Dan Reed - Founder of Career Dad

Dan Reed, father of 2, founder of the Career Dad and Head of Digital and Platform Delivery at Barclays joins James and I to discuss lockdown, finding your own path, managing judgement and creating choices that work for you and your family.

01:30 Riding the “Corona-coaster” – good hours and bad hours

02:50 Covid at Ian’s children’s school

04:20 AIBU? Morality and Train rides

05:30 Post Traumatic Stress?

07:50 James back in Westminster

10:00 The Path to Career Dad – creating your own narrative

12:00 Guilt and the perception of guilt

15:40 Self-confidence as a façade for low self-esteem. 

16:50 Consumed by external validation and the power of therapy

18:30 4 days in a job, what is the point of doing something you know you don’t like?

20:30 Everyone has an opinion when you become a parent

22:30 I’m not a “home-schooling” parent, but…

24:50 “I love you, but screw you”

27:00 Going viral because you fed your daughter a shoe (or something like that!)

27:30 My two favourite platforms are Tiktok and LinkedIn

30:00 Tips – make time to be selfish, winter is coming (how are you prepping?) and check out the Career Dad podcast.

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Dan Reed
https://www.careerdad.co.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danreed86/

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About Lockdown Dads

James and Ian are recording a weekly ‘show’ exploring the impact of lockdown, self-isolation and social distancing on working dads. We’ll share tips, thoughts and stories with special guests, discuss our hopes for the future and the opportunities that all this represents, especially for dads who want to be more active and involved fathers but who until now have struggled with the expectations of what it means to be a man in the workplace.

We hope you enjoy watching and listening!

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https://www.inspiringdads.co.uk/lockdown-dads