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The Daily Dad

Can You Change Your Personality—As a Parent? | Olga Khazan & Ryan Holiday

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad

Society & Culture, Dads, Relationships, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Ryan Holiday, Wisdom, Education, Fatherhood

4.8602 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Ryan sits down with Olga Khazan, Atlantic staff writer and author of Me, But Better, to explore how parenting forces you to grow in ways you never expected. Olga shares why she had doubts about having a child, what it really means to be an “agreeable” parent, and how she let go of the pressure to parent like the moms on Instagram.

 

Olga Khazan is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Me, But Better. You can follow Olga on Instagram and X @Olganator and read more of her work on Substack: https://olgakhazan.substack.com/

 

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Transcript

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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,

0:38.3

and like I said, trying to get 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.

0:49.0

I hope you enjoy.

0:59.7

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1:03.5

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1:08.2

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1:14.4

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1:21.1

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1:26.2

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1:31.6

but they are a critical part of the foundation of long-term health and performance.

1:37.2

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1:39.6

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1:43.8

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1:47.3

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