Show notes
In this 13th episode of Bear Crawl with Dads, we visit with Paul Strobl! Paul is a husband, father, a life and executive coach since 2008, who visits us from the Rhodope Mountains of Southern Bulgaria near the border with Greece in a little tiny village of about 2,500 people. We discuss his grandparents being Austrian immigrants, being adopted by a 1st generation American to adopting a son of his own, to chill out while doing the best you can and more!
IN TODAY’S EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
- Executive Life Coach
- 1st Generation
- Austria
- New Rochelle, NY
- Rough upbringing
- Self-made man
- Snow or no snow? No snow!
- Adoption
- At every game
- Created a safe environment
- Am I good enough?
- Strong work ethic
- Connecting through music & sport
- NFL
- You never save money by spending it
- Family over promotion
- Christmas was a big deal
- Dinner table = sacred place
- Marriage followed by a remarriage + one
- The handhold that changed everything
- Skipped the diaper stage
- Connecting through languages and hiking
- Just be you
- Bulgarian adoption
- Adoptions across generations
- Tell them when they are young
- Different country every Christmas
- Message to my Dad
- Creating a safe space
- Both men and women working
- Social media dilemma
- Outward Bound as a “rite of passage?”
- just chill out and do the best you can and be you
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