Resilient Dad Show

Episode 16 - THE WORK: A Documentary Reflection About Openness And Vulnerability with Chris Decker

Episode Summary

CLOSE YOUR EYES. BREATHE DEEP. LET IT GO. In this episode of The Resilient Dad, Pat is back with Chris Decker. Things will be a bit different as Pat and Chris will be reflecting on a documentary entitled “The Work”, where they unpack the importance of being able to be open and let out frustrations and pain. RESILIENT HIGHLIGHTS: We are all more alike than we are different Everyone has the desire and the need to be loved How to get angry without doing anything illegal The best thing we can do is to be open The solution is remarkably simple. It’s myself that is getting in the way The longer you live outside of integrity, the worse your life’s gonna get Being your authentic self is a lot more training than trying to please WORDS OF RESILIENCE Chris - Main takeaway from “The Work”: “If you really understand the root of what they went through, and you would understand how they were driven to those things, and you might even see how you yourself could have been driven to those things to and behind bars outside in the “real world”, what is the real world anyway, we are all more alike than we are different.” Pat - Don’t keep it inside, let it out in the open: “I realized that rage is due to a buildup of not releasing all these frustrations and, and these emotions and being able to let these emotions out. Like that's the best thing we can actually do.” Chris - The simple secret of becoming a great father: “It's remarkably simple. It's myself that's getting in the way, I'm in the way, I am in the way of becoming a great father, and if I can learn to, “die to self”, if I can go and have the courage to go deal with those traumas and those hurts, and I can learn to forgive, and I can learn to stay in a state of gratitude.” Connect with Chris and check out what more inspiring things he’s doing: About Chris About Salescast Salescast.co Connect with Pat and check out what more inspiring things he’s up to: About Pat About Resilient Dad If you liked this episode or were inspired by the journeys it shares, or you have suggestions or your own stories to share, subscribe to the Resilient Dad podcast now and leave us a comment!

Episode Notes

CLOSE YOUR EYES. BREATHE DEEP. LET IT GO.

In this episode of The Resilient Dad, Pat is back with Chris Decker. Things will be a bit different as Pat and Chris will be reflecting on a documentary entitled “The Work”, where they unpack the importance of being able to be open and let out frustrations and pain.

 

RESILIENT HIGHLIGHTS:

WORDS OF RESILIENCE

Chris - Main takeaway from “The Work”:

“If you really understand the root of what they went through, and you would understand how they were driven to those things, and you might even see how you yourself could have been driven to those things to and behind bars outside in the “real world”, what is the real world anyway, we are all more alike than we are different.”

Pat - Don’t keep it inside, let it out in the open:

“I realized that rage is due to a buildup of not releasing all these frustrations and, and these emotions and being able to let these emotions out. Like that's the best thing we can actually do.”

Chris - The simple secret of becoming a great father:

“It's remarkably simple. It's myself that's getting in the way, I'm in the way, I am in the way of becoming a great father, and if I can learn to, “die to self”, if I can go and have the courage to go deal with those traumas and those hurts, and I can learn to forgive, and I can learn to stay in a state of gratitude.”

 

Connect with Chris and check out what more inspiring things he’s doing:

Connect with Pat and check out what more inspiring things he’s up to:

If you liked this episode or were inspired by the journeys it shares, or you have suggestions or your own stories to share, subscribe to the Resilient Dad podcast now and leave us a comment!