Welcome to The Dad Named Mac Podcast, a show that dives into the lives and minds of regular parents, just like you and me, to share why parenthood is both the most challenging and the most rewarding experience you can have in life. We'll discuss the complexities of the issues and challenges we all face along our journeys as humans and gain a deeper understanding of the personal transformations we go through on the way.
Whether it's family, friends, acquaintances, coworkers, or others, relationships are integral to our growth and development and they are something we all have a
natural desire for as part of our human nature. In this episode I'll explain the importance of relationships in our lives, discuss the different types of relationships and how to recognize and nurture them, and share how they are key to our personal growth and development as individuals and as parents.
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8 Jul 2024
Money Can't Buy Happiness, Right?
In this episode, I dive into the first of the four key areas of
life: finances, which is the area we are most familiar with in modern society because of the influence of money and its importance in today's world. I touch on what we can do with money versus what we can't, explain why I believe
having a stable financial foundation is critical to our success as a world, share how I've changed my approach to personal finances over the years, and provide a summary of the financial cornerstones that have created a stable base for my family and allowed me to start directly approaching the other areas of life with a deeper level of focus.
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23 Jun 2024
Jenga: The True Game of Life Pt. 2
Jenga, a children's game, is possibly the greatest metaphor for life. In my previous episode, I explained how it can be used to teach our kids the concepts of choice and control. And in today's episode, I dive a level deeper into the game and how I see it as the perfect model to explain life's most important lessons. I lay out the four key areas of life, as I see them today, how they come together, and how we can explain the journey of life through playing the game by ourselves and with others. I hope you enjoy the episode and consider following and rating the podcast if you're interested in learning more!
16 Jun 2024
Jenga: The True Game of Life Pt. 1
Life is complicated. It's hard. And it only gets harder and more complicated as we become parents. But it's our duty as parents, our responsibility, to do our best to understand as much about the meaning and purpose of life as possible so we can teach our kids. Everyone has to come to their own conclusions but there are commonalities in life for all humans, tied to the accepted constructs of society as well as the human mind. Understanding psychological concepts and philosophical principles can help us along our journeys towards identifying our purposes in life, but these can be hard to grasp. However, what if we could explain them using a children's game? One simple enough that a 3-year-old can play and understand? What about Jenga?
This children's game is the perfect metaphor for life in so many ways and levels. This is my Part 1 episode where I just scratch the surface of why I believe Jenga is the True Game of Life and how we can utilize it as parents to teach our kids important life lessons and concepts.
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9 Jun 2024
Dad’s Life-Changing Midlife Crisis Experience [At Age 32!!]
What is a Midlife Crisis? It's often portrayed as a period of depression that we encounter in our 40s, 50s, or 60s, where we resort to alcohol or other vices to simply get over feelings of sadness. But, what if I told you, a midlife crisis can happen at anytime in your life, even at age 32. You can experience it even if you're crushing it in your job, making tons of money, finding yourself able to afford whatever you please. A midlife crisis most often occurs at two points - when you have a sudden identity loss or when you achieve the goal you've been chasing and realize it's not all its been made up to be.
In this episode, I dig into the deepest parts of my own mind and life, sharing my real thoughts and emotions that I've struggled with as an adult, a parent, over the past few months. I talk about the reasons why I believe this was a true midlife crisis experience and why I felt the need to share this with others, when I normally keep everything inside. And I explain why I believe we, as parents especially, need to seek out these types of experiences, midlife crises, to do our part to make the world a better place.
I hope you enjoy this episode and walk away with some questions to think about in your own life. And if this message resonates with you, please consider sharing it as my hope is that by pouring my heart out and sharing my deepest secrets, I can help guide others on their journeys to find the answers they seek, as well as themselves in the process.
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3 Jun 2024
Introduction
Welcome to the Dad Named Mac Podcast! In this introduction episode, I talk a little bit about my background and explain why I decided to start a podcast. I encourage you to listen to the following few episodes where I will lay the groundwork for the podcast before deciding to follow along. I'm excited to see where this journey takes us. Thanks for listening!
You can find the video version of this podcast on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@dadnamedmac if you are interested. There you will also find videos with helpful parenting tips and product reviews!
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