Fatherhood and Mental Health: Navigating the Pressures of Being a Dad (2nd Edition, EPUB)

Being a good dad starts with being okay yourself.

Fatherhood and Mental Health is an honest, supportive guide to the quiet struggles many fathers face and rarely talk about. This is the fully Revised & Expanded Second Edition by Ciro Irmici.

From the weight of expectations and the pressure to provide to balancing work and family and finding yourself again, it gives dads words for what they feel and practical ways to carry it better.

Inside you'll explore:

• The quiet struggle of fatherhood
• Expectations, and the pressure to provide
• Financial stress and mental health
• Balancing work, family and yourself
• Vulnerability, and rediscovering who you are as a father

Written for fathers and for the people who love them. It supports, but doesn't replace, professional help when you need it.

What's inside

1. Introduction: The Quiet Struggle of Fatherhood
2. The Weight of Expectations
3. Provider Pressures: Financial Stress and Mental Health
4. Work-Life Balance: Juggling Fatherhood and Career
5. The Emotional Disconnect: Men and Vulnerability
6. The Fatherhood Identity Crisis: Rediscovering Self
7. The Impact of Parenting Stress on Relationships
8. Postpartum Depression in Fathers: The Overlooked Reality
9. Raising Children with Special Needs: The Extra Burden
10. The Isolation of Modern Fatherhood: Loneliness and Fatherhood
11. Fatherhood and Mental Health Recovery: Finding Strength in Vulnerability
12. The Path Forward: Thriving in Fatherhood

Format: EPUB ebook in English, second edition (revised and expanded), about 18,000 words. Read it on Apple Books, Google Play Books, Kobo or any EPUB reader; on Kindle with “Send to Kindle”.

Ciro Irmici has written more than 250 books and 750 audiobooks. In 2025 Spotify placed him among the top 3% of most-saved authors worldwide.