Fathers Fire

This week I sit down with Brian Prescott to explore his resistance and final acceptance of becoming a father. His journey has a surprising curve but also highlights the challenge of working through his wife wanting to have a kid when he was totally against it. Show highlights: 0:00 Intro 03:20 taking on a huge role as a father with a new baby and his wife unable to walk 5:30 Never planned on having kids which caused real friction with my wife

11:00 Working through the pain of disagreement and not having the same goals

14:00 - Taking on the responsibility of having a kid and starting a business

19:00 - Eliminating the hurry

29:00 - Having the difficult conversations Guest: Brian Prescott

Host: Jody Sedrick

Instagram @jodysedrick and @fathersfire

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This week I sit down with Daniel G aka Stoner Gump. We explore making time to have deep conversations with his 7-year-old son while driving in his truck. We also explore the challenges of co-parenting, letting kids explore, and learning how to be friendly.

Show highlights:

0:00 Intro

2:00 Amazing conversations in the truck

4:00 How should we deal with a bully

07:30 Teaching kids to work

11:30 The dynamic of having 4 kids and managing co-parenting

16:00 getting married at 17

20:00 Looking back on being a dad

Daniel G Tiktok @stonergumper

Host: Jody Sedrick

Instagram @jodysedrick and @fathersfire

This past week we had the opportunity to go to Springdale Arkansas to celebrate my mom's 80th Birthday and have a family reunion. All 8 of us siblings were able to come along with a lot of the grand and great grandkids. We had such a fun time together. As I watched the interaction and love between everyone I thought about the little things my dad did with my mom to create such an amazing legacy for our family.

Caught up in the minutiae of life you can’t see the impact you are having. But from the lens of time, we can see how little things add up. If I were to sum up the little things that my dad did it would be

1. Showed us that Mom was preeminent in his life and heart
2. He made time for us kids
3. He taught us to work and worked beside us
4. He played with us
5. He owned his mistakes, said he was sorry, and showed more love after

I hope you enjoy this episode and that something touches your heart.  

Cheers

Jody

Happy Father's Day

I wanted to wish you a Happy Father's Day and share a few thoughts with you

• Dads are critically important!
• Mad respect for single moms and single dads
• Many kids struggle because they have a huge hole in their hearts in the shape of their father; abandoned, abusive, oppressive, in the room but not involved, addicted,
• You don’t need to be the perfect dad, throw out perfection and replace it with purpose, involvement, leadership, mentorship, fun, playfulness and a whole lot of love. Your kids don’t need you to be perfect they need you in their lives. 

I hope you have a GREAT day with your kids!

Cheers!

Jody

Recently I had the opportunity to go to Orlando Florida to watch my mentor and personal coach give the keynote speech at the MOAA Conference. He shared a story about his father and how his father attempted to bridge the gap of years of strain by lovingly placing his hand on his shoulder. His story has made me think of how many children are yearning, hoping for a dad's touch. A dad's love!

I also share a story I had with my own dad where he extended a hand of love and mended a little boy's heart.

I'd love to hear your stories of how you've connected with your dad, or maybe even still trying to figure out how to connect!

Have a Blessed day! Thanks for tuning in!

Jody

In honor of Memorial Day here is Pt 2.  I revisit an episode with Ty Watson a Navy Corpsman. We discuss the challenge of getting out of that military mindset when working with your kids.

Some highlights of the show

* The challenge of being a dad while serving in the Navy

* Recognize that your wife is creating a regimen in the home and support what she has built

* The power and blessing of having a strong relationship with his wife

* Allowing our kids to ask questions 

* Putting unrealistic expectations on your kids

* Learning to dad the way each of your kids needs to a dad

* Growing through transitions

* As much as I want to be a perfect dad I’m not

Guest:

Ty Watson

Host: Jody Sedrick Instagram @jodysedrick and @fathersfire Website: jodysedrick.com Order my book "Learn To Dance With The Currents of Life - When You Fell like Drowning" - Paperback and Kindle ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MC6HNL9/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_866DKBJTKR73JH3MS48W

Today I want to take a moment to recognize the men and women (and their families) who have given so much for us to enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy. I thought it would be fitting to revisit two episodes with men who are serving or who have services and talk about the challenges of being a dad while serving in the military. In part 1 we will revisit a conversation with my brother Mike Sedrick. He shares the challenge he and his family have experienced when he is deployed on military assignments.  Many families experience this challenge so I thought it'd be great to sit down with him to hear some of the things they've done before, during, and after the deployment.

Thank you to all of you men and women who serve our country!

Host

Jody Sedrick

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We rarely talk about grief. And as men, we often avoid the conversation entirely. This puts men in a real corner when we lose a loved one - a parent, spouse, friend, and even a child. When confronting we tend to isolate, self-medicate, avoid, and sometimes do all three rather than face the very real emotions associated with losing a loved one. 
In this episode, I sit down with Andy Bohart, host of the TikTok channel DadsGrieve2, and we have a very raw and heartfelt discussion about the loss of his son and working through the very real feelings associated with grief.

Show Highlights:

00:00 Intro

02:00 We don’t talk about grief - What do I say?

05:30 Men haven’t been taught to deal with emotions

8:30 Grieving along side of your wife

12:00 There is no timeline for grief

17:00 “What IS your son’s name?”

20:30 People mourn differently

24:00 Telling stories about our loved ones

28:30 Working through loss

Guest:

Andy Bohart

TikTok @DadsGrieve2 @lifeaftergrief (his wife’s TikTok

https://www.helpingparentsheal.org/affiliate-groups/helping-fathers-heal/

Host: Jody Sedrick

Instagram @jodysedrick and @fathersfire

Website: jodysedrick.com

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Why do we as dad's sometimes feel like we don't deserve good things? We put everyone else first and when we finally do one thing nice for ourself we feel guilty about it?

What has your experience been with doing something nice for you? You feel guilty or no?

This past weekend at my daughter Ke'ilani's graduation from UVU I found myself for the first time standing on the outside looking in and it honestly threw me off for a second. Dad has been replaced - which is the pattern of life but the experience caught me completely off guard.

I thought I'd share some feelings about how I'm embracing the reality of my baby girl moving on to the next chapter of her life and actually loving what I see evolving for her and our family.

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Hosts:

Jody Sedrick

@fathersfire or @jodysedrick