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How Parenting Will Test Your Resilience, with Hugh van Cuylenburg

December 16, 2020 • Hugh van Cuylenburg • Episode 39

Hugh van Cuylenburg is the founder of The Resilience Project, an organisation that provides mental health and wellbeing programs to schools, businesses and individuals.

In this interview, Hugh explains how the key concepts of Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (G.E.M.) can be applied to fatherhood and why being a parent is a great test of your resilience.

Hugh also shares stories about his family, his relationship with his dad and what’s on the horizon for the Resilience Project.

This is a fascinating chat with an inspirational person, who is also a passionate father of two young children.

For any parents out there, I hope you enjoy this discussion as much as I did.

What you’ll learn

How dad’s become part of a brotherhood
The challenges of managing a 'threeanger'
How being a father has tested his resilience.
How being a father has changed Hugh’s relationship with his dad
Hugh’s dad’s story – immigrating from Sri-Lanka to Australia by boat
How men can either follow in their dad’s footsteps or choose to take a different route
Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness – the three key tools for resilience
How Hugh practices gratitude with his 3-year-old son each night
The results of the Resilience Project’s schools program
The Imperfects Podcast with Ryan Shelton
What’s on the horizon for The Resilience Project
Hugh’s next book – a sneak preview into what it might be about

More information
Show notes and links to the resources mentioned in this interview are available at https://thedadtrain.com/39