Balancing Presence At Home and Life On The Road | Benj Gershman
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4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
As the bassist for the rock band O.A.R., Benj Gershman understands that life on the road comes with the territory. Still, being away from his family for weeks at a time is a constant challenge. In today's episode, Benj and Ryan dive into the struggles of balancing touring with family life, the emotional push and pull of being on the road, and the temptation to keep agreeing to more gigs.
You can follow Benj on Instagram @BenjGershman and OAR @OfARevolution
Check out Benj’s podcast all about mental health support called What Could Be Bad
Listen to Benj's FULL episode on The Daily Stoic Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends, we do a deeper dive |
| 0:08.4 | and how to get better at our most important job, being a parent. Sometimes in these episodes, |
| 0:13.9 | I talk to best-selling authors and elite performers and other guests, but lately I've also |
| 0:18.5 | been having conversations with my wife, Samantha, the co-parent of my two |
| 0:22.6 | boys. We do it over in the Daily Stoic studio here in Bastrop, Texas. She and I talk about things |
| 0:29.0 | that we're working on as parents, things that we're working on as people, and how we are supporting |
| 0:35.8 | each other, challenging each other, and like I said, trying to get |
| 0:40.3 | better at what we do. |
| 0:41.6 | Guest or not, I hope you hear some ideas here that will help make you a better parent. |
| 0:47.2 | I was better for having the conversation. |
| 0:48.9 | I hope you enjoy. |
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| 2:00.8 | Look, it's exciting when you get to travel for your job. |
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