Meet Jefferson Harmon Co-Founder Totally Rad Dads - a podcast by Eric Wagnon & Jefferson Harmon

Speaker 2: So the big question is this, how do regular dads like us who weren't given a playbook on parenting will only have 24 hours in a day to make it all happen How do we provide for our families in a way that will allow us to raise happy, successful children and have a thriving marriage while still being a man and doing the things we love That is the question and this podcast will give you the answers. This is Rad dad secrets. 

Speaker 4: Hey, what's up while you read dad's out there. I appreciate you being here listening to this podcast. We've got a special one for you today. If you have you been listening to the podcast, uh, the, the previous podcast, definitely after this one, go back and listen to that. We're interviewing, um, Jefferson harmon today. He interviewed me last last podcast and we're going to get to know Jefferson harmon on a, on a deeper level here. Gets know what makes him tick. And, uh, let's jump right into it. So, Jefferson, what, uh, give us, give us an intro of yourself. Who, who are you And uh, what are you all about 

Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm, I'm Jefferson harmon. I met my wife in college. We'd been married for 14 years. We've got five kids. I started my chiropractic office, my practice in southern Oregon in 2012. Um, and basically I, I, I spend time with my wife and kids. I mean, that's, that's what I love to do. That's what, that's what drives me, my family is my why and, and that's, that's what keeps me ticking. That's awesome. 

Speaker 4: And I think that's so true for all of our listeners here to where the family is our wire at our kids, our wives make us tick. So what, uh, one thing that we love is a talking about quotes, things that motivates you, something that's meaning to you and, and, uh, are, are there any quotes, any, any sayings or anything like that that give meaning to your life 

Speaker 1: My wife and I actually came up with this quote and uh, it's just kind of a little phrase that we use. We say newlyweds for life and what that means is everybody goes through that phase when they first get married, right That blissful newlywed. Oh, you know, I'm so in love with you and, and everything, everything is bliss. But then we lose it, we lose it. And for some reason we lose that feeling, you know, we, we get back to reality and so like, oh, wow, okay. Or life is kind of a kind of boring and it kind of sucks. But my wife and I decided why, why do we have to do that Why don't we have to lose that And so we came up with this newly weds for life and I, we live by that daily, like why I want to remain, I want to remain in that state of bliss with my wife throughout my life, not just for the first couple of months of marriage. 

Speaker 1: So we came up with that and uh, that's what we live by. And another one of my favorite quotes, and I think this, uh, this speaks to me as a parent is a, it's actually by the great philosophizer Mike Tyson says everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. And so, I mean, this especially speaks to me as a father and as a parent because inevitably we have this, this idea of how life and how parenting is going to go, uh, and then reality sets in, you know, this, this, this plan, the plan we have out and laid out is not, it never really goes how we want and so we all have this plan and then we get punched in the face. And what are we going to do about it when we do get punched in the face You know, I think that's a, that makes us stronger once we get through those punches and uh, if it doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. 

Speaker 1: A men too, that both of those, man, those are both powerful. I love that newlyweds. Why not, right I mean, why, I mean everybody has, there's the social norm that after you're married for awhile, marriage just gets boring and it gets busy and things get dull. Why Why Right I mean, let's, let's change that paradigm and it's all, it's all your belief system

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