Heart of Dad Podcast

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/

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Esmond is a transformational life coach and entrepreneur. Having spent more than a decade working in finance, he now bases himself in Bali where he is co-creating a psychedelic mental health start-up, and where he works as a transformational coach.

 He works especially with privileged and successful men between 35-55 years old, facilitating insight and clarity through a subtractive process of seeing through resistant and unrecognised thinking that may be in the way of realising dreams, and a fully emotional experience of life.

Esmond is passionate about supporting his clients to realising the truth of who they are, to a deeper connection with themselves, their women, their children, and lives fully lived.

Esmond is a father of one.

In this episode we discuss:

• His move to Bali and starting 3 different businesses out there
• His early life assumption that he'd be a salary man working in finance all his life
• His transformational life experience in 2016 that started his journey to awakening
• His boarding school experience that changed everything
• Recognising the cycle of anxiety, shame, depression in his life
• His relationship with his dad and the assumptions about his future
• The trappings of wealth
• Turning his back on golf
• The conception of his daughter as the threshold for healing
• Co-parenting his daughter
• Exploring psychedelics for mental health
• When things fell apart in 2019
• The powerful Acacia Tree Ceremony that set him on new path of growth
• His daughter's sensitivity to his depression
• Finding full commitment to healing 
• Finding the glimmer of light in depression and suicidal thinking

You can find out more about Esmond at  www.esmondbaring.com
Insta - @esmondbaring 
FB - Esmond Baring
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmondbaring/

Sign up for the free Heart of Dad Summit at www.heartofdad.com/summit

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

Richard Gordon Kelly (RGK) is a Father, Partner, Coach. His purpose is “making a difference in people’s lives”. Bringing his enthusiasm, positiveness to people and organisations by being committed to what makes them feel truly alive. 

Over, the past 20+ years’ in business with success in leading training, continuous improvements, and transformation programs. 

Richard works with individuals, teams (sport & business) and organizations across a variety of fields. 

As a lifelong learner, Richard loves reading the latest research and practices in coaching, leadership, and organization development. 

He continues to grow in his understanding of the Three Principles. 

He has recently co-created the “Men Don’t Talk Group Belgium” and hosted several “The Power of Now Webinars” with the Entrepreneur’s Network.

Richard is a dad of 2.

In this episode we discuss:

• The shock of separation and ensuing depression
• His New Year's Eve revelation that changed everything
• His daughter's inner wisdom when he was at a low ebb
• His tough time with formal schooling
• The relief of a dyslexia diagnosis and going to Uni in his 20s
• A sacred and deep connection with his dad
• Anger at his parents' illness and his loss
• The inspiration behind his men's group initiative

You can find out more about Richard at https://www.richardgordonkelly.com or search for him on Facebook.

Sign up for the free Heart of Dad Summit at www.heartofdad.com/summit

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

How to train your creativity muscle as a parent…

There was a time when I thought, I didn’t have it as a parent. That creative spark to make a game of anything. That ability to find the light and funny that diffuses a situation. That idea, that rescues the day (or at least the hour…!)

I started to see that there were some simple things getting in the way.

Anyone who follows Jamie Smart will know him as a master of creative expression in his work as a coach and a business owner. Prolific, nimble, innovative…And of course Jamie is a dad too.

So I thought, who better to explore the topic of creativity and fatherhood with me.

In this short episode, we  explore how creativity is one of the keys to finding deeper connection and peace of mind as a parent.

Sign up for the free Heart of Dad Summit at www.heartofdad.com/summit

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

Devon Bandison is one of the most sought after personal and business coaches in the world. 

He works with Fortune 100 Companies and people from all walks of life, including professional athletes and teams, CEO’s, salespeople, small business owners, film makers, producers, the top business and life coaches in the world and parents.

Devon was born and raised in New York City and shares the same energetic heartbeat, big personality and commitment to excellence as his hometown. Growing up, his love and hard work in sports resulted in him receiving a basketball scholarship to Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. 

After graduation he spent years working in the front lines of NYC. Devon worked with an organization responsible for developing behavioral health programs for youth, families and first-time fathers in some of the toughest neighborhoods throughout the city that never sleeps.

 As Director of this organization he was responsible for the clinical and leadership development of social workers, psychiatrists and managers in order to serve their clients. He also created leadership and organizational development programs during his tenure that led to him launching his own coaching company.

In this episode we discuss:

• How fatherhood is leadership and leadership is influence
• Checking our 'audio is matching our video'
• The joy and ritual of pizza night
• Making a different choice about experiencing divorce
• The enduring power of love 
• Letting go of seriousness and  control
• The call to develop as dads
• Sticking with his dad through very troubled times
• Creating the possibility of different relationships with our family
• Loyalty and integrity as the foundations of leadership in fatherhood
• The paradox of true authenticity
• Getting really clear on priorities to underpin a created life
• The crucible moments in life that define us
• Creating our legacy today, a step at a time
• Finding 'space in between the notes' by slowing down
• Co-creating the bridge  - the dialogue about inequality and finding identity
• The risk of spiritually by-passing the reality of events in the world
• The 'best seats in the house'

You can find out more about Devon at https://www.devonbandison.com and https://www.fatherhoodisleadership.com

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

In the lead up to the heart of dad summit which starts on 30th November 2020, I’m releasing some short episodes of the podcast. Today’s is a brief interview I did with Dr Dicken Bettinger where we discuss the power of presence. 

If you want to join us for this and other powerful conversations about fatherhood at the summit You can sign for the free  at www.heartofdad.com/summit

Direct and to the point, Micheal describes himself as a Higher Performing Leader Of Married Dads.

He was ready to end his life after struggling from stress, depression, anxiety and overwhelm. 

He was running a business, juggling a marriage, trying to balance life, and it all got too much.

After turning his life around he started on a journey to help men take back control of their lives – levelling up in work, family, intimacy and achieving peak performance throughout life – so they can step up and become better fathers, husbands and leaders.

Michael is married and has 3 children.

In this episode we discuss:

• The problem with do as say rather than do as I do
• Being a role model for his children 
• Having a dad who wasn't interested in him
• Fear of losing it all
• The pressure we put on ourselves to keep on smiling 
• The moment everything started to change
• Being an insight junkie
• The change in pressures when his first child was born
• Making conscious transitions from work to home life
• Looking after his energy and doing things for himself
• The power of the morning ritual

You can find out more about Micheal at https://www.facebook.com/iammichealhilton/

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

John was a full time working dad working in Government comms until 2011 when he left his job to become his kids' main carer.

Over the years he has been a stay at home dad, worked part time and now works for his own micro-business running Dadbloguk.com, current holder of the Online Influence Award Best UK Dad Blog.

He started the blog in 2012 to highlight the sexism and challenges he faced as a man holding the babies and it has steadily grown to become his sole source of income.

He is married to Gill who works f/t and have two daughters, Helen aged 11 and Izzy aged 8.

In this episode we discuss:

• The absence of flexible working opportunities that led him to leave his job
• The insidiousness of presenteeism
• The impact of being a dad under lockdown
• Having more time to reflect
• Having  identity wrapped up in taking care of the family
• Being concerned with what other men think
• The loneliness of being a male carer
• The imbalance in child care provision and support
• The financial impact of stopping his career and the gender pay gap
• Treading the fine line of privacy when blogging
• The influence of his step-father in his life
• Righting a childhood wrong; retaking his GCSE
• Being a social media influencer
• Reclaiming the agenda for dads

You can find out more about John at https://dadbloguk.com https://www.facebook.com/dadbloguk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-adams-4451855a/

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

Joel is an award-winning teacher, author, speaker, and frequent podcast guest who loves helping young leaders overcome obstacles and grow through courage, confidence, and humility.

By sharing personal stories of failure and success, using humor and engagement, Joel teaches leadership principles that audiences can apply as soon as they leave the event. His book, Inverted Leadership: Lead Others Better By Forgetting About Yourself was a #1 best-seller on Amazon.

Having studied and played soccer at both Covenant College (Georgia) and Oxford University (England, UK), Joel has a B.A. in History and a passion for literature as well as a love for sports. These interests and his experience as a high school teacher come across through his presentations, as he often references historical examples and quotes from C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Wooden, and Coach K.

Joel currently lives in Alabama with his wife, his two daughters, and their two rescue dogs Bruiser and Butterscotch. When he’s not busy speaking, writing, teaching, or coaching, Joel is longing for the day when he can go on his dream vacation of visiting Hobbiton in the Shire.

In this episode we discuss:

• His experience and interest in supporting 'blended families'
• What defines a 'blended family' and the trauma that is often at the heart
• The complicated communication webs of blended families
• Giving the benefit for the doubt
• His experience of divorce in childhood 
• Recalibrating his relationship with his elder daughter when it went off track
• Being willing to listen to criticism and to evaluate it for its merit
• Making things right when we get them wrong
• Transforming his relationship with anger
• The challenging dynamics of father and brother relationships
• The possibility of redemption when we screw up
• His moment of truth with his ex father-in-law after his divorce
• Moderating his soccer-coach rage
• His bond with his dad and the contrast with his brother's relationship
• The extraordinary moment of belief his dad showed in him
• The reconciliation between his dad and brother in the last year of his life
• What he misses about his dad and the life lessons he learned from him
• Changing the perception of step-families from negative / neutral to positive

You can find out more about Joel at: 

www.joelwhawbaker.com
www.reallifeleading.com
www.stepdadding.com

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

Marc works as Executive Coach & Agile Strategy Facilitator. 

He dedicates his passion and energy to enable companies to accelerate their strategic growth, leveraging agile frameworks to create a collective-learning culture. 

He is a former Senior Executive, investor, and a disruptive thinker, and he has mentored and trained teams around the globe; focusing mainly on deploying strategies in a disruptive way and training teams to develop a growth-mindset culture. 

The result is the creation of self-autonomous high-performance teams that drive innovative leadership capabilities to accelerate growth.

Marc is a dad of 1.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Quitting the corporate world and building his own business
•  Making a choice to stay in Finland to be close to his daughter after his relationship ended
• Having a values crisis that led him away from the corporate world
• Writing your own funeral speech as a way of creating his vision
• Focusing on what kind of father he wants to be 
• His burnout experience at 30
• The turning point, when he realised he couldn't be the dad he wanted to
• Redesigning his life from scratch ​
• The bigger the struggle, the more glorious the triumph
• Being present with his daughter and others in his life
• The Dead Sea and the Gallilean Sea story - allowing the river of thought to flow to stay present
• The oneness he felt with his daughter and his choice to stay in Finland after divorce
• The grounding effect of being a Mediterranean man living in the north
• Seeing his dad speaking when he was child as a key moment of inspiration for how we can influence others for the good
• The positive impact of his grandparents on his life view and carrying his ancestors' legacy into the world
• Deeper connection with oneness  as the source of all creativity and inner peace
• Drawing out his life plan, aged 7 - never doubting that he would be ok, inspite of the fear of the friction that our egos create in life
• Exploring the nature of life with his daughter 
• Focusing on what really matters in your life - juggling rubber balls vs crystal balls

You can find more about him at https://www.themindsetstrategist.com/

You can follow his podcast called Coaching Talks Podcast in all major platforms like iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coaching-talks-podcast-with-marc-siles/id1437812789) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/2wf0p8m.)

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Will McInnes is the CMO at Brandwatch, a leader in digital consumer intelligence and one of Europe's most successful VC-backed software firms.

Prior to that he founded NixonMcInnes, an early innovator in social media marketing.

His book Culture Shock, published by Wiley, outlined a blueprint for practical approaches to digital transformation.

He's dad to two boys and loves riding bikes with them, exploring new places and general adventures outdoors.

In this episode, we discuss:

• His journey at Brandwatch
• The thrill of moving from MD of his own business to the CMO role
• Being a wing person rather than a leader
• Craving team success
• The body knows before the mind
• Walking away from business and the excitement of the new challenge
• His New York adventure and taking his young family with him
• Having to come home when his relationship foundered 
• Re-integrating his life in the UK
• The upsides and downsides of being demanding
• The weight of working through divorce
• The lack of punctuation points in life
• Being in relentless pursuit of the next thing
• Accepting vs resisting ageing
• Different ways to leverage your passions as you age
• Opening metaphorical doors for his sons
• Wearing his feelings on his sleeve
• The edge of directiveness vs inclusiveness
• Growing up with a very strong female role model
• The anger switch when scoring own goals
• Integrating his new relationship into life with his children
• Bonding with his family through playing Rose, Thorn, Bud  

You can find out more about Will on Twitter: @willmcinnes

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