What happens when the person who knows everything about nutrition realises they know nothing about themselves?Reshma Patel had the perfect life on paper - career, marriage, home, children. But beneath the surface, she was drowning in an identity she never chose. She was someone's daughter, someone's wife, but never just Reshma.At 35, in the middle of lockdown, with one parent dying in hospital and another sectioned in a psychiatric unit, she made the hardest decision of her life: to divorce, rebuild, and finally discover who she really was.In this raw episode of The Dad Project, Reshma, now a high-performance dietitian working with senior executives, shares her journey from never paying a bill in her life to deadlifting in the gym at 6am. From living for everyone else's happiness to demanding one sacred hour each morning for herself.This conversation cuts deep into:• Why successful men are functioning alcoholics who don't know how to switch off• The brutal truth about divorce when your fathers are best friends• How food and mental health are inseparable (your gut is your second brain)• Why showing up is harder than any workout• The cost of comfort vs. the price of growth• What it really means to level up when you feel you're not good enough(00:00:00) Understanding Men's Relationship with Food
(00:01:17) Breaking the Silence on Men's Mental Health
(00:01:53) Meeting Rashma: From Comfort Zone to Courage
(00:06:04) The Gut-Brain Connection and Hormonal Health
(00:12:04) The Executive's Dilemma: High-Functioning Alcoholics and Burnout
(00:19:09) Finding Downtime in a 24/7 World
(00:29:25) Life Before: The Comfortable Cage
(00:36:24) Divorce During Lockdown: When Two Fathers Fall Apart
(00:47:51) Co-Parenting and Finding Friendship After Marriage
(00:54:58) Reinventing Rashma: From Gym Anxiety to Pull-Up Queen
(01:03:08) Coaching Men Through Crisis: The Real Work
(01:14:01) Legacy of Happiness: Being the Mother Her Children Need"I want my kids to look back and say, you did it on your own. And we know that if something goes wrong in our lives, we'll be fine because we've evidence that as parents, you will be absolutely fine because we were."Whether you're trapped in a life that looks perfect but feels empty, struggling through divorce, or trying to understand how your body and mind connect—this episode will challenge everything you think you know about strength, identity, and what it means to truly show up for yourself.🔔 Subscribe for more honest conversations about transformation, mental health, and finding yourself after losing everything.📲 Follow Reshma PatelInstagram: @thedietitianglobalLinkedIn: @reshma-patel-the-dietitianWebsite: www.thedietitian.com/📲 Follow The Dad ProjectInstagram: @thedadprojecthqTikTok: @thedadprojecthqYouTube: @thedadprojecthqX (Twitter): @thedadprojecthqLinkedIn: The Dad Project#MensMentalHealth #DivorceRecovery #GutHealth #PersonalTransformation #WomensStories #IdentityCrisis #TheDadProject #MentalHealthMatters #Reinvention #Fatherhood

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