Today we’re speaking with fellow single dad, Mike Maloney.

Mike is a very close friend of mine as well as a partner in my consulting company, Barn Raisers Facilitation. We’re so close, I’m even the godfather of his twin girls, Cassie and Chloe.

My buddy Mike is a PR and Comms expert who has worked at several of North America’s top PR and ad agencies. With a particularly deep expertise in the tech, lifestyle and enterprise spaces, Mike’s work has gone onto win international awards, fuelling millions of dollars’ worth of coverage in media outlets across North America.

Most importantly, he is a dad or step-dad to a total of six kids – Cierra (23), Amaya (22), Simon (13), Layla (6), and Cassie and Chloe (3).

He’s a busy dude.

Mike had a stretch there where he was a single dad to his son, Simon, so he knows the ups and downs of that journey all too well.

Mike and I talk about a lot of stuff including: how to be a great co-parent from a different city and even country, splitting when your kid is still an infant, the fear of missing out that’s triggered by a breakup, moving too quickly in new relationships, worrying about how your family will react to divorce, getting along with your new girlfriend’s kids and their ex, and managing the chaos of twins.