The Resilient Father

Cavan Edwards
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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.

  1. 01/11/2023

    Psychedelic Psychotherapy, Discussing the Mental Health Benefits of Psychedelics: Myles Chisholm Returns

    In this episode Myles Chisholm joins us to share and talk about  his personal experiences  with psychedelics. We discuss the fascinating mental health benefits of these compounds and review the promising world of combining psychedelic treatment, with mental health counselling.

    1h 31m

  2. 12/23/2022

    New Tools For Relief From Stress: The RF Toolbox Holiday Stocking

    This episode shares some of the most effective recent techniques your host has found for reducing stress and improving emotional regulation. These are highly effective at calming down, feeling better and coping in challenging situations and, might just be perfect for any holiday challenges you might be expecting from the present, past and future.

    24 min

  3. 12/16/2022

    Children's Media Review: Encanto (Stop Making Me Cry Disney)

    This episode reviews the great and powerful Encanto. Cavan discusses the psychology of the nuanced portrayal of intergenerational trauma and it's effect on families.

    24 min

  4. 11/24/2022

    Befriending the You That Isn't You: The Right Brain, The Unconscious Mind and IFS

    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?

    18 min

  5. 10/31/2022

    Don't Avoid This Episode Like You Avoid Your Feelings: Avoidance in Mental Health With Andrew Dreosto

    Andrew Dreosto returns for the third time to discuss a key  lesser known piece of  emotional mental health, psychological avoidance. Are you avoiding your problems? Is there something that makes you scared or anxious you're putting off? Do you spend a significant amount of time trying to control, distract from or change your negative feelings? We discuss how approaching and dealing directly with problems and emotions promotes mental health and decreases anxiety/mood issues.

    1h 18m

  6. 10/13/2022

    Yeet The Child For Their Health: Vestibular Stimulation in Growth and Development

    In this episode we explore why children seem to love being thrown, swung, spun around, climbing jumping, riding and sliding and how these things help to grow the brain and support development.

    11 min

  7. 10/07/2022

    Neurofeedback Therapy: Training the Electricity of the Brain for Mental Health

    This episode covers neurofeedback, a unique therapy that uses a combination of specialized measuring equipment and live computer feedback, to help people retrain unhelpful patterns of brain activity. Cavan reviews some of the unusually interesting history of this therapeutic field, discusses the benefits and provides some insight on how to find a qualified practitioner.

    23 min

  8. 09/21/2022

    Discussing Being a Dad with Dad: Wisdom, Gratitude and Nostalgia with Dr. Don Edwards

    This episode of the resilient father features the one and only Don Edwards, Cavan's very own father. The man who helped shape him into the person and parent he is today. We talk about his philosophies on life, looking back on parenting with the benefits of wisdom and, share some gems about embracing both.

    47 min
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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.

Information

  • Creator
    Cavan Edwards
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023 The Resilient Father
  • Show Website
    The Resilient Father