Armor Down/Daddy Up

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We show up best when we are fully present in the moment, but we have a tendency to live in defense-mode based on fears from the past. It’s not that we’re not capable of being more open and mindful. It’s that we don’t know how. Today, Ben King gives us the skillset to armor down and daddy up.

Ben King is an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient who has helped hundreds of veterans “armor down” with mindfulness, meditation, and yoga practices. He tells us how he changed his perspective on what it means to be strong and how that has transformed him as a man and father. He explains how to get out of the stories we tell ourselves and get into our bodies to experience life more objectively. He also teaches us how to hone our skills of empathy and patience so that we can move with life instead of against it.

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0:00.0	We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others.
0:14.0	We have one shot in life to be a dad.
0:20.0	Why not make it epic?
0:25.0	Hey, what's up guys?
0:29.0	Hey, what's up guys? Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast.
0:30.0	I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show.
0:32.8	Thank you so much for tuning in.
0:34.0	And today is Thursday throwdown episode 227.
0:38.0	So you can find all the show notes at Gooddad Project.
0:40.8	com forward slash Thursday 227 for this show.
0:44.2	If you are active duty military or if you are a veteran,
0:48.7	listen up, this show is absolutely within your wheelhouse
0:52.3	and it is absolutely for you.
0:55.0	Today I have a great conversation with Ben King,
0:59.0	who is an Iraq war veteran and a Purple Heart recipient who has helped hundreds of veterans
1:05.1	armored down with mindfulness, meditation, and yoga practices.
1:09.3	He is also the father of two young daughters, Allegra and Lilliana. He is the co-director of an online program
1:17.6	called Armour Down Daddy Up, which encourages dads to embrace the fact that becoming a parent and becoming a soldier are perhaps the two most identity defining and life altering moments in a participant's lives.
1:32.0	The program assists veterans in armoring down from their
1:35.1	military experiences and teaches them specific parenting skills to enable them to become
1:40.9	the parents they want to be.
1:43.7	It builds upon the idea that when parenting is satisfying, it can help mitigate the negative
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