Becoming a Dad Changed How I Treat My Body

About this episode

Subhasis Mishra shares his personal health journey and transformation after becoming a dad and facing significant life challenges.

What does it take to completely transform your health after 40? In this deeply personal episode of DadSense, host Subhashis opens up about his own physical health journey — from a young professional in Mumbai who worked hard and partied hard, to an HR Director at Disney in Los Angeles raising a newborn, to losing both his parents and finding his biggest wake-up call, to running his first half marathon at age 51 and being in the best shape of his life at 52.This is a raw, honest, and inspiring story told across three chapters of life.What Subhasis covers in this episode:Why your 20s and 30s give you a dangerous false sense of health securityHow becoming a dad in LA changed the way he thought about his bodyHow losing his father to Parkinson's and his mother became his biggest wake-up callThe three pillars — diet, exercise, and sleep — and how he got them all wrong for yearsThe "just wear your shoes" trick that gets him out the door on lazy daysWhy you should follow joy, not trends, when picking a fitness routineHis honest advice to every dad out there Follow us on socials:Dadsense: https://www.instagram.com/dadsensepod/Kathanika Media (Production House)…

People in this episode

Host: Subhasis Mishra

Topics covered

• health transformation
• parenting
• personal journey
• fitness
• life changes
• diet and exercise

Keywords

• health
• fitness
• parenting
• life changes
• diet
• exercise
• half marathon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney

Places: Mumbai

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