Derek Beaton - The Wisdom of My Father

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Connor Beaton

Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Yes, you read that right: I’m interviewing my dad. As many of you know, I’ll be a dad myself soon, so I wanted to bring two generations of Beaton together. We dig into the highlights, expectations, and challenges of fatherhood, what the “first few days” were like, and just how life-changing the feeling of fatherhood can be. Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the self-leadership they’re looking for. Are you looking to find purpose, navigate transition, or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Man Talk Show. I'm Connor Beaton, and joining me today is my dad.
0:17.0	So as I step into fatherhood at the end of this month, I thought it would be really interesting to interview my father and talk to him about everything dad life, what it was like for him to become a father, what that transition looked like for him in his life, what his relationship was like with his dad and how he would describe that
0:39.0	relationship and how the dynamic with his father changed when he became a father, when that
0:46.2	role shifted for him as well. And so this is just a really good look into one man's
0:52.5	experience transitioning into dad life. We have some good stories that
0:58.5	come along with this from his childhood. So yeah, so this is Mr. Derek Beaton, my dad,
1:03.9	joining me to talk all about fatherhood. There's some fun stories from his life, from my life.
1:10.1	And we just talk a little bit about not only those pieces, but how the transition can go,
1:17.9	what it looks like.
1:19.4	Some of the challenges, he shares some good perspective of the struggles that he had
1:25.1	moving into fatherhood.
1:27.5	So whether you are a dad, whether you're becoming a dad, whether you're thinking about it,
1:32.3	whether you're a mom, this is just a great episode to dive in to what it's like for a man to become a father.
1:42.4	All right, dad.
1:43.8	Welcome to my podcast. All right, how's it going,
1:47.8	just busting out to Canadian. Just so just so just by my father. Yeah, you have to. Just so my
1:57.2	listeners in the UK and Australia and and Europe all know where I'm from.
2:03.3	Yeah, good.
2:04.3	How are you doing today?
2:05.8	Hey, great.
2:06.9	Excellent.
2:07.1	Good.
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