Heart of Dad Season 4 Episode 12 - Daniel Hall

In the episode, Heart of Dad founder, Matt Fox, reflects on some of the big themes from a year of the podcast:

• Dads are willing to go deep
• Dads are doing their best (and are always learning)
• Dads feel guilt, but it's not always helpful
• Dads feel over-stretched
• Dads long for more
• Dads can feel lost and lonely
• Dads don't want simple labels

The Heart of Dad Group is an active community of business owning dads who want to find more harmony between work and home.

If you’re an ambitious business owning dad who finds it difficult to balance all that life has to offer, then we have something for you. Each week, we dive into what you can do to:

• Love your work and business, like it used to be before you had kids, but without burning out
• Feel like family life is both front and centre and fun, rather than a chore
• Feel in great physical and mental shape, so you can put yourself first, without feeling guilty or feeling selfish

Join us at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad
Apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

After realising he was an angry dad, David Willans set out to be a better dad. 

He blogs about what he finds at BeingDads and every two weeks he sends an email out with articles, stories, questions and insights to help other dads. 

Follow him on twitter. 

In this episode, we discuss

• If I'm not being the dad I want to be, what's the opposite?
• How he started Being Dads, by getting curious about other dads
• Fatherhood as a massive driver of change
• The power of unconditional love
• Creating a legacy with his boys
• His moment of truth
• Seeing 'patience' as the key to success
• Putting the basics in place for wellbeing
• Working together as a family
• Being fascinated with going deep
• Asking himself 'what will I regret more' as a filter for choices
• How men need to show up differently as dads

You can find out about David's work at www.beingdads.com

The Heart of Dad Group is an active community of business owning dads who want to find more harmony between work and home.

If you’re an ambitious business owning dad who finds it difficult to balance all that life has to offer, then we have something for you. Each week, we dive into what you can do to:

• Love your work and business, like it used to be before you had kids, but without burning out
• Feel like family life is both front and centre and fun, rather than a chore
• Feel in great physical and mental shape, so you can put yourself first, without feeling guilty or feeling selfish

Join us at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad
Apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Craig Herd has been called The Business Architect.  He works exclusively with Family Men to build a business and life that works. 

Craig is also host of the “Built to Last” podcast where he shares battle hardened, apex strategies and stories to help men level up when they are tired of the “Hustle.”

He  lives in Scotland, with his wife and son.

In this episode, we discuss

• Fatherhood as leading by example
• Giving people a track to run on
• How meeting Simon Sinek changed everything he thought about leadership
• The crisis in 2017 that led him to a fresh start in life
• Working in a warehouse to make ends meet
• The consequences of not being honest with ourselves
• Rewriting our self-story
• Getting addicted to progress
• Resisting change
• His inspiring vision for his family and business life
• The grief and loss of multiple miscarriage
• What men need to do to manage themselves in crises better

You can find out about Craig's support group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessandfamilymen

The Heart of Dad Group is an active community of business owning dads who want to find more harmony between work and home.

If you’re an ambitious business owning dad who finds it difficult to balance all that life has to offer, then we have something for you. Each week, we dive into what you can do to:

• Love your work and business, like it used to be before you had kids, but without burning out
• Feel like family life is both front and centre and fun, rather than a chore
• Feel in great physical and mental shape, so you can put yourself first, without feeling guilty or feeling selfish

Join us at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad
Apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Charlie Madison is a fun guy who is learning how to chill out, trust God, and not burn stuff down.

He's a father of 4 boys, affectionately known as the final four. They are his life.

Charlie and Cassie have been married for 16 or 17 years. He's not exactly sure but it's in that range.

His current mission is to create a company that helps entrepreneurs spend more time with their family by giving them new clients from people they already know. It's called Referrals While You Sleep.

In this episode, we discuss

• Being brought up by his great grandparents
• The impact of loss of loved ones
• Reconnecting with this parents
• Creating his first business out of high school
• His journey with alcohol and his recovery
• How his relationship with his wife has evolved as he has been in recovery
• Fatherhood and presence
• Building an intentional business around his commitment to be present with his family
• His 180 plan and how he's going to get there

You can find out about Charlie's latest business at http://www.referralswhileyousleep.com/ or look him up on Facebook at Charlie Madison, Nashville.

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Chris Fenning is a husband, father, and author, on a mission to improve the communication between IT and business teams.

Chris believes that everyday interactions, project progress, and company profitability, can all be improved by helping IT professionals become great communicators. 

Over the past fifteen years Chris has worked in more than fifteen countries on three continents, and helped businesses in six different industries.

He has helped improve the communication skills of individuals and teams around the world in organizations from start-ups to FTSE 100 and Fortune 50 companies.

When he isn't working you can find him walking in the countryside with his wife and daughter.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Finding adventure in lockdown
• Living out of 4 suitcases
• How fatherhood is relentlessly revealing
• How infertility impacts 1 in 8 couples (and is largely unseen)
• The daily conversation when you're trying to conceive 
• The journey of 6 rounds of treatment
• The lack of support for men
• The scale of disruption to life
• Miscarriage trauma
• When Dani was caught in a terror incident 
• The moment he thought he'd give up (and why he didn't)
• The hidden suffering with infertility

You can find out more about Chris at www.chrisfenning.com or connect with Chris on LinkedIn.

His wife, Dani's blog is here: https://thegreatpuddingclubhunt.com/

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Best known as the founder of Beast Gear, Ben Leonard is the classic millennial entrepreneur. He built a business on a laptop, in a cupboard, in his spare time.

The difference? Ben grew an international 7-figure business and successfully exited after 3 years; the business holy grail.

Now Ben is doing it all over again, this time creating a brand of parent's accessories based off his own lived experience as a dad.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How he sees fatherhood as gratitude
• His journey in creating and then selling Beast Gear
• His origins as an ecologist
• The health scare that sparked the genesis of his business
• The primacy of brand positioning 
• Leveraging others' expertise
• The moment he knew it was going to work out well
• How he sold his business
• The creative spark that drives his endeavours
• His foray into products for parents
• How his relationship with his parents has impacted him
• The joy and downside of being all consumed by our business
• His long term vision for impact

You can find out more about Ben at
www.benleonard.pro
www.benleonard.pro/fbg (Ecom Made Easy facebook group)
www.benleonard.pro/yt (YouTube)

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Daniel's story is one of going from struggle as a youth to being an inspiring, resilient dad, software engineer and mentor to foster parents. 

He grew up in foster care from ages 2 - 5, and was beaten, verbally abused and told he wouldn't amount to anything. Up until about 15 years ago, he didn't give a shit about anyone or anything.

He was eventually saved by the Hall family and his wife Tina.

Daniel has had a long career as a top-level software engineer and is a passionate advocate for fostering and adoption. 

Together with Tina, he has six adopted special needs children and he says they have been and continue to be his biggest teachers.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How he sees fatherhood as humbling
• Coming from a traumatic childhood and how it affected his decision to. be a father
• Learning he had a purpose in life
• Flipping his upbringing to bring kindness into the world
• Listening with more than your ears
• Finding coding as his way into life
• The struggle of putting the tech down when you have children
• Reconnecting with his birth family
• Training other foster parents
• The moments when it becomes too much
• Creating a ritual of forgiveness and appreciation
• The power of random acts of kindness

You can find out more about Daniel at https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbhall/

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

David Foster is a Master Coach, author and inspirational speaker. 

Since 2012 he has helped business owners and coaches throughout the world create more balance, clarity and freedom so they can live inspired lives they love leading. 

He specialises in helping ambitious coaches grow independent practices full of great clients without sacrificing balance so they have a growing business, better relationships with their family and enjoy all that life has to offer.

David has dedicated his life to being a present parent, creating a loving family unit and inspiring people all over the world connect with themselves and their families before it’s too late. 

He lives in Essex with his wife, Trix, and their two sons, Rocco and Enzo.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The catalyst for major change in his life
• The influence of his entrepreneur dad on his life choices
• Creating a new business at the same time as the birth of his son
• Finding his way into fatherhood
• Male grief and loss through miscarriage
• Seeing how our life is a function of the choices we make
• The opportunities to create balance in life
• Making and honouring commitments to what we want  in life
• How our highest values determine where we place our attention
• The discomfort we experience at the edge of change
• Fatherhood and leadership

You can find out more about David at www.davidfoster.coach and on social media my searching for David Foster.

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

For the next few episodes, I'll be sharing some coaching sessions I've done with previous guests on the podcast. We dive deeply into a topic that's close their heart.

In this episode, I meet again with John McIntosh who, at the time of recording was trying to find his way between trusting his intuition and putting pressure on himself to keep momentum with his business and other areas of his life.

We explore together, what he really wants and needs, and what might be holding him back.

About John

John is an experienced HR Professional and a trained Executive Coach with a supervised practice.

Over the last ten years he's been working with businesses to understand the employee proposition, and deliver a range of solutions; latterly focusing on Employee Health and Wellbeing.

He's recently set up his own Wellbeing Strategy consultancy business... and is still finding his feet after 30 years in the corporate world.

John has 50/50 custody for his 11 year old son, who stays with him every other week.

John is also currently undertaking an MSc in Workplace Health and Wellbeing at the School of Medicine, Nottingham.

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

For the next few episodes, I'll be sharing some coaching sessions I've done with previous guests on the podcast. We dive deeply into a topic that's close their heart.

In this episode, I meet again with Tim Jameson who, at the time of recording in April 2020, was looking to launch his game-changing social media platform, but wrestling with challenges of time.

We explore together, what he really wants and needs, and what might be holding him back.

About Tim

Tim has a wide variety of interests and life experience, with musician and writer at the top of the list; he’s what some might call a “multipotentialite”.

He loves thinking and communicating about a variety of topics, ranging from philosophy and psychology, to leadership, emerging technologies and ‘the future world’.

Describing himself as an “insuppressible people ponderer”, Tim’s main aim is to help people slow down and reach a place of peaceful fulfilment within themselves, regardless of life circumstance.

Tim is also the founder of MakeLifeClick - a new values driven, social media platform.

Tim lives in Sussex with his wife and three children.

You can find out more about Tim at 

www.makelife.click

https://runtherace.co.uk/

Join us in our community at:  www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact