Heart of Dad Season 4 Episode 12 - Daniel Hall

01/16/21 • 46 min

Daniel's story is one of going from struggle as a youth to being an inspiring, resilient dad, software engineer and mentor to foster parents.

He grew up in foster care from ages 2 - 5, and was beaten, verbally abused and told he wouldn't amount to anything. Up until about 15 years ago, he didn't give a shit about anyone or anything.

He was eventually saved by the Hall family and his wife Tina.

Daniel has had a long career as a top-level software engineer and is a passionate advocate for fostering and adoption.

Together with Tina, he has six adopted special needs children and he says they have been and continue to be his biggest teachers.
In this episode, we discuss:

How he sees fatherhood as humbling
Coming from a traumatic childhood and how it affected his decision to. be a father
Learning he had a purpose in life
Flipping his upbringing to bring kindness into the world
Listening with more than your ears
Finding coding as his way into life
The struggle of putting the tech down when you have children
Reconnecting with his birth family
Training other foster parents
The moments when it becomes too much
Creating a ritual of forgiveness and appreciation
The power of random acts of kindness

You can find out more about Daniel at https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbhall/
Join us in our community at: www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

Daniel's story is one of going from struggle as a youth to being an inspiring, resilient dad, software engineer and mentor to foster parents.

He grew up in foster care from ages 2 - 5, and was beaten, verbally abused and told he wouldn't amount to anything. Up until about 15 years ago, he didn't give a shit about anyone or anything.

He was eventually saved by the Hall family and his wife Tina.

Daniel has had a long career as a top-level software engineer and is a passionate advocate for fostering and adoption.

Together with Tina, he has six adopted special needs children and he says they have been and continue to be his biggest teachers.
In this episode, we discuss:

How he sees fatherhood as humbling
Coming from a traumatic childhood and how it affected his decision to. be a father
Learning he had a purpose in life
Flipping his upbringing to bring kindness into the world
Listening with more than your ears
Finding coding as his way into life
The struggle of putting the tech down when you have children
Reconnecting with his birth family
Training other foster parents
The moments when it becomes too much
Creating a ritual of forgiveness and appreciation
The power of random acts of kindness

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Heart of Dad - Season 4 Episode 11 David Foster

David Foster is a Master Coach, author and inspirational speaker.

Since 2012 he has helped business owners and coaches throughout the world create more balance, clarity and freedom so they can live inspired lives they love leading.

He specialises in helping ambitious coaches grow independent practices full of great clients without sacrificing balance so they have a growing business, better relationships with their family and enjoy all that life has to offer.

David has dedicated his life to being a present parent, creating a loving family unit and inspiring people all over the world connect with themselves and their families before it’s too late.

He lives in Essex with his wife, Trix, and their two sons, Rocco and Enzo.

In this episode, we discuss:

The catalyst for major change in his life
The influence of his entrepreneur dad on his life choices
Creating a new business at the same time as the birth of his son
Finding his way into fatherhood
Male grief and loss through miscarriage
Seeing how our life is a function of the choices we make
The opportunities to create balance in life
Making and honouring commitments to what we want in life
How our highest values determine where we place our attention
The discomfort we experience at the edge of change
Fatherhood and leadership

You can find out more about David at www.davidfoster.coach and on social media my searching for David Foster.

Join us in our community at: www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdad and apply to be on the podcast here: www.heartofdad.com/contact

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Heart of Dad - Season 5 Episode 1 - Ben Leonard

Best known as the founder of Beast Gear, Ben Leonard is the classic millennial entrepreneur. He built a business on a laptop, in a cupboard, in his spare time.

The difference? Ben grew an international 7-figure business and successfully exited after 3 years; the business holy grail.
Now Ben is doing it all over again, this time creating a brand of parent's accessories based off his own lived experience as a dad.

In this episode, we discuss: