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What happens when an Olympic athlete, a gay dad, and a co-parenting father sit down in a room together? 🎙️

On this episode of Daddies (@daddiespodcastau), special guest Ellia Green (@elliagreen) shares his journey into fatherhood, from retiring from elite sport and transitioning to holding his newborn daughter for the first time. Plus, the guys get into the chaotic reality of toddler movie theater meltdowns, terrifying theme park mascots, and learning patience on the go.

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00:00When my daughter was born, I was going through a really difficult stage mentally myself and my
00:05story about transitioning had just gone very public both in Australia and overseas and it was
00:13kind of out of my control. A lot of the articles being written and things said that I felt really
00:20vulnerable and I kind of just shut down. But one thing that did give me so much courage and
00:28we remember who I am was when I would hold my baby on my chest and I can remember like
00:36it was yesterday
00:36I thought to myself like I never want you to think that I was too scared to tell the world
00:44that I'm
00:44your daddy. No. It's really not. I'm on the podcast. Yeah.
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