When Everything Falls Apart: A Single Father's Fight to Keep Going

About this episode

David Coolsby shares his journey as a single father navigating parenting, entrepreneurship, and personal crises during the pandemic.

Becoming a single father after losing your children's mother changes everything. For David Coolsby, it meant learning to parent alone, introducing a new partner into his kids' lives, and building a mental health business from the ground up right as the pandemic hit. But the challenges didn't stop there. His marriage faced devastating struggles, health issues threatened his stability, and legal battles drained his finances and energy. In this episode, David shares the full weight of balancing fatherhood, entrepreneurship, and personal crisis. He talks openly about the importance of support systems, the toll of fighting multiple battles at once, and what it means to prioritize your children when your entire life feels like it's unraveling. This conversation doesn't hold back it's honest, raw, and deeply human.

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Modern

Guest: David Coolsby

Topics covered

• single fatherhood
• mental health
• parenting challenges
• entrepreneurship
• support systems
• personal crisis

Keywords

• single father
• mental health business
• parenting alone
• support systems
• legal battles
• personal crisis
• entrepreneurship

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