starts May 27th. As of recording, Matt has already raised over $481,000. Every dollar goes directly to families along the route.
In This Interview:
→ Why Matt chose a bike instead of a car or plane to find families who need help 
→ The morning he quit at 3:30 a.m. and what got him back on the bike 
→ How GoBundance members are deploying as "secret agents" into cities along the route to find stories 
→ Why his five-year-old son is his biggest fan and what that's taught him about modeling
 → The difference between living a legacy and leaving one 
→ Why he tracks "return on joy" instead of return on investment 
→ The role David Osborne played in shaping who Matt has become 
→ How to handle the doubt, fatigue, and criticism that comes when you commit to something hard 
→ Why oversharing might be costing you, and how to use your intuition to know what to share → The conversation he has with himself when he wants to quit (and the framework that gets him through)
 
Next Step:
The ride starts May 27th. You can follow the journey, sign up to ride with Matt at any point along the route, nominate a family who needs help, or donate to the mission at the link below. If this story moved you, the simplest thing you can do is share it with one dad who needs to hear it.
Back the Ride: gobundance.com/theride

What happens when you raise boys with earth-based traditions, rites of passage, and the wilderness as their classroom?
Tim Corcoran has spent 25 years answering that question. He's the founder of Twin Eagles Wilderness School in North Idaho, a rites of passage guide, wilderness mentor, and father of two sons.
He's mentored kids from age 6 through adulthood, taken over 100 men through vision quests, and built a community where families stay for 15 years because of the impact on their children. In this conversation with Jon Vroman, Tim breaks down what rites of passage actually are, why boys need challenge and mentorship from men beyond their fathers, and what 25 years of nature-based mentoring has taught him about raising grounded, confident, capable young men.
Front Row Dads is partnering with Tim for an exclusive father-son wilderness adventure this fall. → https://frontrowdads.com/fatherson
In This Interview:
→ Why earth-based traditions are needed now more than ever to raise boys into men 
→ What a rite of passage actually is and why the term is widely misused 
→ The difference between initiation and rite of passage and why it matters 
→ Why Tim said no to leading rites of passage for 7 years until the community was ready
 → What the father-son wilderness adventure looks like (5 days, no screens, no phones, real challenge) 
→ The developmental path from age 6 through vision quest and why each stage builds on the last 
→ Why boys need a village of men and not just one father to model after 
→ What happens when you initiate emotional maturity in boys at 13 instead of waiting until 45 → Jon's personal experience at the father-son trip and what it revealed about his own edges
This Conversation Is For You If:
→ You're a father raising boys and you want more than sports and school to shape who they become 
→ You've been looking for a meaningful father-son experience that goes deeper than a vacation → You want your son to be grounded, emotionally mature, and ready to lead before he leaves home 
→ You believe boys need challenge, nature, and trusted men in their lives → You're an entrepreneur or business owner and you want your son to see you do hard things
Next Step:
Front Row Dads is partnering with Twin Eagles Wilderness School for an exclusive father-son wilderness adventure this fall. Limited to 10 families. If you want to experience what Tim has been building for 25 years with your son, details are here: → https://frontrowdads.com/fatherson
Connect With Tim Corcoran:
Twin Eagles Wilderness School: twineagles.org 
Purpose Mountain (adult vision quests & purpose discovery): purposemountain.com

What does mature masculinity actually look like in fatherhood, marriage, and leadership?
Jeddy Azuma of Rising Man joins Front Row Dads to talk about rites of passage, masculine presence, and why boys need initiated men.
In this Front Row Dads interview, Jeddy Azuma shares a grounded and honest look at mature masculinity, fatherhood, rites of passage, and the role men play in creating safety, stability, and leadership at home.
Jeddy is the founder of Rising Man and helps men step into deeper responsibility, purpose, and masculine presence. In this conversation, he and Jon Vroman explore the difference between containment and control, why masculine leadership is often about having "the lowest heart rate in the room," and how men can stop making everything about themselves — even when they think they are serving others.
A major theme of the episode is initiation. Jeddy explains why fathers may not be the ones to initiate their own sons, why boys need trusted men and "uncles" in their lives, and why modern men still need rites of passage to mark important transitions.
This conversation is especially relevant for fathers, husbands, and business owners who want to lead with more presence, emotional maturity, and strength — without bringing battle energy into the home.
In this interview:
What mature masculinity looks like in fatherhood, marriage, and leadership

The difference between containment and control in masculine energy

Why fathers may not be able to initiate their own sons into manhood

How rites of passage help boys and men mark major life transitions

The hidden cost of bringing warrior energy into the home

Why men need brotherhood to process emotions before they spill onto the family

How fathers can model courage by doing hard things themselves

This conversation is for you if:
You're a father who wants to raise strong, emotionally grounded sons

You're a husband trying to lead at home without controlling everyone around you

You're a business owner who carries pressure, intensity, and battle energy into family life

You're a man who knows he needs deeper brotherhood, challenge, and initiation

You want to become more present, steady, and mature for the people you love most

Next Step:
If you're a family man with a business and you want to become more intentional as a father, husband, and leader, Family First is the next step.
frontrowdads.com/familyfirst
Connect with Jeddy Azuma:
Website: risingman.org/compass
Instagram: @JeddyAzuma
#Fatherhood #RitesOfPassage #MatureMasculinity #MensWork #FrontRowDads

Kyle Cease is a New York Times bestselling author, former stand-up comedian, and creator of Evolving Out Loud. He's done over 15,000 one-on-one coaching sessions and spoken to crowds of thousands completely unscripted. He and Jon met 20 years ago at a Tony Robbins event and recently reconnected through their mutual friend Hal Elrod when Kyle moved to Austin.
What starts as a conversation about Kyle's work turns into a real-time coaching session where Jon opens up about patterns he's been carrying for years. This is not a polished interview. It's two men letting the conversation go wherever it needs to go.
What they get into:
→ Why your triggers are mirrors showing you something about yourself
→ The shadow of achievement and the wound of unworthiness underneath it
→ What happens when you stop needing your wife to hear you and start hearing yourself
→ The difference between agenda-driven living and soul-driven living
→ Why the patterns that made you successful are the ones ready to go → How Kyle lets his 8-year-old daughter lead their adventures by listening to her heart
→ The healing process: catch the pattern, stop feeding it, find the core wound, bring love to it
→ Why letting everything fall apart might be the most powerful thing you can do
→ Love liberates. It doesn't bind. What that actually means in a marriage.
If you've done years of personal growth work and still feel stuck in certain patterns, this conversation might crack something open.
🌐 kylecease.com
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You don't need another thing on your calendar. You need the one thing that makes everything else better. Family First is a live weekly call for dads who protect their priorities → https://frontrowdads.com/family-first/

FRD members Jason Lee and Taylor Frame sit down for a real conversation about what's actually working at home right now. Jason has a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old and is deep in the sleepless years. Taylor has a 10-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 3-year-old and has been through it. Different phases, same mission. Two dads comparing notes.
 
What they get into:
→ Why both of them filter all productivity and business advice through one question: do you have kids? 
→ Why every kid is a different project and you can't parent them the same way 
→ How Taylor built systems around outdoor living (e-bikes, outdoor showers, gear stations) because his family falls apart the minute they go inside 
→ Why Jason is learning to stop resenting the middle-of-the-night wake-ups and start seeing them as moments he'll miss 
→ The question Taylor asks instead of "be careful" that gives his kids room to think before they jump 
→ How Jason uses a harness to let his kids learn to run and fall without smashing their face 
→ Taylor gave his 10-year-old $100 at a mall and what she did with it surprised him 
→ Why a good life isn't a life without problems and why the hard parts are usually the best parts
 
If you're in the early years and feeling like you can't see straight, this one's for you. If you're past them, it'll remind you how far you've come.