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Absent Father Podcast
by Rodney MuellerJoin me for conversation with and about the impacts of growing up with an absent or distant father. I will share my personal journey, how I and others have learned to traverse the impacts of growing up fatherless. We will also discuss the role of the modern father and how it influences self-confidence, success, money and relationships.
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Episodes
Authority Figures
23m · PublishedAuthority Figures can be bosses, leaders, people with rank, people you perceive as better than you, rich people, etc.
How we relate and interact with "authority figures" is often directly related to our relationship (or lack there of) with our fathers.
In this episode, we delve into our relationships to authority figures, why they can be so triggering, the different ways we interact with them and how to create more empowering interactions and relationships with perceived authority figures.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
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Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Why Do Dad's Leave? Part 2
23m · PublishedIn part 2 of "Why Do Dad's Leave?" we discuss the generational nature of father absence. How our family history and the generation's who came before use greatly contribute and help explain why Dad's leave.
My hope is that it helps all of us to see the bigger picture in our society that contributes to father absence and makes it less personal. If you had an absent father, there's an excellent chance that your father's father was also absent, emotionally or physically, and that his father was absent.
As we begin to understand the father absence and the generation nature of it, perhaps we can begin to interrupt the cycle of physical and emotional abandonment.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Why Do Dad's Leave? Part 1
21m · PublishedIn this episode we tackle the big question: "Why Do Dad's Leave?" If you have a child, or a dog that you love, you might have thought about that one. How could someone abandon someone and something so great?
In some ways, it may be a simple answer. That we avoid things in our lives that remind us of our shame or what we believe is not good enough about ourselves. The more shame and pain, the more we are absent.
This is true for the absent father, this is true for me.
So my question is no longer, "Will I abandon the people I love someday?" instead, it's "How do I abandon the people I love?"
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
God Stuff
22m · PublishedToday's episode discusses the role that spirituality and religion plays in our lives. I begin a conversation about my own spiritual journey by sharing the story of my confirmation in the lutheran church (aka Catholic without the fun stuff like drinking and gambling,) and how it served to create the opposite of "confirmation" of faith for me.
I talk about the rest of my spiritual journey and how it relates to our relationship with our parents, specifically our fathers. Finally, we explore the parallels between our relationship to our parents and our relationship to God/Spirit/Universe, or as my longtime friend and mentor, Jodi Larson, might call it: "The Blueberry Muffin in the Sky."
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Analysis Paralysis
21m · PublishedToday's episode discusses analysis paralysis. The agonizing process many of go through when making a choice about buying something.
A small purchase or big purchase, we analyze to the point of exhaustion or to the last minute.
How to recognize it, where it comes from and how start practicing something new.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Our Super Powers: Leadership
22m · PublishedIn the second installment of Our Super Powers, we discuss leadership. People who grew up with an absent or distant father tend to have these three qualities that make us exceptional leaders.
I share a story of my first experience as leader in the Army, at age 21, on the verge of war leading a team much older than me.
Finally, we discuss the source of this super power of leadership, and like most super powers, it's a gift and a curse.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Never Enough
22m · PublishedDo you find yourself in a constant pursuit of being good enough? Are you always busy, often tired and feel like you can never catch up?
This episode is for you, and us.
In this episode, we breakdown the never ending chase for feeling good enough, where it started, how it relates to our father relationship and how to stop running this race.
We will look at creating a life where our worthiness, value and lovability are derived from the inside-out, rather than the outside-in.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
About Oprah and Abandonment
26m · PublishedToday's episode is primarily about Abandonment. In 2013, I was a guest on Oprah's Life Class with Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant, when Iyanla asked a question that forever changed my perspective on abandonment. We discuss that question in this episode.
We talk about the types of abandonment, what it looks like when we do it to the people we love and how to become more present, starting with our self first.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Depression
23m · PublishedToday's episode discusses depression. It's a serious word, but what does it really mean and how does it relate to the absent father wound.
I also share my experience of going through a deep depression, how I dealt with it and what I learned from it.
Ultimately, depression can be access to our biggest leaps of growth and development.
Also, please check out the therapist/healer I shared in the show, Mytrae Meliana. She is amazing for healing and coaching.
Her website is: www.mytraemeliana.com
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Our Super Powers: Intuition, Empathy and Safety
20m · PublishedIn this first installment of taking a look at the superpowers that you create along the way as a result of growing up as absent or distant father, we dive into the superpowers of intuition, empathy and safety.
You might call it intuition or a deeper intelligence where you're able to connect the dots between people's current experience and other experiences. It's an ability to see behind the scenes.
We also look at empathy. From our heartbreak we have a special ability to understand the depth of another person's experience, to really get and connect with other's experience.
Finally, we look at the safe space that we create. For some reason, people seem to open up to us.
Look for future episodes to dive into more of our super powers.
Learn more at absentfatherproject.com | rodneymueller.com
Email me at [email protected]
Theme song written and performed by Scott Ginsberg.
www.scottginsberg.com
Absent Father Podcast has 28 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 17:15:43. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 8th, 2024 04:43.
