Jon Gustin, The "Tired Dad" - Solutions to Fatherhood Burnout and Loneliness

About this episode

The episode discusses the loneliness epidemic among fathers and features insights from Jon Gustin, known as The Tired Dad.

Have you heard of the fatherhood loneliness epidemic? Before talking with Jon Gustin (better known as The Tired Dad), I had heard the phrase—but I hadn’t fully stopped to think about what it actually means. Because when we talk about exhausted parents, overwhelmed parents, or the mental load of parenting… we often focus on moms. But what about dads? What happens when fathers are trying to carry pressure silently, feel disconnected from friendships, and believe they have to hold everything tog...

People in this episode

Host: Flora McCormick

Guest: Jon Gustin

Topics covered

• fatherhood
• burnout
• loneliness
• parenting
• mental health

Keywords

• fatherhood
• burnout
• loneliness
• parenting
• mental load
• dads
• mental health

More episodes of Sustainable Parenting | Positive Discipline for Raising Resilient Kids

• A Summer Without Screaming - With The Goldilocks Method · June 3, 2026 · 12 min
• Adam Thorne - Male Therapist, Shares How the "Angry Dad" Might be Masking Fear · May 27, 2026 · 11 min
• Motherhood Confessions of Struggle · May 6, 2026 · 7 min
• 154. The “Let Them” Method That Stops Backtalk Fast and Builds Respectful Kids · April 29, 2026 · 11 min
• 153. How to Discipline Without Yelling or Threatening to Cancel Christmas · April 22, 2026 · 13 min
• 152. The 2-Minute CPR Fix for Yelling at Your Kids · April 15, 2026 · 12 min