#35 Oh The Daddy You'll Be! With Dr. Chris Celio




The SuperDad Show show

Summary: On this episode we are joined by Dr. Chris Celio. He is a devoted husband and father of two, a psychologist, and the author of a number of books aimed at bringing a fun new twist to children's books for Dads. 0 - 3:00 An Excerpt from Dr. Chris's book, Oh, The Daddy You'll Be 3:00 - Where did the inspiration come from for the book? 4:00 - The most exciting and challenging thing he's ever done. 5:41 - He wrote a book called The Very Expensive Baby, a parody to The Very Hungry Caterpillar 6:15 - Did Dr Chris have a good network of Dads around him when his daughter was young? 6:55 - Joining a Dads softball team for fun, certainly not to win to games. 7:38 - Dr Chris's experience as a psychologist 8:37 - Working with adults with serious mental illness 9:10 - A lot of men were self medicating and that was a huge reason for those who Dads losing their family. 9:45 - How does Dr Chris help these Dads to be able to see their families again? 10.45 - Don't aim for perfect, just try to be a little bit better, one day at a time. 11:26 - Finding other ways to be happy, enjoy the quiet times instead of trying to continue to re-live the crazy times. 12.45 - Find people to be healthy influences on your life. 13:25 - Find ways to enter back into your child's life, even if just through social media. 14:00 - Keep the hope, keep working on yourself, stay alive, stay on track. 14:15 - Statistics on kids who grow up in fatherless homes. 15:15 - We all need people who give us hope, provide a support system, don't get together to drink but rather just catch up for fun, bonding activities. 16:18 - Does online connection work as well as face to face meetups? 17:25 - Dr Chris was the only Dad in a Mother's group and learnt so much. 18:10 - Jarrod's experience taking a parenting course at the age of 22 to understand parenting and be less judgemental of his single mother friend. 20:27 - Don't settle for the parent you are now. Keep developing yourself. 20:56 - Connect to strong family values and principles. 21:36 - What is Dr Chris's understanding of what it means to be SuperDad? 22.41 - Dr Chris is reading a book called No Drama Discipline 23.40 - Nights out to himself or with his wife to take care of himself and his relationship. 24:05 - What is Dr Chris's No. 1 Core Family Value? 25:00 - Dr Chris joined SuperDads Online in 2017 26:11 - Dr Chris says SuperDads Online is a fantastic group of guys who truly connect on a deeper level. 27:13 - Dr Chris upcoming book to help new Dads through the pregnancy process. 29:20 - We will continue to step up and be our best selves, our alter ego, SuperDads! Buy Chris's books now on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ADr.+Christopher+J.+Celio&s=relevancerank&text=Dr.+Christopher+J.+Celio&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1 Listen in, subscribe now on iTunes or Spotify, and leave me a 5 star review to help the ratings and reach of the show. If you love what I'm doing, please support the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/superdadsonline. If you're a Dad, join our Closed Facebook Group now at www.facebook.com/groups/superdadsonline.