09/17/2026
What happens when you've experienced more loss by 13 than many people will experience in decades?
Oluwole โWoleโ Babatunde lost his mother at 7.
Then he lost his father at 13.
As the oldest of three boys, Wole entered adolescence without either parent. Home changed. Holidays became difficult. There were seasons when even school fees and basic needs became things he had to trust God for.
But Wole made a decision that would shape everything that followed:
His losses would not define him.
Today, Wole is a physician, psychiatrist, researcher, and author. He eventually moved his family from Nigeria to the United States, earned a PhD, completed his psychiatry residency, and built what can look from the outside like an incredibly successful life.
But that's only part of the story.
Because success had a cost.
He had to leave behind an established career and become a student again. His family downsized. Finances became difficult. He had to adjust to an entirely different culture.
And along the way, Wole discovered something else about himself.
Surviving enormous loss so young had affected the way he responded to other people's emotions.
So he worked on that too.
In this episode of UNMASKED, we talk about grief, identity, emotional connection, starting over, trusting God when life hasn't worked out yet, and why triumph doesn't have to mean one enormous breakthrough.
Sometimes triumph is simply taking the next step today.
Wole also leaves us with one incredibly practical challenge:
Read one book a month.
Find someone who has walked through what you're facing. Learn from them. Take one thing from their experience and apply it to your own life.
This is a conversation about what happens when faith isn't merely something you believe.
It's what you have to hold onto.
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