Fathers Fire

By Jody Sedrick

Are you ready for the greatest adventure of your life? In my weekly podcast, we explore the adventures, challenges, triumphs, sorrows, and the fun of being a dad.

I am the father of 6 kids. My wife a... more

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The podcast currently has 284 episodes available.

Fathers Fire episodes:

April 13, 202043. Newly Wed to Newly Dad with Jonah Gomez
This week we meet with Jonah Gomez who in the words of his Instagram profile is a
👨‍👩‍👧 Father and Husband
📈Entrepreneur
🎙Motivational Speaker
✈️Travel Addict
🏡Real Estate Investor
He has a PASSION for being a dad that is infectious. Join us for the conversation
Show Highlights:
Going from newly wed to newly dad

Undervalue stay at home moms

Being a father is the MOST important thing

Parenting is a shared adventure - diapers and all

Always nurturing the relationship with your wife

Traveling with his wife and 2 year old daughter

Exposing your kids to other cultures and experiences at an early age

Teaching your kids how to work / working side by with them

Being the father his wife didn’t have

It’s not to late to change your legacy
Thanks for joining me every week. I also invite you to join the FatherFyre Facebook Group.
Please also check out the podcast Choose Don't Excuse that I co-host with my wife Judie Sedrick
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37min
April 06, 202042. "Push My Limits for My Son" - Kalob Valle
This week I visit with Kalob Valle who is the father an active 2 year old. He and his wife are expecting their 2nd child. We explore not only being a young dad and making the decision to be a stay at home dad.
Show highlights:
How he and is wife prepared themselves for their first son

Deciding that he would be a stay at home dad and his wife work outside the home

The joy and challenge of being a stay at home dad

How Corona has affected his family

Preparing for their 2nd child • His work with troubled youth - what happens in the home makes all the difference

Not rushing moments with his kid
Thanks for joining me every week.
Please also check out the podcast Choose Don't Excuse that I co-host with my wife Judie Sedrick
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28min
March 30, 202041. Girls, Girls, Girls! Raising Daughters
Girls, Girls, Girls! This week I meet with Daniel Gill owner of D & P Detail to discuss the joy and challenges of raising three daughters. It’s a full-time job but he’s loving every minute of it - well except the school drama ;)
Creative things his letting his girls do with him during #safeathome

Working in the shop, building forts

Getting you girls involved in the “man stuff” - busting the stereotype

Letting your girls paint when you are OCD

Having his girls and wife involved in building his auto detailing business

Teaching my girls stuff I wish I had been taught as a kid

Allowing your kids space to learn

ALWAYS telling my girls, “Thank you for your help”

Biggest Test — the drama that comes with other girls in school

Creating an environment that kids feel that you love them and are always there

Putting his girls and wife first

Cherishing your wife so that your daughters see how they should be treated

2 Key tips to being a great dad
Please remember to subscribe and review.
Also, please check out my other podcast that I co-host with my wife called Choose Don’t Excuse https://open.spotify.com/show/7tWAXN9RW9WVprpW21RIWI
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32min
March 23, 2020Money, Money, Money! Teaching your kids Finance
Money, Money, Money! We’re talking entrepreneurship and teaching your kids about money, financing and fostering entrepreneurship in your kids with Julian Gibson, The New Face of Finance
Show Highlights:
Story by Rethinking Rich Academy

Desperately wanting to go to Walt Disney World with my family

Selling Krispy Kreme donuts door to door

Lesson in purchasing and pricing

Julian - selling newspapers as a kid

Tips to teach your kids about financing

Appreciating sacrifice of our parents

Teaching your kids that they have a support system

College may not be the only path - show kids trade options and starting their own business

Get a custodial account setup for your kids

Most important investment - invest in your kids
Check out Julian Gibson on Facebook at Rethinking Rich Academy
www.rethinkingrich.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/rethinkingrich.com
Late Night Boss Talk: https://instagram.com/latenightbosstalk
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42min
March 16, 2020Tank EdDucates - We Need Fathers Who Lead
I sat down with Emmanuel Chirilean, Executive Director of Tank EdDucates this week. We explore the narrative that there are few good fathers in the African American Culture. He proudly announces this was not his experience and neither does it have to be that of others if we are willing to step up, set the bar high, and be fathers who lead.
Show highlights:
Narrative that there are not good men and fathers in the black culture

38% of African American families come from 2 parent family households versus 72% in White American families

The blessing of being raised by a father with strict God centered focus

Who is teaching us how to become good men

A father is a person should be a person who is responsible and who is a leader in his family

Men like Emmanuel, Shon Hart, Eric Thomas intentionally trying to set the bar

Why he created Tank EdDucates

Changing education to model the way kids learn

Extending into prison reform and other areas

What adopted from his dad and what characteristics he has adapted as he is raising his kids (Old Testament vs. New Testament)

Kids rise to the expectations set for them

Pushing our dreams on our kids instead of parenting according to their gifts
Guest:
Emmanuel Cherilien
Executive Director of Tank EdDucates
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tankedducates/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/echerilien
Website: https://www.tankedducates.com/
Thank you for joining me every week on FathersFyre. Please subscribe and review. Also my other podcast that I co-host with wife called Choose Don’t Excuse,
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37min
March 09, 202038. Be the Impact You Didn't Have an Interview with Antoine The Influencer
This week I meet with Antoine Nelson the Executive Director of Sons of Someone. Not only is he working with young kids from ages 8 - 18 he's also working with men to help them be men of integrity and engagement in their families. Join us as we discuss the following:
The great work he's doing with Sons of Someone

Creating college tours for kids

Job readiness with a twist - let's look at the business end not just working

Hosting men meetup and having REAL discussions together - getting them to open so they can grow

18 and a father just winging it

If you didn't have a good father the challenge of now knowing what it looks like and what you should do

Being a father of girls and now a boy - how it's different
Make sure to check him out on
Instagram: @antoinetheinfluencer
Facebook: Sons of Someone
Thanks for joining me every week. Please also check out Choose Don't Excuse.
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34min
March 02, 202037. Troubled Hearts - A discussion on suicide
This week we sit down for a heart felt discussion about suicide. In that past 10 days our family has had two teens very close to us attempt suicide. I thought it would be helpful to share some key things to listen and watch for.
Thing to be attuned to even if they're not talking
Major Loss in their life. This could include a divorce, death of a loved one, etc.

Feeling abandoned or betrayed by a loved one or someone they've trusted

Severe peer pressure including bullying

Experiencing extreme humiliation
If you see any of these please don’t push it aside - listen, empathize and act when needed.
5 things your loved on might say that are cues they may be considering suicide:
Nothing Matters, it’s not that important

I wonder how many people would show up at my funeral

Sometimes I wanna go to sleep and never wake up

Everyone would be better off without me

You won’t have to worry about me much longer
If you are struggling with this in your family and you don’t know where to turn please reach out to me. Call me at 208-890-3399 or email me [email protected].
National Resources
Suicide Prevention Line 800-273-8255
Treasure Valley Idaho Resources:
Limitless Life Counseling
https://www.limitlesslifecounseling.com/
208-807-2877
Garret Kroon Counseling
https://krooncounseling.com
(208) 620-5399
I also invite you to listen to my wife and I talk about this important topic on Choose Don’t Excuse. Check out "Ep 53. More Open Arms. Less Iron Fists - Loving through Suicide" https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BQ9gh1Dl5T5hC6Hscxv0n
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23min
February 24, 202036. An Orphan's Journey An Interview with Estevenson Coleman
This week I visit with Esteveson Coleman a young man who I met in Port Au Prince. We discuss is experience as an orphan coming to the United States to become part of a new family. We discuss what he is doing now to help the children of Haiti through Brace for Impact 46. We discuss his recent announcement that he had his new wife are expecting their first child. Join us as I connect with a young man that has impacted my life.
Meeting Stevenson in Port Au Prince Haiti

Coming to America as an orphan and getting a new family

His first experience going to America - a plane, escalator, elevator, winter trees and Thanksgiving

Devon going to Haiti - “Dad I didn’t know we were rich”

Estevenson I didn’t realize how poor we were in Haiti

He didn’t become a Doctor but he is actively helping the people of Haiti as the Program Manager for Brace for Impact 46

Living with impact

The announcement that he and his wife are expecting their first child

How he’s preparing to be a dad

Making sure that I continue to put my wife first before the new baby

How you can help Brace For Impact 46; volunteer, donate, buy their coffee
Brace For Impact 46
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/braceforimpact46/?eid=ARCUjPoyzY9VqTvZwrffyTpR9Ik5I86_eUfIZWFFLJg7uRpotSp2DNI_dIfG1He1Ah_btkshyLFkh1n2&timeline_context_item_type=intro_card_work&timeline_context_item_source=100001203102404&fref=tag
Website: www.braceforimpact45.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braceforimpact46/
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32min
February 17, 2020Ep 35. 31st Wedding Anniversary
This week marks my 31st wedding anniversary to the love of my Judie Sedrick. I thought we'd explore some key ingredients to fostering and building a long term relationship with your wife.
Show highlights:
Laying side by side with my dad in the sunny windows

Only puppy love

The only time a saw my dad really lose his cool was when we didn’t treat our mom with respect

I was asked how do you create a strong marriage

Commitment, forgiveness, love, and determination to work through challenges

The love you have for your wife is the foundation for truly loving your kids

Turn your couple relationship into a threesome with power - kneel every day with your wife in prayer

Searching for the hashtag fatherhood

Raising our sons to be kings, raising our daughters to be queens.

How do we emulate that for our kids?

Sometimes you need to prune, fertilize and nature your relationships
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42min
February 10, 202034. The Father Wound Pt 2. How it effects kids.
This week we have a followup discussion with Garret Kroon. We explore how “The Father Wound” affects our children. We look at 4 keys areas where the lack of father engagement has profound effects on children. The four areas Garret shares are the father who is distant, cold, missing in action or completely tyrannical.
Show highlights:
Going through the motions but really trying to escape through work, sports, or other activities

The missing dad - not just out of the house, work, Sports Center

Kids long for a connection

Neglectful fathers - often don’t have the ability to connect

If we didn’t have the connection with our father how are we going to have the ability to connect with our kids

How do you develop the ability to understand and empathize with your emotionally wounded kids.

The tyrannical and mean father

Perception of powerlessness

Reverting to yelling, demanding to get kids to respond because you don’t know how to deal with the situation

The power of developing self laws

Garret’s self law for yelling - Danger, Distance, Dogs, Sports

Adopting new kids, not having the attachment exposed weaknesses in my character that I needed to address

An aspect of our society that is teaching that men are toxic.

Learning to forgive ourselves and then being willing to changes.
Garret Kroon
krooncounseling.com
Thank you for joining me every week. Please check out my other podcast, Choose Don’t Excuse, that I co-host with my wife Judie Sedrick
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42min

FAQs about Fathers Fire:

How many episodes does Fathers Fire have?

The podcast currently has 284 episodes available.