Brand New Father Podcast

The Emotional Bank Account concept was first introduced by Stephen Covey in the book "7 Habits of highly effective people". Basically it's a metaphor used to describe the amount of trust that's built up in a relationship. It's the feeling of safety that you have with another human being. It means that we maintain a personal "emotional" bank account with anyone with whom we have a relationship with - our coworkers, friends or family. And just as with any bank account, we can make deposits and withdrawals with our actions and intentions. The currency just happens to be trust, fondness and confidence in the other person. Tune in to listen how this concept applies to new parents and why it's especially crucial in this transition to parenthood! Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/070 Rate and review the show on iTunes

Larry Hagner is a dad to 4 young boys – 10, 8, and 3 years old & a 3 months old baby. In today's episode we're talking about: Larry's own childhood and how this influenced his own fatherhood experience. Also, how having toxic father figure in your life can be as devastating as having no dad at all. Common belief or expectation of dads that we should automatically know how to be a good dad and how this unrealistic expectation can lead to desperation. Larry's biggest challenges as a dad (patience, work-life balance and setting boundaries) and how he's dealt with them. How our inner dialogue/self-talk affects our life (including our parenting). Tune in! -- Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/069 -- Connect with Larry: Website:  www.gooddadproject.com Twitter (@GoodDadProjct) Facebook (/TheGoodDadProject/) Instagram (@good_dad_project) Resources: Larry's New Book: "The Dad's Edge" Check out a free chapter from: THE DAD'S EDGE on UNLIMITED PATIENCE  

Being a dad, and an involved one, is a wonderful opportunity – I love to be available and be part of our little one's giggles and even tears. But it's not always easy to find where you fit in. When it comes to parenting, most things don't come naturally to men. We have to work for it and it's not always easy. Trying to figure out your own parenting style is challenging enough let alone becoming an effective parenting team with your partner. Tune it to hear my experience and tips! Rate and review the show on iTunes

Brendan is a dad to 2 young boys – 3 years and 3 months old. He's also a full-time teacher and runs couple of side businesses. He's most passionate about his family and teaching other dads to build side businesses to get a bit more leverage in their life, whether that means just more money for their family or eventual freedom from their job to spend more time with their kids. In today's episode we're talking about: finding time and also learning about using the time that we already have wisely, the importance of communication in (co-)parenting, investing time to learn about being a dad. Treating it as the most important role in your life like it should be. His biggest fear as a dad And many other topics… Tune in! Connect with Brendan: Snapchat (Brendan Hufford) Twitter (@BrendanHufford) Facebook group (/groups/HustleHeart/) Website (HustleHeart.co) Shownotes at BrandNewFather.com/067

Dad's bucket list is a list of things I want to experience with my family and with my baby-girl before she leaves home. So it's not really a bucket list in its truest form, but let's not make things overly complicated :) Six thousand and six hundred and thirty one days – that's how many days I have before our daughter's supposed to graduate high school. That may seem like an eternity and may not instill any sense of urgency. Then again, in a month it's already down to 6500s and in a year and a half already 5999. It's scary to see the hundreds and thousands change… and that's what makes me appreciate the time I have with her, because it is limited and who knows how long until my time here is up. Bucket list or not, I want to encourage you too to be more actively involved in your kids' lives. Tune in to listen to what's on my "Dad's bucket list"! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com iPhone app "Countdown Star" iPhone app "Countdown!!"

James Tew is an Australian dad to 4 young girls ranging from almost 8 months to 9 years old. He served over 7 years in the Australian Navy while also being a husband and a new dad. Recently he secured a scholarship to go to University. So, in addition to studying, he's now also a stay-at-home dad. In today's episode, we're talking a lot about his emotions and fears prior to him having his first girl. We'll also talk about how he has managed being away from his family for months at a time when he's been deployed and how he has transitioned from being in the Navy and deployed a lot to being basically stay-at-home dad. Connect with James: Twitter (@james_tew) Facebook (/thesocialentrepreneurblog/) Email: hello@jamestew.me

Loving, supportive families don’t just happen. They take a lot of intentionality and one way to approach that is to come up with your family mission statement. It’s a written statement of what you want your family life to be and the values by which you’ll live your family life. It lays out your family’s purpose, priorities, values, goals and standards. Then again, having something written on paper doesn’t automatically guarantee more fulfilling family life either… Tune it to the episode to hear about our process and the current draft of our family’s mission statement! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com Franklin Covey Mission Statement Builder

Aaron is a father of three boys ranging from 7 months to 8 years old, and creator of www.daddyfiles.com, a website devoted to involved fatherhood since 2008. His work has appeared in TIME, Huffington Post, Parents magazine, and American Baby and he has been featured on HuffPost Live, BBC NewsHour, CBC Radio, the Washington Post, and the Michael Smerconish Radio Program. I wanted to bring him on because he’s passionate about things he’s involved in – whether it’s his family and fatherhood or Boston sports teams and training for semi-marathons. Connect with Aaron: www.DaddyFiles.com Twitter (@daddyfiles) Facebook (/daddyfiles) Instagram (@daddyfiles)

We’re talking about work-life balance – more specifically about dad guilt! Yes, we dads, finally made it! We finally have equality – moms have been feeling guilty for decades for leaving to work too soon and putting the kids to day-care or not being “good enough parents” and now we have made it as well. We, dads, have the dad guilt! It is a common struggle that is rarely talked about. Dads feel guilty today because it’s hard to decide on priorities. Tune in to hear my experience and my 7 ways to get rid of the stress and guilt and loosen a bit up. Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Welcome Joshua Harris, a fellow new dad from England. He's a dad to a 2 month old baby girl and he’s very much into being an involved dad. He's also very open about sharing his struggles and joys on his YouTube channel. You have to check it out - the link is below! Tune in to learn about his biggest fears and joys so far! Joshua’s links: Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thefoodhe Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedadhe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDadhe/ NB: Check out his “Modern version of the dad dance”

Unexpected things are bound to come up if you’re a new dad. So, it’s not really an IF, it’s most definitely a WHEN – we cannot control our spouses or our babies, diapers blow out and babies cry. Tune in for my tips on how to deal with unexpected events like this. Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Many couples have different ideas of how to raise children and are often surprised at how strongly they feel about the matter. And to be clear – having differing parenting styles can be a good thing, as long as styles aren't too far apart. As long as parents come together as a united front, it's healthy. But sometimes this may be tough to achieve. So, today we’re talking about situations where this may become an issue and how to go about getting on the same page. Tune in! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

We’re talking about different parenting styles… and don’t worry I’m not going to overwhelm you with unsolicited advice on how you should lead your family. You probably get more than you need of that. I’m just going to give you an overview of the different philosophies and why you should care about knowing little bit about them. It’s important to learn little bit about these parenting styles, because if we don’t, we usually refer to the style we were brought up with, or the complete opposite of it, if we have bad memories from our own childhood. And child psychology has evolved quite a bit last 2-3 decades. Tune in! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Experiencing some stress is completely normal part of being a new parent. Stress is our body’s natural response to change. However, stress is meant to be temporary. However, you probably know as well as I do, that in modern world it’s not always the case. And that’s when it becomes problematic. Tune in for 7 simple to combat stress when transitioning to fatherhood. Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Depression does not discriminate and it can affect anybody – including new dads. So, today we’re talking about Paternal Post-Partum Depression (PPD). We’re talking about what PPD is and what signs to look out for and especially in which ways it shows up differently than moms’ depression, and in the end I’m going go over with the risk factors and also what to do about it. Tune in! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com You can find the assessment worksheet at: bnfpodcast.com/ppd Check it out! Awareness is the first step to right direction!

My wife, MJ, developed showed some symptoms of post-partum depression (PPD) through year one. Although she wasn’t diagnosed with PPD, it was still very tough on us. Today, I will be covering what PPD is and what signs to look out for, the risk factors and how to help your partner through it. Tune in! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Becoming parents was a little overwhelming experience for us – we didn’t have a chance to have enough time for ourselves as a couple, for example in the form of date-nights. And our sex-life was very sporadic throughout the first year with our baby. So, we learned to stay intimate without having sex. Tune in for 8 different ways to nurture your relationship. Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Today – we’re talking about postpartum sex. It is very juicy topic and very tough to talk about, especially for guys… or is it just me? The reason why this is so important topic to talk about… and why I’m willing to share some of my own story is that sex is such a BIG part of romantic relationships. Tune in to hear my take on it! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com

Today I want to shed some light on what happens with women during pregnancy and after childbirth (as far as the hormones go). A lot of the pregnancy books advise to be patient with new mommy and give time for her hormones to settle, so she can “return to herself”. However, I don’t think she’ll “come back”. Tune in to hear my take on it! Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com Link to Shawn Stevenson’s “Sleep Smarter”: bnfpodcast.com/sleepsmarter

Today I’ll explore the difference between my expectations of fatherhood before our baby’s grand debut and what the reality is after year one. They say you can’t really be ready for becoming a dad… we’ll see if it was true in my case as well.   Tune in and check out I’ve learned from year one so far. Rate and review the podcast here: bnfpodcast.com