Mobility Matters: How Sedentary Lifestyles Affect Our Bodies | Mike Gardner | EP 25
Channel: Feel Good Fatherhood
Date: 08/05/2023

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How do you explore yourself as a dad and allow your kids to explore the world themselves? Allowing yourself to explore your sense of wonder and play physically and mentally is just one way to embrace the same for your kids.

In this episode of Feel Good Fatherhood, we have Mike Gardner share his fatherhood experience as a first-time dad and how he’s embracing the different aspects of it. Mike is a mobility & mindset coach who helps passionate people prepare inside and out to thrive in the adventures they love to live.

Listen in to learn the importance of having a community of like-minded people to help you navigate your fatherhood journey. You will also learn why you should allow yourself to talk about your emotions to face your mental issues, find a solution, and continue growing.

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**Key Takeaways:**
- The importance of opening yourself and your kids to different communities to learn other ways of being and thinking.
- How to follow your bliss and find your peace – if it costs you your peace, it’s expensive.
- The value of physically getting down on your kids’ level and letting them steer the ship.
- The importance of exploring and investing in your kids’ sense of wonder.
- How to allow yourself to talk about your emotions to face your mental issues and find a solution.
- How to explore your emotions and write them down to understand how they make you feel.

What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [00:49] Mike describes the best ways to hold a baby for both the baby and the dad.
- [04:39] How he approached fatherhood as a new dad seeing the world from his son’s perspective.
- [07:51] How an outside support system helped him fight to be present in his son’s life.
- [11:02] How Mike leverages the value of community in his life and explores spirituality.
- [17:51] He describes his diaper-changing experience and all the feelings that come with it.
- [23:58] How he incorporates play with his son in between his working out time.
- [27:20] Mike on choice theory parenting and the value of investing in your kids’ sense of play and wonder.
- [33:42] The importance of talking about your emotional issues to find a solution and continue growing.
- [42:08] The model that helps you explore and understand your thoughts and learn what to do with them.
- [47:15] Mike describes the pain-free mobility movements you should explore as a father.

Standout Quotes:
***“I don’t want to teach my son what to think; I would love to teach him how to think for himself.”***- Mike [13:45]

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