The Challenges of Being a Military Veteran Dad
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Today we are focusing on military fathers. Before we get into the show, we thank you for serving our country and providing a safe place for us to raise our families. This episode is for you.
Ben Killoy is a veteran and the host of the Military Veteran Dad Podcast and his mission is to bring every dad home. We're not just talking about being physically home. We're talking about the special challenges of being a military veteran dad.
Servicemen are gone for long periods of time. The normal world continues while they're deployed, and their families learn to live without them. Once military dads return home, they lose their uniform and go from being Superman to Clark Kent overnight. It's a huge adjustment that can leave a soldier lost as to who he is and wondering how to become part of his family, workplace, and community again.
Ben Killoy talks about how military fathers can readjust to family life, become great leaders in their circle of influence, and leave a lasting legacy for their kids.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.0 | 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? |
| 0:28.0 | Hey, what's up guys? Hey what's up guys. |
| 0:29.0 | Hey, welcome to Thursday Throwdown. |
| 0:32.0 | Good Dad Project slash Dad Edge, more Dad Edge, but it's mostly |
| 0:36.0 | the Dad Edge Podcast now, formerly the Good Dad Project Podcast. |
| 0:39.8 | Hope you guys are having an amazing week as we round out February. |
| 0:44.0 | It's now the end of February. |
| 0:45.4 | We are God, two months into the new year. |
| 0:51.0 | And this is where we actually see the New Year's resolutions just completely and totally fizzle out. |
| 0:58.0 | It's usually we always say by the month of March, the gym rats have the gym all back to themselves again. Definitely seeing that in my own gym here. |
| 1:06.6 | People are starting to fade out, people are starting to fizzle out. So yeah, finally getting that crowd back to myself. But speaking of actually habits and |
| 1:17.8 | resolutions, statistics actually show that 82% of all new resolutions are gone by the end of March, which is pretty crazy. |
| 1:27.8 | So all those health goals, those financial goals, all those habits you want to put in place, man, they are just about gone and then by July 95% are gone. |
| 1:38.0 | So by the halfway through the year, pretty much 9.5 out of 10 people have given up on their newest resolutions. |
| 1:44.0 | So if you're one of those people, you want to jumpstart in the month of March. |
| 1:48.0 | A pretty cool thing that we are doing in the Data Alliance for the month of March is |
| 1:52.0 | we are reigniting those what we call atomic habits and I'm sure you guys have probably heard of that book atomic habits but it's really tracking becoming accountable for those habits for those behaviors of those things that you are trying to improve. |
| 2:06.0 | So obviously if you want to become healthier, that's one example of many. |
| 2:11.0 | I mean how are we going to do it? The big how is how are you going to do it? |
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