7 Priorities for Healthy Dads (and Kids) with Eric Edmeades

In today's episode,  Eric Edmeades joins the podcast to talk about how he manages to live a healthy life with his family. You’ll learn how he teaches his kids about healthy eating, factors to consider in a healthy diet, and moral lessons that can help you build a healthy relationship with your family. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• The 7 empirical elements of health 
• The myths of alkaline water 
• Prey breathes shallow, which puts you in your sympathetic state 
• When ONLY to take supplements 
• The dangers of giving your kids milk 
• Why waking up at 2 or 3am might be totally normal 
• Eric’s strategy for falling back asleep 
• What Eric learned from a difficult divorce and how he learned to win with co-parenting 

QUOTE

• "The only experts at parenting in the world are children." - Eric Edmeades
• "Pay attention to what our children are deducing from every exchange we have with them." - Eric Edmeades
• "It isn't about being an expert, it's about having distinctions that somebody else doesn't have at that moment." - Eric Edmeades
• "We breathe shallow to be quiet so that we don't get haunted." - Eric Edmeades

PEOPLE MENTIONED

• Shelly Lefkoe
• Dr. Shefali
• Akari Chan

EPISODE RESOURCES

• EriceDMeades.com
• Follow on Twitter, Insta, Facebook, LinkedIn
• WildFit
• MindValley
• LittleHumans

 

ABOUT THE GUEST

A true serial entrepreneur, Eric has spent the last 20 years starting, buying, selling and turning around businesses in 6 countries. Eric owns or has owned businesses in data capture, field service, wireless networking, events management, high fidelity medical simulation and Hollywood special effects, where his companies worked on blockbuster movies including James Cameron’s ground-breaking Avatar, Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium and films in the Iron Man, Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises.

 

Eric has logged over 10,000 hours on stage and spoken in over 20 countries around the world. He routinely speaks at business, marketing and technology conferences, film festivals, corporate engagements and does pro-bono talks and consulting for not-for-profit organizations and schools.

 

Eric is a proud father and enjoyed debating politics, health and the merits of music with his son who has just commenced study at UBC in Canada. In 2012 Eric married his long time girlfriend Elise and the two of them now split their time between being at home (and kiteboarding) in Cabarete, Dominican Republic and touring around the world working to inspire and empower people, companies and governments to achieve great things.

 

ABOUT FRONT ROW DADS

Front Row Dads is in the business of building better families.

While most dads would say that family matters most, the challenge is they feel guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them.

The Front Row Dads brotherhood is changing that.

We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally.

Subscribe to the Front Row Dad podcast to learn about fatherhood, marriage and how to level up your game at home.

JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP

Join the Front Row Dads private Facebook community so you can ask questions, share ideas, and be part of a supportive group of incredible brothers who help one another navigate the role of marriage and fatherhood.

JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD

Learn about what’s included in your Front Row Dads membership here.

LEAVE A REVIEW

If you’ve listened to multiple Front Row Dads interviews and get value from the show, we’d love your support! Leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts only takes a minute, and in turn, it allows us to rank higher and become discovered by other Dads, just like you. Visit FrontRowDads.com/review and tell others what you think about the show!

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST

Host Jon Vroman asks the big question, uncovers true stories and practical strategies to win as a parent (and husband).  Digging up the tips, habits, routine and rituals that help men be a better dad/father and also win in marriage, parenting, health, finance while balancing the hundreds a full calendar.  It’s easy for a dad to say that family matters most, but feels guilty knowing their careers get the best of them, and their family seems to get the rest of them. Front Row Dads is changing that. We help you raise awesome kids, and improve your marriage.  We help Dads become family men with businesses, not businessmen who have families, so they can thrive personally AND professionally. For those looking for dad advice, and tips to thrive in fatherhood, it’s all at FrontRowDads.com/subscribe