Hey Dad

• Fun builds relationships 
• Fun is a glue for Marriage
• Fun in a marriage translates to the family in the future
• Fun is healthy for dating because you build an authentic relationship
• Fun helps make a relationship more well-rounded
• You don’t have to be together all the time, but you do need things that are yours as a couple

Listener Questions:

• Filing US Taxes While Out of the Country
• What are some date ideas that you can do to get to know without being too serious?
• I have a friend who is dating a guy who isn’t good for her. How do I approach it without ruining the friendship?

Welcome to the Hey Dad Podcast, where you join us at the table as we talk about the many questions of life.

OPENING QUESTION OF THE DAY - A billionaire offers to build you a vacation home anywhere in the world and pay for your flights there for life.  Where would you put it?

MAIN TOPIC NOTES

How is dating typically treated in our culture

1. Hobby/entertainment
2. Perfectionist
3. Key Idea: Relational beta testing.

Practical:

• The romantic side is for the later phases of dating
• Listen to wise mentors (parents, etc.)
• Dating in groups in the early phase

Q&A

• I always seem to attract drama to me- how can I avoid it?
• I’m in my late 20’s and am not dating anyone seriously, should I be freaking out?
• My wife (husband) and I are newly married and pretty broke- any date ideas that don’t cost a lot?

Random Question of the Day: "What is the worst meal you've ever had?"

The subject of the day: Having Healthy Friendships

Questions from listeners:

1. What is your favorite sport?
2. I’m on my phone all the time but I don’t know what else to do, everything seems boring. What can I do to change that?
3. What’s the best career advice you ever received?

Random Question of the Day "What is your favorite recent movie you have watched?"

The subject of the Day: Understanding Your Own Throughs and Feelings

Questions Sent in by listeners that we answer:

1. "I have a friend that isn't good for me and I don't know how to end that friendship without it getting ugly, what do I do?"
2. "Star Wars or Lord of The Rings?"
3. "I'm getting married soon, what would you recommend for a Honeymoon?"

We introduce the show and talk about our first topic: The Performance Mindset.

Today we are talking about how many of us are stuck in a performance mindset 

“Life isn’t about who you are but how you are performing”

Social media and its influence

Every age has issues

Parents raising kids as performers

The danger of Living under a culture of comparison

1. Feeling like you’ll never be enough

2. Judging others, and having shallow relationships

3. People don’t go on the inward journey because they are only focused on the outward