Dave Gold

What if the old adage “A parent can only be as happy as their unhappiest child” actually has it all backwards. What if a child can only be as happy as their unhappiest parent?

When Dave Gold became a father shortly before his 50th birthday, he was confident that the wisdom and life experiences he had gleaned from decades of spiritual pursuits (studying with two “enlightened” masters) and in his career calling (as an attorney, entrepreneur, author and mentor) had sufficiently prepared him for the challenges of fatherhood.

Not so much...

His seemingly well-adjusted daughter began exhibiting problematic behavior in kindergarten. Tutors and therapists gave way to Wilderness Camp, residential treatment centers, life skills training, more therapy - and more heartaches. Fifteen years (and hundreds of thousands dollars later) Dave radically reevaluated how he could best love and support his daughter, since no "outside resources" had yet touched the underlying insecurities and confusion that led her to make such unhealthy, self-sabotaging choices.

Instead. Dave turned his attention to the unmistakable correlation between the increase in his own ease, self love, and trust in life and immediate improvements in his daughter's moods and behavior. And he came to realize that he could not ask his daughter to love and respect herself if he did not in turn love and respect himself.

Dave is now able to maintain enduring equanimity and provide his daughter with what she most needs and desires - his presence, attention, acceptance, and the unshakeable conviction that Life Is good, and that she is good. He enlightens and empowers other parents to “know” the same through his “Exceptional Parents/Extraordinary Challenges” Podcast and coaching and speaking to parents so they in turn can experience this same perfection and rightness in themselves and their children, which is the greatest gift they can give to all those they love.