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This week in the UK we celebrate Men’s Health Week and Father’s Day, so we asked Peter Traynor (a Breathworks Teacher-in-Training) to share his experiences of fatherhood and mindfulness. I recently did an online search looking for tips on ‘self-care for Dads’ for a weekly support group that I help Read more…
Hey I’m Eddie, I’m a full time stay at home Dad, I am a dad to 5 girls, 3 daughters and 2 step daughters who are 2, 5, 8, 9 and 10. During my time as the stay at home dad I started blogging to share the journey and really Read more…
Having experienced both a lockdown and non-lockdown birth (3 years apart) you may be reassured to learn that these life changing events weren’t that dissimilar. Here is my story and top tips of how to cope with and support your partner giving birth during a lockdown. Let’s face it 2020 Read more…
Hey, it’s Kieran from Dad Matters.I’d like to share some of my dad story with you, if you’ll bear with me. I did share this last year, but it’s as relevant now as it ever was. I was 19 years old when I became a dad.I wasn’t expecting it, neither Read more…
Why do I go to Leeds Dads? The short answer is because I met Errol Murray in a playground. We were pushing our daughters on the swings and got chatting. We haven’t stopped since. But the real reason I go to Leeds Dads is because it does so much more than Read more…
Learning to be more open, seeking support and talking things through is how Leeds Dad Lee Anderson has come to terms with the challenges of fatherhood. My wife Josephine and I were delighted with our bundle of joy. But parenthood also brought a rollercoaster of emotions. It was some Read more…
I became a Dad for the first time about 18 months after I moved to Leeds. I hadn’t really bothered seeking new friends in that time because my old friends were only an hour away, we were setting up home, AND WE WERE HAVING A BABY! Then little Alice Read more…
I first attended Leeds Dads in January 2015 as the father of a six month old that, in all honesty, I hadn’t spent a huge amount of time with. It’s hard being a dad sometimes, with work and all of the parent and child activities seemingly taking place during the Read more…