77 episodes
The Company of Dads Podcast Paul Sullivan
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- Kids & Family
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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Paul Sullivan, former NY Times columnist, explores the lives, stories, joys, and challenges of Lead Dads – fathers who lead in raising children, supporting their partner, and balancing their career. New episode drops every Tuesday.
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EP71: How To Save Your Child
Interview with Kevin Olmsted / Author and Advocate for Anorexia Awareness
HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVAN
Kevin Olmsted wrote the book "Scared Dad Feeding: How My Daughter’s Anorexia Took Me To Hell and My Guidebook for How I Got Back" about his family's experience. But he was moved to write it to help other dads get through what his family is still navigating: helping a child who lost 30 pounds in 60 days and is still working through the mental health struggles of anorexia. To get her the care she needed, Kevin left his career in the wine business and became a Lead Dad who devoted all of this time to his family. Listen to what he learned and how it can help Dads in a similar situation.
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EP70: Smile More? How To Dismantle Gender Bias At Work
Interview With The Band of Sisters / Advocates For Change
HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVAN
The Band of Sisters are six senior female executives who have seen it all and not all that they’ve seen has been good. They've written “You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace" - the title a phrase all six women were told in their careers. Listen to two of the sisters, Angelique Bellmer Krembs and Lori Tauber Marcus, give actionable ways to eliminate the lazy bias of corporate America.
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EP69: What Working Couples Need To Know To Make It Work
Interview with Jaclyn Wong / Expert on Career, Relationship & Family Decisions
HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVAN
Balancing the competing pressures of modern work and caregiving roles is hard for everyone. Professional couples fall into three categories that may not be good for them long term. Consistent compromises. Autonomous actors. Tending traditional couples. Learn what each one means for you and also understand how far you can go to change this dynamic when there are structural and cultural issues aligned against couples switching up roles.
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EP68: How Dads Get Support for Parental Burnout
Interview with Kelly McGinnis / President of the Working Parent Institute
HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVAN
Parental burnout is only recently a topic that is getting talked about openly. All parents can struggle with it but Lead Dads and Working Moms are juggling working, parenting, living, being a spouse and a friend every day. Kelly McGinnis is leading a reevaluation as the president of Incredible Family, which supports working parents and aims to prevent parental burnout, and the Working Parent Institute, which is a resource for companies looking to do better. Learn some actionable actionable tips to reduce burnout and get aligned as working parents.
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[BONUS] GDC EP6: Why Isn't Work More Open to Men Being Dads?
(This is part 6 of a 6 part mini-series: The Global Dads Council.)
How do you unlock dads at work and allow them to be full parents? Research shows it makes workers more productive, and builds loyalty and engagment with the company. Yet companies have been slow to adapt to the post-pandemic world of work. It's easy to blame Boardroom Dads for being out of touch but it's a problem that rapidly needs to be solved for companies and communities. Listen to the Global Dads Council off tips on how to coach men to be fully engaged Dads at Work.
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EP67: How To Be a Conscious Dad in 4 Steps
Interview with Jeff Siegel / Health and Wellness Coach for Men
HOSTED BY PAUL SULLIVAN
Being a father is loaded with expectations - many stemming from how society pushes men into a certain way of being a father. Jeff Siegel, a health and wellness coach with Harvard credentials and mindfullness training, is pushing back against those assumptions. He wants men to let go of heroic images of fatherhood and be the best dad they can be. Learn his 4 ways men can become conscious dads.
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Customer Reviews
Leading Lead Dads
Thank You Paul for allowing me to share my voice and opening me up to an expanded world of advocates such as yourself highlighting the voices of those who give credibility to the essential realities of being dads. Looking forward to a BIG 2023 from Company of Dads.
Great Interviews
Paul knows how to ask a question and listen to his guests. I find these continually insightful and thoughtful. I look forward to them!
The Company of Dads Podcast
Best selling author and NYT columnist tackles a new topic-- Dads who decide to take the lead role in day to day parenting, supporting their spouses career while balancing their own career goals and ambitions. He hosts a remarkable guest this week, Dr. David Weinstein who has played a role bringing 11,000 babies into this world. Simply extraordinary story