Eps 40: Ryan Hamilton Talks About The Life Of Dad - a podcast by Casey ORoarty

from 2016-04-26T07:00

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Welcome! Today’s guest is
Ryan Hamilton, one of the co-founders of the “Life of Dad,” a
social media network for dads. He is changing how dads are
represented in the parenting arena and is helping moms be more
effective at sharing parenting tools and tips with their male
partners. Let’s jump into conversation with Ryan!


What you’ll hear in this
episode:




  • Ryan has been a computer
    geek/tech guy all of his life; he now sees his son following in his
    footsteps in those interests.




  • Ryan works full-time in the
    advertising industry, but runs his business on the sides for
    dads.




  • Ryan shares how “Life of
    Dad” evolved from a heart-wrenching personal story of one of the
    co-founders.




  • The purpose of “Life of
    Dad” is to enable a father to share his story via social media.




  • Ryan became involved in the
    endeavor during a tumultuous time in his life, when he was going
    through a divorce, job loss, financial collapse, and
    depression.




  • Ryan began blogging about the darker side of parenting.




  • Ryan discusses how trends and parental role expectations have
    shifted as dads have pushed for change.




  • Many new resources and dad communities are making change and
    allowing dads to have a voice.




  • Co-parenting has changed in today’s culture of divorce; Ryan
    shares how he and his ex-wife make it work for them.




  • Ryan decided to make the
    journey to veganism about two years ago, when he was depressed and
    suicidal.




  • He began with being
    vegetarian, but then transitioned on to veganism.




  • The “cleaning up” of his
    diet branched out to affect all other areas of his life.




  • Ryan’s advice to other dads is to stay in touch, never feel
    alone, and reach out to your peer groups. Check out the resources
    below!




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Resources:


Life of Dad - Website I
Twitter I "https://www.facebook.com/lifeofdad">Facebook I "https://www.instagram.com/lifeofdad/">IG I "https://www.youtube.com/user/LifeOfDad">You Tube


Ryan E. Hamilton - "https://twitter.com/RyanEHamilton">Twitter I "https://www.facebook.com/RyanEHamilton?fref=ts">Facebook


"http://www.dad2summit.com/">Dad 2.0 Summit


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name="yui_3_17_2_4_1461623123465_2161">"yui_3_17_2_4_1461623123465_2160">National At Home Dad
Network


City Dads Group


Dad
Bloggers on Facebook


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