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This week on the Dads Spotlight podcast we have Doug Kisgen, father of five and author of the book [amazon text=Rethink Happy&asin=1630477346] and finding happiness in your own life.
In his own life as a father and husband he had some very low points, especially at the beginning they went through a period where they had some miscarriages for their first two children.
As a part of their experiences in life, he and his wife had the experience of working with Boys Town, an organization dedicated to saving lives and giving at-risk children and families the love, support and education they need to succeed. They became family teachers with Boys Town and they had their second and third children while working with eight at-risk kids.
Boys town was a critical point for himself as a man and as a father. One of the things that he learned as a part of this experience related to the medications that some kids are on. He stated that over the time that he was at Boys Town he had numerous kids on numerous medications. Eventually they weened kids off of most of the medications. Working with the Psychiatrist at the camp they learned that there were three types of attention that kids can get:
* Positive
* Negative
* None
What they found was that kids would rather have negative attention than none. This was tremendous to learn, especially with many kids.
In regards to the book that he found that he wanted to write. He found that it was not all about him and that he needed to look outside myself and look inward.
In Doug Kisgens’ book he has his main character examine the idea of “What is happy”. The main character in the book is made to look at this and determine what happiness was for them and through the book you are challenged to do the same. In the end Doug Kisgen came to find that through everything you need to understand that:
* You are here to serve, not to deserve
There have been many studies on happiness and it always comes down to that it is never about the money, but it is about all of the other things in life that surround this that create happiness in ones’ life.
As fathers sometimes you have to clear your mind to be able to be a great father. In the writing of his book Doug Kisgen found that he was writing the book not only for you but also for him. He found that you have to take the time to think, pray and be at peace everyday to be able to do this for yourself.
Through this he found that you do not have to be an expert in this concept but instead you can work on this incrementally and become more proficient at this daily.
If you have not yet gotten your free guide: 15 Low Cost Ways To Engage With Your Kids – Pick it up today
As always, please swing by to visit us on iTunes and Stitcher to stay connected to the most up-to-date happenings with the podcast. Also, if you are on iTunes and you are a listener, please leave us a review as this helps other people find us too!
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This week on the Dads Spotlight podcast we have Doug Kisgen, father of five and author of the book [amazon text=Rethink Happy&asin=1630477346] and finding happiness in your own life.
In his own life as a father and husband he had some very low points, especially at the beginning they went through a period where they had some miscarriages for their first two children.
As a part of their experiences in life, he and his wife had the experience of working with Boys Town, an organization dedicated to saving lives and giving at-risk children and families the love, support and education they need to succeed. They became family teachers with Boys Town and they had their second and third children while working with eight at-risk kids.
Boys town was a critical point for himself as a man and as a father. One of the things that he learned as a part of this experience related to the medications that some kids are on. He stated that over the time that he was at Boys Town he had numerous kids on numerous medications. Eventually they weened kids off of most of the medications. Working with the Psychiatrist at the camp they learned that there were three types of attention that kids can get:
* Positive
* Negative
* None
What they found was that kids would rather have negative attention than none. This was tremendous to learn, especially with many kids.
In regards to the book that he found that he wanted to write. He found that it was not all about him and that he needed to look outside myself and look inward.
In Doug Kisgens’ book he has his main character examine the idea of “What is happy”. The main character in the book is made to look at this and determine what happiness was for them and through the book you are challenged to do the same. In the end Doug Kisgen came to find that through everything you need to understand that:
* You are here to serve, not to deserve
There have been many studies on happiness and it always comes down to that it is never about the money, but it is about all of the other things in life that surround this that create happiness in ones’ life.
As fathers sometimes you have to clear your mind to be able to be a great father. In the writing of his book Doug Kisgen found that he was writing the book not only for you but also for him. He found that you have to take the time to think, pray and be at peace everyday to be able to do this for yourself.
Through this he found that you do not have to be an expert in this concept but instead you can work on this incrementally and become more proficient at this daily.
If you have not yet gotten your free guide: 15 Low Cost Ways To Engage With Your Kids – Pick it up today
As always, please swing by to visit us on iTunes and Stitcher to stay connected to the most up-to-date happenings with the podcast. Also, if you are on iTunes and you are a listener, please leave us a review as this helps other people find us too!