44: The Modern Dad

In this episode, Matt, Steve, and Jessica will have a conversation with Jason Dunnigan, better known as The Modern Dad on Instagram. His Instagram handle, the_modern_dad, is an ode to his message and belief that dads need to be more involved in their children’s lives than they traditionally have been. While he’s an expert social media marketer and runs global social media accounts for a craft company, his true passion lies in being a husband and father. He is married with four children, and is known for his love of shopping, fashion, and all things family focused.

Jason will hilariously share his great story about learning to love himself and being an awesome dad and husband. They will all start off by sharing what they’ve been going through with the effects that the Coronavirus related shutdowns have had on their personal lives. Jason’s journey started in Elementary school where he got teased a lot and the other kids thought he was gay because he liked jumping rope with the girls instead of playing with the boys. He wasn’t so much into most of the things that boys were into and that put a lot of social pressure on him because people kept saying mean things about him, and he just couldn’t understand what made people think of him that way when he was just being himself and enjoying it. 

That continued all through into his late teens until at one point when he got sick of it and decided to move to California where he experienced so much acceptance that he figured out all he needed to do is not care what anyone else thought of him, and just love and accept himself as he was. Now, Jason is the perfect example of what it means to live your best life by being true to who you are. Stay tuned as he shares how he got to the point of owning who he is and how that set him free, so you can apply the same to set yourself free from the confines of caring too much about what other people think of you.

Highlights of the Discussion: 

• Matt’s worst nightmare dressing rooms (02:19)
• Why Jason calls himself The Modern Dad (04:11)
• Knowing the comfort of leggings and doing the single ladies dance in a custom made leotard and heels (08:12)
• Having to still go to work despite being in a digital oriented position (12:57)
• How Jason learned to accept who he was and love himself (15:17)
• The biggest misconception that people had about him (22:30)
• Crazies of getting married at 30 and Jason’s opinion on online dating (26:15)
• The detriment of getting so caught up in who everybody else thinks we're supposed to be (34:16)
• Helping people accept and love themselves (43:24)

Additional Resources:

• Jason “The Modern Dad” on Instagram
• www.Linktr.ee/TheBoldLogic

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