5. Seth Sundberg: Creating a Relationship with Your Daughter During and After Federal Prison
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“I don’t think there’s a stronger bond than that between a Father and a Daughter.”
Seth Sundberg joins us to discuss how he found patience in the redemptive process to nurture a relationship with his daughter. Listen in as Seth discusses how his life as a Lakers player ended up with him being in a Federal Prison.
You’ll learn how he reflected on his upbringing to positively impact his relationship with his daughter, no matter how little he could see her. Seth will share his thoughts on how the criminal justice system can be reformed and how Defy Ventures helped him grow in career and his Father-Daughter relationship.
Seth learned how to create a meaningful apology, and you’ll learn how to do the same. It helped him create that immense bond fathers can have with their daughters.
Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Seth in this episode:
- Seth’s experience as an NBA player and his time at the Lakers.
- How a tax scam found Seth in a Federal Prison.
- How to have patience in the redemptive process.
- How the criminal justice system can be reformed, creating careers for those coming out of prison.
- Living with stepsiblings and managing the personalities of growing up with single parents.
- Reflecting on the negative aspects of your upbringing to positively impact your child’s upbringing.
- How Defy Ventures helped Seth grow after prison.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 0:55 – Who is Seth Sundberg?
- 1:32 – Learning From Dark Times
- 7:04 – Beginning the Conversation
- 8:12 – Seth’s Background: Introduction to his daughter, Ava.
- Former Professional Basketball Player for the Lakers
- Went into the Real Estate Industry in Retirement
- 9:02 – How his time in the real estate industry led him to a federal prison
- 9:45 – What Seth Does Now: Reforming the Criminal Justice System
- 11:28 – Seth’s Upbringing: How he learned to communicate
- 14:00 – Learning from the behavior that your parents taught you and passing the right lessons onto your children
- 15:50 – The timing of reflecting on the negative aspects of Seth’s upbringing to positively impact his daughter’s upbringing
- 17:16 – The Lessons Seth Learned in Prison
- 18:40 – Seth’s Father-Daughter Relationship During Prison
- 22:20 – Balancing Personal Guilt with the Desire to “Talk it Out.”
- 24:23 - How to Give a Meaningful Apology
- 27:16 - Suggestions for Fathers Trying to Heal a Father-Daughter Relationship
- 30:20 – Closing Thoughts
Episode Resources:
- Defy Ventures: https://www.defyventures.org/
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