Episode 025
He Lost Everything at 60 And Says It Was the Best Year of His Life with Dallas Collis
He lost his marriage, his home, his business, and his health. He hit rock bottom – and called it the best year of his life.
Dallas Collis didn’t just get a curveball – he got the whole pitching machine.
In one brutal year, he was diagnosed with cancer, hit a breaking point with alcoholism, and watched his marriage, family, and business fall apart. And somehow, he looks back on that year and says, “It was the best thing that ever happened to me.”
In this gripping, grace-filled conversation, Dallas shares how he stopped chasing safety and started living fully. He talks about collapsing his life into 16-hour days, taking radical responsibility, and waking up from what he calls “the sleepwalking story mind.”
If you’ve ever felt stuck in your past or scared to start over – this is the permission slip you didn’t know you needed.
“You don’t have to keep believing the story that broke you.”
Connect with DALLAS:
- Instagram: @dallasfit5life
- TikTok: @dallascollis.com
Timestamps:
00:00 – Meet Dallas – the man who lost everything and found himself
02:25 – Growing up with trauma – and collecting emotional baggage
03:51 – Addiction, blame, and the false promise of escape
06:28 – Cancer, collapse, and suicidal thoughts — when it all fell apart
07:45 – The podcast sentence that changed everything: “Show me yesterday”
09:12 – Waking up from the story and living in the now
11:52 – Life collapsed — so he decided to collapse life
15:19 – Step 1: Radical responsibility
17:07 – Step 2: Editing the story
27:10 – Step 3: Living one 16-hour day at a time
30:03 – Quitting drinking, leaving his marriage, and choosing simplicity
34:49 – The blue sky metaphor — and how to let the storm pass
36:00 – How awakening shifted his relationships
38:38 – What people get wrong about resilience and starting over
45:10 – “We all walk a hard road — we just wear different shoes”