My guest on the podcast this week is the founder of Dad La Soul, Dan Flanagan. An entrepreneurial, curious and creative thinker with a relentless passion and commitment for increasing the understanding of how social impact research, reporting, storytelling and commercially-focused strategies can work together hand-in-hand. 

He is an award-winning and respected thought leader in the men's mental health and fatherhood field. His work has been showcased by The All-Party Parliamentary Committee on the Future of Fatherhood, The Department of Media, Culture and Sport, The Guardian, BBC World Service, Radio 4, Huffington Post, and ITV.

This is such a powerful episode as Dan's openess and honesty truly highlights the importance of why we need to ask for help when we are struggling with our mental health. He shares how growing up his mum had a breakdown, his parents split up and the impact this had on him. He goes on to talk about his own mental health issues, a dark time where after challenges in his business he felt like a failure, that he had let his family down and how his son giving him chicken pox forced him to stop, and was a turning point for him reassess what was important and was ultimately the catalyst for him launching Dad La Soul and building a community and support network for Dad's around the world. With suicide the largest killer for men under 45, with 96 men taking their own lives per week in the UK a truly staggering statistic and one that needs to change. It can only change if together we break the stigma attached to mental health and show, as Dan has done that asking for help, being vulnerable and talking openly to people about our struggles is not a sign of weakness, but shows immense bravery and strength. Dan has started a Dad's revolution and one that is truly needed, this is his story.

"God forbid I put my hand up and asked for help, it just wasn't in my DNA"

Everyone has a story to tell...

Watch the episode on YouTube ➡️ https://youtu.be/GB5--35nEU4

Find out more about Dan Flanagan and Dad La Soul here ➡️ https://www.dadlasoul.com/

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