The Uncommon Conversation That Can Save Your Marriage ft. Cam Hall | Dad Edge WINSday Member Spotlight

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Are you truly connecting with your wife and kids, or just going through the motions?

Today, Cam Hall shares his transformative journey from chasing "shredded abs" to understanding the profound power of intentional conversations in marriage and fatherhood.

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Cam Hall's story reveals that building a strong family isn't about outward appearances, but about inward presence and genuine connection. He shares how his focus shifted from self-improvement in the gym to actively listening and being emotionally available for his wife and children.

Discover the power of being "uncommon" in your relationships and personal growth as Cam Hall and Larry Hagner explore:

The Eye-Opening Shift: How Cam Hall realized that physical fitness wasn't the key to his wife's heart and the crucial importance of emotional presence.
The Appreciative Interview: Learn this game-changing technique from the Dad Edge Alliance – asking open-ended questions and truly listening to foster deeper understanding with your loved ones.
The Connection Currency: Why curiosity and vulnerability in conversations are essential for building unbreakable bonds with your wife and children.
The Consistency Key: The vital parallel between staying consistent with your fitness goals and making daily efforts to nurture your marriage through regular, meaningful conversations.
Living Uncommon: Cam Hall's passion for breaking the mold in life, his work in education, his "Fight the Dad Bod" program, and his unwavering commitment to being a better leader and husband.

Here's what research underscores about the power of intentional communication:

Studies show that couples who engage in regular, meaningful conversations report a 30% higher level of marital satisfaction.
Active listening, a core component of intentional conversation, has been shown to reduce conflict in families by 25%.
Emotionally present fathers have children with higher levels of empathy and social skills.

Stop settling for surface-level interactions. Learn how to cultivate uncommon conversations that will transform your marriage and your relationship with your kids.

This special "WINSday" edition is all about celebrating our members' successes and sharing the valuable lessons they've learned on their journey to becoming better dads. Sit back, tune in, and get ready to be motivated by the remarkable guests of the Dad Edge community.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men,
0:07.7	leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of
0:12.9	fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and
0:18.4	odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example
0:21.2	that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change
0:27.5	relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their
0:33.5	grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused
0:39.1	intention, passion,
0:41.4	purpose, and direction.
0:43.7	We are the Dad Edge
0:45.4	and we're here to change
0:47.3	the game.
0:47.8	We're here to change the game. I know I used to think that shredded abs and my performance in the gym would make me ridiculously attractive and sexy to my wife.
1:10.7	And in all honesty, there's some truth to that,
1:14.9	but not nearly as much as I thought. In fact, it's kind of minimal. I wouldn't say it's not important,
1:20.9	but it's definitely not as important as I thought it was. And my guest today, Cam Hall thought
1:26.0	his shredded abs and personal best of
1:28.7	peak self-improvement were the way to his wife's heart. And he realized that that was not the way
1:36.6	to connect with his wife and his kids optimally. So in today's podcast, we have a really cool
1:42.4	eye-opening conversation, and he's going to share
1:45.4	how he started actually in the gym. That's where actually his self-improvement journey actually
1:50.4	started. But it took a sharp turn toward really like some heavy lifting, so to speak,
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