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Being Dad - with Alex Cullen

by Seven West Media

Being Dad is for dads. Alex Cullen is on a mission to help fathers from all walks of life to be better at Being Dad. Alex explores issues that face fathers from what to do when sitting in the birth suite to how to deal with teenage girls. This podcast talks to dads who have dealt with the multitude of issues that Being Dad throws up and we also talk to experts that can help to solve problems that seem insurmountable. Being Dad is a show for dads by dads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes

  1. What to do when your child is sick.

    What to do when your child is sick is possibly one of the biggest causes of parental anxiety. From coughs and rashes to allergies and bumped heads, it is really difficult to know when we are justified in our concern or when we are just being over anxious. Turns out it is actually simple. Trust…

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  2. Why won't you SLEEP?

    Sleep is possibly, for many parents, the most contentious and difficult part of having children. Some say that after having children you never sleep properly again. From infant through toddler stage to the early years they wake you up regularly for feeds or nightmares or illness.Then they become...

  3. The Ups and Downs of Being Dad with Alex Laguna

    I spoke to Alex Laguna about his work to try and help dads do a better job in Being Dad. He is dad to no less than 5 kids, a highly successful lighting Director in the Film and TV industry he started Betterdads.com to try and get dads talking about being better at Being Dad. Alex mentioned...

  4. Living with grief: Part 2 - How to cope. Clinical Psychologist James Brown

    In the second part of this 2 part series on living with grief, Alex shares his own very personal story about his relationship with grief and talks to Clinical Psychologist and lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland James Brown. In our many conversations with dads since starting Being...

  5. Living with grief: Part 1 - the loss of a child. Dustin and Chloe's story.

    Dustin Perry is a man on a mission. After losing his daughter to brain cancer, Dustin has set out on a crusade to find funding to expedite the research into finding a cure for this particularly nasty cancer. Alex, who's dad died of the same disease just last year talks to Dustin about Chloe and…

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  6. Being Dad with Dr Bruce Robinson of The Fathering Project.

    Dr Bruce Robinson... He’s the godfather of the Dad help space. He’s a cancer specialist but has also started a fantastic initiative called The Fathering Project.. He’s written best-selling books like Daughters and their Dads, Fathering from the Fast Lane. He wants to educate fathers on how to be...

  7. Being Dad - Brett Kimmorley

    As tough dads go, Brett Kimmorley has to be one of the toughest we have ever met. Not just as an NRL football player who refuses to give up but as a dad who has had his resilience tested pretty much to the max. Brett has 4 daughters who he parents alone, after his wife Sharnie died of brain…

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  8. Living with Autism Part 2 - Alex talks to Professor Tony Attwood

    In part one of this 2 part series on Living with Autism ( it is in your feed now, so if you haven’t heard that ep, go and listen to it now.) Alex spoke to Murray Jones, a dad living in Queensland with his wife 2 daughters and his awesome autistic son Fred. We heard a story that is all too…

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  9. Living with Autism Part 1 - Alex talks to Murray Jones.

    This week we are talking about Autism and specifically how the diagnosis of an autistic child affects dads. According to The CDC 1 in 59 kids are diagnosed with having a form of autism. In part 1 of this 2 part series Alex talks to Murray Jones about living with Frederick, his 21 year old son who...

  10. What to expect when you're expecting!

    A fairly important part of Being Dad is actually becoming a dad. This week Alex talks childbirth and shares birth "war stories" with fellow Twins dad and good friend Dan Reid. Then Alex gets a comprehensive guide for blokes going into the birth suite from Midwife Dr Donovan Jones. Donovan is a…

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  11. Being Dad with Colin Fassnidge

    This episode is a break from dealing with particular issues and we celebrate Being Dad with a dad who is known for his "fast temper" in the kitchen and for having "kissed the Blarney Stone". He is,of course, Irish Australian MKR star and awesome chef Colin Fassnidge. Alex and Colin have a wide...

  12. Being Dad with an MKR Star and Celebrity Chef.

    This week we are all about Colin. Alex and Colin chat about Being Dad and all that involves in Colin's busy AF life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  13. Dealing with Divorce and Separation

    Divorce and Separation. That’s todays show. How divorce and separation impacts on us dads and how to deal with it. Mental health is our focus in this chat rather than the practical issues that divorce throws up for blokes…. We will open that Pandora’s in a later episode. I spoke to Alex Laguna...

  14. Post Natal Depression

    Our first Ep deal with a subject that will be the focus for many of our shows.Mental health and specifically Post Natal Depression or PND. The birth of your new little person is supposed to be lifechanging and joyous. It is always lifechanging but not always joyous. Post Natal Depression is...

  15. Being Dad Trailer

    Being Dad is great but it aint always easy. There are things that Dads face that nothing can prepare us for. This is a podcast for dads who are doing the best they can and want the tools to do better. There are many things that fathers face that do not get addressed and because of how we as men...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Being Dad is for dads. Alex Cullen is on a mission to help fathers from all walks of life to be better at Being Dad.

Alex explores issues that face fathers from what to do when sitting in the birth suite to how to deal with teenage girls. This podcast talks to dads who have dealt with the multitude of issues that Being Dad throws up and we also talk to experts that can help to solve problems that seem insurmountable. Being Dad is a show for dads by dads.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Seven West Media

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Being Dad is for dads. Alex Cullen is on a mission to help fathers from all walks of life to be better at Being Dad. Alex explores issues that face fathers from what to do when sitting in the birth suite to how to deal with teenage girls. This podcast talks to dads who have dealt with the multitude...

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