The Real, Transparent, Imperfect Dad with Tim Kennedy

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As fathers, it’s our natural instinct to act like everything is under control We don’t want our kids to see us failing or hurting. We don’t want to appear weak. But true strength lies in being real, and if we don’t allow our kids watch how we navigate the ups and downs in life, they won’t know how to deal with adversity themselves.

We have an awesome guest for you today. Green Beret, Special Forces, Sniper, and former top 5 UFC Middleweight, Tim Kennedy, is on The Dad Edge! He is one of the few fighters to serve in the military and fight professionally at the same time. He is the creator of Sheepdog Response, a training program that gives good guys the tools they need to effectively respond to violence. He’s also been married for 13 years and is the father of four kids.

Tim Kennedy talks about how his parents balanced nurturing, protection, and damage control. He tells us why he appreciates the highs and lows of parenthood. He reveals his biggest failures in life and why being a real, transparent, imperfect dad is what your kids really need.

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0:00.0	We are men. We are warriors. We are dads with a purpose. Dad's with an edge. 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?
0:25.0	Gentlemen, what's going on?
0:29.0	Gentlemen, what's going on? Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast.
0:30.0	I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show.
0:34.0	Welcome, because this is a show today that I have been
0:38.0	dying to do for as long as I can remember.
0:41.0	So I'm super excited to have today's guest. Today I have one of the
0:45.2	baddest dudes on the planet and that is Mr. Tim Kennedy. He's an Army Green Beret and U.S.C middleweight
0:54.2	MMA fighter and he is literally the only person on the face of the
0:59.5	earth who actually has served in the military and has fought professionally at the same time.
1:06.0	He's been fighting professionally for 16 years.
1:09.0	He's, like I said, a Greenberry Special, sniper for the past 14 years.
1:14.4	He has all kinds of different awards,
1:16.9	one being the bronze star for Valor under fire.
1:20.6	He's been married for 13 years. He's got four kids. He's in the 4 kid club just like me.
1:27.5	But he's got three girls and one boy. In this episode he's going to share
1:32.3	stories from his childhood of what it was like to be raised by a really strong mother and a strong father who both inspired him to have basically a no-quit attitude no matter what he was doing.
1:45.3	He comes on the show today to share insights on failure, on marriage, raising confident
1:51.4	young daughters, and raising a strong young man.
1:55.0	We even get a visit a couple times on the show today from his five-year-old son,
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