The Resilient Father
The resilient father is a podcast by a dad, for dads. Your host Cavan Edwards uses his background in psychology to discuss building mental health resilience and the experience of parenting through the lens of fatherhood. Toolbox episodes share tangible, practical, and actionable strategies that fathers can use to improve their tolerance for the many stresses of life and parenting. The podcast also takes deeper dives into important topics and struggles that fathers experience, with a focus on relevant experts and scientific research.
The Resilient Father
Befriending the You That Isn't You: The Right Brain, The Unconscious Mind and IFS
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Cavan Edwards
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Episode 30
Internal conflict, how often do we hear people say a part of me wants this but another part of me wants that? How is it that we can come to struggle so much with our own emotions. We are taught to control ourselves with reason from a young age, tamp down our feelings, but what if, in focusing our efforts on control and logical understanding, we neglect and hurt a critically important piece of our mind that makes up who we are?