Dad to Dad Podcast David Hirsch

Our guest this week is Brad Serot, of Winnetka, IL who is Vice Chairman of CBRE, a global leader in commercial real estate.

Brad and his x-wife, Lexis, were married for eight years and are the proud parents of four children: Billie (6), Jonas (8), and 10 year old twins Stella and Ava, who has Cerebral Palsy.

Brad talks very authentically about his early denial about Ava's condition, the dissolution of his marriage, going through counseling as well as finding purpose in cycling and fundraising for charity.

He also discusses the positive role Easterseals and the Epilepsy Foundation of Great Chicago have played in Ava's development.

That's all on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast.

Show Links
Email – Brad.Serot@cbre.com
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-serot-18ba271/
Phone - (773) 837-7101
Website - https://www.cbre.com/
Website - https://epilepsychicago.org/
Website - https://hpa.vc/about/

Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."

SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.

Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...

Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/

SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/

Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/

Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/

Our guest this week is Jeff Wickersham of Royersford, PA, who is a high performance coach, founder of the Warrior Dad Experience and father of two.

Jeff and his wife, Heather, have been married for 17 years and are the proud parents of two boys: Jackson (15) and Carter (13), who has Crohn's Disease.

Occupationally, Jeff is a sought-after mental toughness and peak performance coach who specializes in helping clients intentionally step into the best version of themselves personally and professionally, guiding his clients to install habits and systems that set them up for success.

Vocationally, Jeff has been called to create the Warrior Dad Experience. Inspired by the likes of David Goggins, Jeff strives to help dads be the best version of themselves.

Jeff is also the author of Rise, Fight, Love Repeat.

Jeff's enthusiasm, passion for life and serving others is contageous. That's all on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast.

Show Links
Email – jeff@themorningfire.com
Mobile – (610) 564-2107
Website - https://www.thewarriordad.com
Book – Rise, Fight, Love Repeat - https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fight-Love-Repeat-Morning/dp/B08FP9P4J5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3B2DJXKS4XLZS&keywords=Rise+Fight+Love+repeat+wickersham&qid=1697488553&s=audible&sprefix=rise+fight+love+repeat+wickersham%2Caudible%2C92&sr=1-1
A Mothers Wish Foundation - https://amotherswishfoundation.org

Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."

SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.

Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...

Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/

SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/

Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/

Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/

Our guest this week is Sarah Glofcheskie of Toronto, Canada, who is the single mother of a daughter with Autism, a serial entrepreneur, and founder of BeMe, an Autism innovation company.

Sarah and her x-husband, who remains a very involved father, were married for six years and are the proud parents of Flynn (12) who is Autistic.

Informed by her experience as the mother of a child with Autism, Sarah founded BeMe.ai a company whose mission is to empower Autistic individuals, their families and care team with the tools they need to thrive. BeMe combines medical, behavioral and environmental factors in an insight generating app designed specifically to support Autistic children.

We’ll hear the BeMe story and how Sarah has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of autistic people around the world. That’s all on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast.

Show Links:
Email – sarah@beme.ai
Website - https://www.beme.ai/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeMe.aiInc
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-glofcheskie-mba-23300233/

Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."

SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.

Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...

Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/

SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/

Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/

Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/

Our guest this week is Tim Coughlin a U.S. x-Pat in London, England who works at Morgan Stanley as head of the Commodity and Infrastructure Finance Group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Tim and his wife, Jennifer, have been married for eight years and are the proud parents of two young girls: Alice (4) and Edith (2), who was diagnosed with BBSOAS or Bosch-Boonstra-Schaff Optic Atrophy Syndrome, a very rare neurological disorder caused by a disruption in the NR2F1 gene.

Tim was born and raised in Basking Ridge, NJ. Jennifer is from England and worked in the U.S. at UBS for 15 years, before taking a leave of absence a year ago.

We learn about how the couple has navigated their new world of disability and some of the organizations that have played an important role, including: the NR2F1 Foundation, Combined Brain and UK-based Small Steps, in SW London.

It's a heartwarming story about a young couple, their commitment to family and serving the community at-large.

Show Links:
Email – trcoughlin@gmail.com
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-coughlin-97ba6225/
NF2R1 Foundation - https://nr2f1.org/
Combined Brain – https://combinedbrain.org/
Small Steps UK - https://smallsteps.org.uk/

Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."

SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.

Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...

Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/

SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/

Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/

Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/

Our guest this week is Adam Birchmeier of Muskegon, MI who is a Business Sales Representative with Access Health and the father of daughter with Angelman Syndrome, who very sadly passed away in August, after a brief illness.

Adam and his wife, Nicole, have been married for 4 years and are the proud parents of Maddie who was born in June 2020, was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome at 18 months and who, very sadly, passed away in August, shortly after her third birthday.

We also learn about Maddie's Joy, the blog and podcast Adam created to reflect on the family's Angelman Syndrome journey. Most touchingly, on the September 15, 2023 podcast, Adam read the eulogy he gave Maddie at her funeral.

While Maddie's passing is very sad, Adam and Nicole find some solace in knowing that Maddie had (and continues to have) a positive impact in the lives of others, through Gift-Of-Life organ donation, and despite her short presence on this earth.

We’ll hear all about Maddie, her smile and how her infectious spirit lives on. That’s all on this Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast.

Show Links:
Email – maddiesjoy2020@gmail.com
Website - https://www.maddiesjoy.com/
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-birchmeier-48b5ab191/
Podcast – September 15, 2023 – Maddie’s Eulogy – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-20-maddies-eulogy/id1650857579?i=1000627978534
Blog – Day 366 - https://www.maddiesjoy.com/blog/day-366
Blog – More Than A Diagnosis - https://www.maddiesjoy.com/blog/more-than-a-diagnosis
USA Today Story September 14, 2021 - https://news.yahoo.com/uncharted-territory-090314817.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWFkZGllc2pveS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHxlXYTOqDCx68BHEdP-YBakgam3xEClnzek3IrQ97lKNsaIEbN93SfGkWizjZxzheruyy4XcxLVFzW0NyZf6hqOWRXIl4-9dRsk9HVWrkrh1c0vP8SPJMWdPw8Ko7IjvJ0pd7rju5VVMBVywOhxT_qXK6AeBPld6NHtKOIID-Sj&guccounter=2
Angelman Syndrome Foundation – https://www.angelman.org/
FAST - https://cureangelman.org/

Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."

SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical...

Our guest this week is Gus Aguilera of Oak Harbor, WA who is a cinematic special effects, IT specialist and a father of three children including a son who has Down Syndrome.

Gus and his x-wife Bobbie Jo, became teen parents and were married for 36 years, before divorcing earlier this year. They are the proud parents of three children: Cassandra (35), Jordan (27) and Gabriel (14), who has Down Syndrome. Gus has full-time custody of Gabe who is non-verbal and not toilet trained.

Gus speaks very authentically about the challenges of being a single parent, living in a remote area of Washington, with limited local resources as well as the limited type of work he is able to pursue from a professional perspective.

That’s all on this special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast.

Show Links -
Email – gaguilera.vfx@gmail.com
CHOC Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. https://choc.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org
Down Syndrome Association of Orange County https://www.dsaoc.org
Washington State Fathers Network https://fathersnetwork.org

Special Fathers Network -
SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."

SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.

Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...

Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/

SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/

Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/

Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/