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Jim Higley – Author, Speaker, Vanilla Moment Fan

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About Jim

Jim Higley was a typical middle-age dad whose world, overnight, went from the soccer field sidelines cheering on his children to the sidelines of life. At the age of forty-four, Jim became the fourth member of his immediate family to receive a diagnosis of cancer and suddenly found himself with an entire summer removed from all of life’s obligations as he allowed his body to heal after surgery. Thanks to a wise friend’s promise, however, that summer of physical healing transformed into the rediscovery of several forgotten life lessons-and one life-changing gift that had been quietly waiting for him for over thirty years.

Since then, Jim-a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists-has become an inspiring voice to people worldwide who daily enjoy his print and online columns for the Huffington Post and The Good Men Project. He also can be seen on NBC Universal iVillage and heard on his weekly radio show, Bobblehead Dad. The single father of three is an insightful storyteller who writes about the experiences found in the nooks and crannies of everyday life from a dad’s perspective.

Described as “Martha Stewart meets MacGyver,” after a 23-year career in corporate America Jim zipped up his briefcase and became a fulltime stay-at-home dad. Since then-in addition to writing-his world centers around carpools, bake sales, attempting to make school play costumes with a glue gun, and simply being an available parent.

Today, Jim is considered a forward-thinking, action-oriented and inspiring leader in both the cancer and parenting communities worldwide. Through his multi-media platform as an author, columnist, radio show host, and showical media influencer to support cancer causes and “DadVocate” for raising emotionally and physically healthy kids.

Jim supports a number of cancer organizations nationwide and is Executive Director of Single Jingles, a Testicular Cancer Foundation which provides education and awareness to young adult men in an effort to raise awareness about testicular cancer.

And to top it all off, Jim is also the inaugural World’s Greatest Dad for Man of the House magazine. His kids, however, are requesting a recount.

Invite Jim to speak at your event! Jim has extensive experience in speaking to groups of all sizes – including book organizations, school parent clubs, lunchtime service groups, cancer/adversity organizations and businesses. With a broad spectrum of stories to share, Jim will deliver a message that will move, motivate and inspire your group! Learn more on the “Speaking” page!

Follow Jim Higley at the following sites:

NBC Universal iVilliage


I’m proud to be one of the first two dads chosen to be an official iVoice for iVillage! I thought you might get a kick out of seeing my audition video – filmed right in my neighborhood! Check out the home page for more of my videos for iVillage!

World’s Greatest Dad!


After about a dozen takes- with a little video camera propped up on a recipe book- this was my entry into the first ever “World’s Greatest Dad Challenge” sponsored by Procter & Gamble’s ManOfTheHouse.com. And guess what? I won!