Transforming Teen Lives: Austin Davis on Mental Health & Entrepreneurship

The Proven Entrepreneur

Don Williams

Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Careers, Business

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this inspiring episode of The Proven Entrepreneur Show, host Don Williams sits down with Austin Davis, the visionary founder of Clearfork Academy. Austin shares his incredible journey from a youth pastor to a leading mental health professional, dedicated to transforming the lives of teenagers struggling with mental health and substance use issues.

Join us as Austin discusses the mission of Clearfork Academy, which provides comprehensive care for adolescents through detox, residential treatment, and outpatient programs. He opens up about his entrepreneurial spirit, influenced by his father's business endeavors, and how his faith and passion for helping others led him to pivot from pastoral ministry to mental health counseling.

Austin also shares valuable lessons from his entrepreneurial journey, including the challenges of scaling his business, the importance of finding the right team, and the pivotal moments that shaped his career. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a mental health advocate, or someone looking for inspiration, this episode is packed with insights and heartfelt stories.

Tune in to hear about:

The mission and services of Clearfork Academy
Austin's personal and professional journey
The impact of mentorship and faith on his career
Key lessons learned from scaling a business
The importance of resilience and adaptability in entrepreneurship

Tune in The Proven Entrepreneur Show and don't miss this episode filled with wisdom, encouragement, and practical advice for anyone looking to make a difference in their community.

Listen now and be inspired to create your own legacy!

Key Entities:

Austin Davis: Founder of Clearfork Academy

Don Williams: Host of The Proven Entrepreneur Show

Clearfork Academy: Clearfork Academy is a teen rehab in Texas

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0:00.0	Are you an entrepreneur looking for more free time, more money, or just looking for that success blueprint?
0:11.6	The proven entrepreneur is the podcast for you.
0:14.6	Host Don Williams and his guests share real success stories from proven entrepreneurs.
0:19.7	Here's your host, Don Williams.
0:28.2	Hey, Don Williams here with today's episode of The Proven Entrepreneur Show.
0:32.6	I am so excited.
0:34.2	I have somebody who's a good friend of mine, but you're also going to love him. Austin Davis,
0:38.6	welcome to the show. All right. What's up, Don? Great to have you this morning. Hey, man, happy Friday
0:42.9	to you. Going to slide into the weekend pretty shortly after this episode. So I appreciate you
0:48.9	coming on today. Hey, let's take you, well, no, before that, tell me, I know you have a couple of businesses,
0:55.8	okay, but let's just talk about your primary business. What's your primary business? What do you
0:59.8	do? How long have you done it? All that kind of stuff. So our tagline is create new legacy is what we do.
1:05.8	How do we do that is we help 13 to 17 year old boys, girls with mental health and substance use issues.
1:13.7	I do that through a continuum of care, all the way from detox or stabilization, residential
1:19.8	inpatient treatment, or partial day programming, all the way to just, you know, once a week
1:26.0	individual therapy.
1:27.0	Awesome.
1:27.6	And the name of the business is Clear Fork Academy.
1:30.6	Clear Fork Academy.
1:31.6	And you're literally helping people change their lives.
1:34.7	Yeah.
1:35.3	Yeah, yeah.
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