What to do when your child is sick is possibly one of the biggest causes of parental anxiety. From coughs and rashes to allergies and bumped heads, it is really difficult to know when we are justified in our concern or when we are just being ov

Why won't you SLEEP?

Oct 16th, 2019 42m 36s

Sleep is possibly, for many parents, the most contentious and difficult part of having children.Some say that after having children you never sleep properly again. From infant through toddler stage to the early years they wake you up regularly

The Ups and Downs of Being Dad with Alex Laguna

Oct 8th, 2019 45m 50s

I spoke to Alex Laguna about his work to try and help dads do a better job in Being Dad.He is dad to no less than 5 kids, a highly successful lighting Director in the Film and TV industry he started Betterdads.com to try and get dads talking

Living with grief: Part 2 - How to cope. Clinical Psychologist James Brown

Oct 1st, 2019 27m 32s

In the second part of this 2 part series on living with grief, Alex shares his own very personal story about his relationship with grief and talks to Clinical Psychologist and lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland James Brown.In our

Living with grief: Part 1 - the loss of a child. Dustin and Chloe's story.

Oct 1st, 2019 52m 17s

Dustin Perry is a man on a mission. After losing his daughter to brain cancer, Dustin has set out on a crusade to find funding to expedite the research into finding a cure for this particularly nasty cancer.Alex, who's dad died of the same dise

Being Dad with Dr Bruce Robinson of The Fathering Project.

Sep 25th, 2019 41m 23s

Dr Bruce Robinson... He’s the godfather of the Dad help space. He’s a cancer specialist but has also started a fantastic initiative calledThe Fathering Project.. He’s written best-selling books like Daughters and their Dads, Fathering from the

Being Dad - Brett Kimmorley

Sep 18th, 2019 59m

As tough dads go, Brett Kimmorley has to be one of the toughest we have ever met. Not just as an NRL football player who refuses to give up but as a dad who has had his resilience tested pretty much to the max.Brett has 4 daughters who he paren

Living with Autism Part 2 - Alex talks to Professor Tony Attwood

Sep 11th, 2019 42m 40s

In part one of this 2 part series on Living with Autism ( it is in your feed now, so if you haven’t heard that ep, go and listen to it now.) Alex spoke to Murray Jones, a dad living in Queensland with his wife 2 daughters and his awesome autist

Living with Autism Part 1 - Alex talks to Murray Jones.

Sep 11th, 2019 31m 42s

This week we are talking about Autism and specifically how the diagnosis of an autistic child affects dads. According to The CDC 1 in 59 kids are diagnosed with having a form of autism.In part 1 of this 2 part series Alex talks to Murray Jones

What to expect when you're expecting!

Sep 4th, 2019 44m 25s

A fairly important part of Being Dad is actually becoming a dad.This week Alex talks childbirth and shares birth "war stories" with fellow Twins dad and good friend Dan Reid.Then Alex gets a comprehensive guide for blokes going into the birth s

Being Dad with Colin Fassnidge

Aug 28th, 2019 35m 39s

This episode is a break from dealing with particular issues and we celebrate Being Dad with a dad who is known for his "fast temper" in the kitchen and for having "kissed the Blarney Stone". He is,of course, Irish Australian MKR star and awesom

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Being Dad with an MKR Star and Celebrity Chef.

Aug 26th, 2019 1m

This week we are all about Colin. Alex and Colin chat about Being Dad and all that involves in Colin's busy AF life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dealing with Divorce and Separation

Aug 21st, 2019 37m 32s

Divorce and Separation.That’s todays show. How divorce and separation impacts on us dads and how to deal with it. Mental health is our focus in this chat rather than the practical issues that divorce throws up for blokes…. We will open that Pan

Post Natal Depression

Aug 14th, 2019 35m 36s

Our first Ep deal with a subject that will be the focus for many of our shows.Mental health and specifically Post Natal Depression or PND. The birth of your new little person is supposed to be lifechanging and joyous. It is always lifechanging

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Being Dad Trailer

Aug 2nd, 2019 1m 44s

Being Dad is great but it aint always easy. There are things that Dads face that nothing can prepare us for.This is a podcast for dads who are doing the best they can and want the tools to do better. There are many things that fathers face that

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