Motivation with a Purpose: Great Dad Project

Just in time for Father\'s Day, Motivation with a Purpose features Keith Zafren, founder of the Great Dads project. As you\'ll learn during our conversation, anyone can be a father, but it takes effort to truly be a dad. And Keith wants to help put you on the path.

Keith Zafren

Keith Zafren helps transform fathers into great dads. He is a fathering expert and coach who has learned first hand how to father. He’s an engaging speaker and writer. Keith has been inspiring fathers for 30 years from all walks of life, from executives to inmates, to become the dad their children need and want. Through his work as founder of The River Church Community, a founding board member and fatherhood trainer for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program and Defy Ventures, and now as founder of The Great Dads Project, Keith has touched thousands of lives. As Captain of the rugby team, Keith won an NCAA National Championship at UC Berkley where he graduated with honors and completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in Rhetoric. He also earned an M.A. at Asbury Theological Seminary. His personal mission is to relentlessly pursue his own authenticity, healing and growth, and to create peak experiences that elevate and inspire dads toward self-awareness, receptivity and transformation through his in-depth research, compelling writing, charismatic speaking, and supportive mentoring. Keith brings his enthusiasm for personal transformation to dads—and moms—across the country through speaking engagements, workshops, and his new book, How to be a Great Dad—No Matter What Kind of Father You Had. Inspiring his own father journey are his three sons, the healing gifts of his life: JD, Cal, and Kai.

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