Ruchir Desai

Dad, Bare Your Soul

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“Dad, Bare Your Soul” is a raw and honest journey through fatherhood, resilience, and healing. Ruchir Desai opens up about life as a single parent raising two boys with special needs — while facing some of life’s most unexpected and difficult challenges. This podcast is for anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed, broken, or alone… and kept going anyway. These are the stories we don’t always talk about — but should.

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Ruchir Desai

Episodes

Episode 7: A message to every father out there 20.05.2025 2:02

A raw, heartfelt message to every dad carrying invisible burdens. This isn’t about perfection; it’s about presence, persistence, and refusing to give up. “Your kids aren’t just watching how you live, they’re learning how to survive. You are their role model.”

Episode 6: Still Standing 20.05.2025 3:54

In this episode, I reflect on heartbreak, healing, and hard choices from walking away from my career to losing everything in a scam. But through it all, I chose to stand. For my boys. For myself. For hope. “I may be down, but I’m not done.”

Episode 5: Two Diagnoses, One Broken Heart 20.05.2025 4:08

Within months, I was told my son needed urgent mental health care and that I needed open-heart surgery. This is the story of how I kept standing when everything tried to break me. “You are not what’s happening to you. You are how you rise after it happens.”

Episode 4: The Financial Storm - Unfair System and Losing Everything 20.05.2025 3:50

I lost more than money. I lost years of sacrifice to a system that didn’t see me. This episode is about betrayal, resilience, and rebuilding from the ground up… for my boys. “They can take things from you. But they can’t take you.”

Episode 3: Anxiety, Trauma, and Two Little Boys 20.05.2025 5:19

When their mum left, my boys broke inside and so did I. This episode is about parenting through trauma, starting therapy, and finding hope in the darkest moments. “Healing isn’t loud. It’s in the quiet moments when you choose to stay.”

Episode 2: Grieving Alone - Two Losses, One Heart 20.05.2025 3:35

During COVID lockdowns, I couldn’t be there to say goodbye to my father. I was struggling to cope with being single, raising two boys, and having a full-time job. Grieving from a distance while holding my broken home together nearly broke me. In this episode, I discuss silent grief, guilt, and finding strength in the face of adversity. This episode is for anyone carrying heartbreak quietly. “Somet...

Episode 1: She Walked Out. I Stayed 20.05.2025 6:03

Over four years ago, their mum walked out, leaving me to raise two boys, aged four and six, with special needs, on my own. It was a difficult time, marked by heartbreak and anger. However, I found the strength to keep going. This is the raw beginning of my journey, from those difficult emotions to the quiet strength I’ve discovered within myself. “Real strength is showing up, even when you’re brok...