The Resilient Father
The resilient father is a podcast by a dad, for dads. Your host Cavan Edwards uses his background in psychology to discuss building mental health resilience and the experience of parenting through the lens of fatherhood. Toolbox episodes share tangible, practical, and actionable strategies that fathers can use to improve their tolerance for the many stresses of life and parenting. The podcast also takes deeper dives into important topics and struggles that fathers experience, with a focus on relevant experts and scientific research.
Podcasting since 2022 • 33 episodes
The Resilient Father
Latest Episodes
Psychedelic Psychotherapy, Discussing the Mental Health Benefits of Psychedelics: Myles Chisholm Returns
In this episode Myles Chisholm joins us to share and talk about his personal experiences with psychedelics. We discuss the fascinating mental health benefits of these compounds and review the promising world of combining psychedelic...
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Episode 33
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1:30:55
New Tools For Relief From Stress: The RF Toolbox Holiday Stocking
This episode shares some of the most effective recent techniques your host has found for reducing stress and improving emotional regulation. These are highly effective at calming down, feeling better and coping in challenging situations and, mi...
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Episode 32
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24:08
Children's Media Review: Encanto (Stop Making Me Cry Disney)
This episode reviews the great and powerful Encanto. Cavan discusses the psychology of the nuanced portrayal of intergenerational trauma and it's effect on families.
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Episode 31
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23:40
Befriending the You That Isn't You: The Right Brain, The Unconscious Mind and IFS
Internal conflict, how often do we hear people say a part of me wants this but another part of me wants that? How is it that we can come to struggle so much with our own emotions. We are taught to control ourselves with reason from a youn...
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Episode 30
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17:38
Don't Avoid This Episode Like You Avoid Your Feelings: Avoidance in Mental Health With Andrew Dreosto
Andrew Dreosto returns for the third time to discuss a key lesser known piece of emotional mental health, psychological avoidance. Are you avoiding your problems? Is there something that makes you scared or anxious you're putting of...
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Episode 29
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1:17:54