The Dad Mindset Show
Dale Davidson on what we can learn from ancient philosophies, traditions and religions with regard to parenting
Episode notes
In this episode we cover:
- Pandemic pregnancy
- The gap before you introduce your newborn baby to the world
- Car seat judo
- Baby equipment
- Sleep deprivation
- The ancient wisdom project
- Sets of 30 day challenges and adopt one practice from a traction with the hope of cultivated
- Lessons learned
- Some types of knowledge are only gainable by doing it
- Praying 5 times a day
- Daniel Kahneman’s System 1 and System 2
- Religions that seem inaccessible
- Catholicism
- Eastern philosophies
- Western cultures more about elevating the ego whereas
- Richard C Schwartz
- Loch Kelly
- Ego is the Enemy
- The individualism of Stoicism
- Judaism Shabbat (Sabbath)
- Separating the profane from the sacred
- Forced rest
- Community
- The discernment process for making big decisions in your life
- Paying deep attention to your gut feelings
- Religions existing to remind you that you’re not a god
- Becoming a parent reminds you that you don’t live for yourself
- Becoming a parent is an act of ‘unselfishing’
- Holding space for the child
- Things you can control and things you can’t control
- Observing your own mind reacting to different situations
- The Taoist concept of not forcing anything
- Bhagavad Gita
- We are given these roles to play in this life
- Our job is to play this role the best we can and not stay connected to the previous role.
- You have to change the way you act if you are handed new script
- Even in the most difficult of times your job is to just be there
- What is the role I’m called on to play right now?
- Playing the shot in front of you
- The pinnacle of living
- Peak parenting
- Sacred moments punctuated by profane moments
- You’re not going to know what it’s really like until you do it.
I hope you enjoy...