Dale Davidson on what we can learn from ancient philosophies, traditions and religions with regard to parenting

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In this episode we cover:

• Pandemic pregnancy

• The gap before you introduce your newborn baby to the world

• Car seat judo

• Baby equipment

• Sleep deprivation

• The ancient wisdom project

• Sets of 30 day challenges and adopt one practice from a traction with the hope of cultivated 

• Lessons learned

• Some types of knowledge are only gainable by doing it

• Praying 5 times a day

• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1 and System 2

• Religions that seem inaccessible

• Catholicism 

• Eastern philosophies

• Western cultures more about elevating the ego whereas 

• Richard C Schwartz

• Loch Kelly

• Ego is the Enemy

• The individualism of Stoicism

• Judaism Shabbat (Sabbath)

• Separating the profane from the sacred

• Forced rest

• Community

• The discernment process for making big decisions in your life

• Paying deep attention to your gut feelings

• Religions existing to remind you that you’re not a god

• Becoming a parent reminds you that you don’t live for yourself

• Becoming a parent is an act of ‘unselfishing’

• Holding space for the child

• Things you can control and things you can’t control

• Observing your own mind reacting to different situations

• The Taoist concept of not forcing anything

• Bhagavad Gita

• We are given these roles to play in this life 

• Our job is to play this role the best we can and not stay connected to the previous role.

• You have to change the way you act if you are handed new script

• Even in the most difficult of times your job is to just be there

• What is the role I’m called on to play right now?

• Playing the shot in front of you

• The pinnacle of living

• Peak parenting

• Sacred moments punctuated by profane moments

• You’re not going to know what it’s really like until you do it.

I hope you enjoy...