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Turning Divorce, Alcoholism And Violence Into Dadversity | Nathan Jefferson (Dad of 2, Founder of Dadversity)
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Turning Divorce, Alcoholism And Violence Into Dadversity | Nathan Jefferson (Dad of 2, Founder of Dadversity)

Nathan Jefferson joins me to talk about the story of Dadversity; being the product of a broken home and surrounded by alcoholism and domestic violence; and how he has learned despite poor role models.

Nathan Jefferson is an entrepreneur, turned tech recruiter, turned entrepreneur (again). His latest company, Dadversity, is focused on helping Dads improve their personal, professional and parenting skills. It’s rooted in his own lived experience with two abusive stepfathers and a biological father who left him at a young age. He’s on a mission to help Dads be better so they don’t repeat the mistakes he experienced in his childhood. Nathan is also a husband and the father of two kids. In our conversation today we discussed:

  • The origin story of Dadversity

  • What it’s like being the product of a broken home

  • How to balance (or not) building a business with Dad life

  • How to maintain strong relationships at home when your mind is elsewhere

  • He he has learned to be a better Dad despite having poor role models

  • The most impactful conversations he’s had with Dadversity guests

  • The emotional toll that building a community can have on you

Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Overcast and YouTube.

Where to find Nathan Jefferson

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanjefferson/

  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadversitynathan/

  • Dadversity: https://dadversity.co.uk/

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In this episode, we cover:

[1:45] Welcome

[1:59] His background as a recruiter

[4:46] Origin of Dadversity

[12:22] Example of a Dadversity workshop

[14:52] How Nathan met his wife; all about his kids

[17:28] His wife as the family anchor

[18:55] Earliest memory of becoming a Dad

[20:34] Balancing Dadversity and fatherhood

[23:03] A good piece of advice

[25:39] How did you learn to be a dad withou role models?

[28:37] Dadversity conversation that has stuck with Nathan the most

[31:39] Most surprising thing about becoming a Dad

[34:31] Advice to ignore

[36:41] Writing a book/favorite book to read?

[37:51] Frameworks

[41:39] Where do you and your partner not align?

[43:20] Something you gave up to be a Dad?

[46:16] Mistake as a Dad?

[47:48] Where to follow along

[49:19] Lightning round

[56:31] Thank you

Show references:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadversitynathan/

Dadversity: https://dadversity.co.uk/

University of Oxford: https://www.ox.ac.uk/

 CocoMelon: https://cocomelon.com/

Two For Joy - The true story of one family's journey to happiness with severely disabled twins by James Melville-Ross: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Joy-happiness-severely-disabled-ebook/dp/B0DHYQ77BP/

Sing 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6467266/

Home Alone:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099785/

Green Mile:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/

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Adam Fishman (author of a top business newsletter on Substack with 10K+ subscribers) interviews executives, entrepreneurs, and company leaders in technology companies who are also fathers. They discuss the tough aspects of work, parenting, family, the mistakes made and lessons learned along the way.