Daily Dad and Tariq Azim on Mental Health and Learning From Your Own Parents
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Ryan talks to Tariq Azim about growing up in war ridden Afghanistan, the trauma of watching his father’s mental health collapse, his desire to show his parents that he was strong enough, and more.
Tareq Azim is the author of Empower: Conquering the Disease of Fear, which was recently published in January 2022. Tareq is a seven-time World Championship attending coach in combat sports, a former Division I linebacker at Fresno State, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, an author, and a philanthropist. He also created the first Afghan Women’s Boxing Federation in 2004. Tareq’s mission is to normalize conversations about mental health, and this has driven his career and success throughout his life.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent. |
| 0:12.9 | I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from parents just like you all over the |
| 0:24.0 | world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.8 | Either right when we get back from a run in the morning or more often, when I get back from |
| 0:35.5 | writing for the day, I walk into the kitchen, |
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| 1:37.9 | I had this awesome guest on the Daily Stoic podcast recently. His name is Tarek Azim, and he has lived an incredible life. |
| 1:50.1 | His family came here from Afghanistan. He is a seven-time world championship attending |
| 1:55.7 | coach in combat sports, former D-1 linebacker at Fresno State, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and a trainer of |
| 2:03.3 | some of the best athletes in the world, including Marshawn Lynch. He also created the first |
| 2:08.0 | Afghan women's boxing federation in 2004. But what we talked about in this podcast is his experience |
| 2:16.2 | as the child of an immigrant watching his father's mental health collapse, |
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