Divorced Dads of America: The Rebuild

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  You Will Never Recover ... 02.10.2026 18min

  Anthony gets brutally honest about the voice that used to run his head every time he looked at his bank account — the one that told him he'd never recover. He breaks down the loop that voice runs on, and walks through The Peace Engine, the four-move practice that finally shut it down: catching the loop, getting accountable to it, giving it an end time, and installing a daily gratitude walk he learned from mentor Jon Gordon. If you've ever believed the voice that says you're done, this episode is for you.In this episode:The voice that told Anthony he'd never recover — and the loop that fed itWhy running the spiral alone in your own head is what lets it winThe Peace Engine: the 4-move practice for catching and shutting down the loopThe daily gratitude-walk practice learned from mentor Jon GordonWhat his kids feel when he's stuck in the loop vs. when he catches itStandard CTA links:1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  You're Not Undisciplined — You're Just Interested 28.09.2026 19min

  Anthony gets honest about the years he spent waiting for his life to change on its own — hoping, not building. He breaks down why "just be more disciplined" was never the real problem, and walks through The Vision Stack, the four-move framework that took him from vague hope to an actual written vision for his business, his time with his kids, and his exchange days. If you've ever fallen off a habit and called yourself undisciplined, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why waiting for things to just change on their own kept Anthony stuckThe real difference between being interested in change and being obsessed with itThe Vision Stack: the 4-move framework for building a specific, written vision before you touch a single habitWhy "10 habits" is the wrong goal — and what to build insteadWhat his kids are actually watching him modelStandard CTA links:1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  My Dad Told Me He'd Kill Me If I Became a Lawyer — Then He Never Once Said He Was Proud of Me | Michele Locke 25.09.2026 1h 3min

  A former family court judge who ruled on over 5,000 custody cases sits down to talk about the side of divorce nobody prepares you for — because she lived it first, as the kid in the middle of her own parents' split. Michele Locke spent decades on the bench before returning to private practice to fight the hardest custody and alienation cases in Texas. In this episode: what parents get wrong after divorce, the real mistakes dads make in and out of the courtroom, the new danger AI poses to your case, and what she tells good dads who are scared they've already lost their kids for good.In this episode:Michele's own story as a child of divorce and what it taught her about what not to doThe most common mistakes dads make in custody cases, with a lawyer and without oneHer BIFF communication framework, in plain language with real examplesHow AI can be used against you in a divorce case — and how it can be used to fake evidence against youWhat she tells good dads who are afraid they've already lost their kidsFind Michele Locke:Website: https://www.michelelocke.com/Podcast: lovelustlaw — https://www.michelelocke.com/podcastBlog: "The Lockedown" — via michelelocke.comInstagram / LinkedIn: @attorneymichelelockeStandard CTA links:1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  You're Raising the Ones You Can't Live Without — To Live Without You 21.09.2026 24min

  My sixteen-year-old dropped a car off at a shop by himself last week, and something about watching him handle it broke something open in me. Patrick Bet-David said the line that's been going around — this episode is what it actually means to train a kid on purpose, knowing the whole point is that he leaves.In this episode:Why watching your kid succeed without you is supposed to sting — Peter Blos's research on adolescent "individuation"What the still-maturing teenage prefrontal cortex means for how long your job as a dad actually lastsDiana Baumrind's parenting-styles research and the difference between training and controlThe Stoic "dichotomy of control" and what it means for fatherhood specificallyThe Loose Grip framework — four moves for training hard without gripping outcomes you never ownedBowlby and Ainsworth's "secure base" research — why your calm makes his independence possibleProverbs 22:6 and Hebrews 12:11 on what training is actually supposed to feel likeApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  I Stay Awake Till 5 AM Crying Because I Miss You' — What His Son Wrote Him After 3 Years of Silence | Garry Junkuhn > 100K Fathers 18.09.2026 59min

  Eleven years ago, Garry Junkuhn's girlfriend moved in with him — and that day became the last time he saw his two sons for three years. He found out how bad things had gotten from a school notification: his son had legally changed his last name to his mother's. Founder of 100K Fathers, Garry has since guided thousands of estranged dads through the same reunification process that eventually brought both of his own sons back — built on patience and inner work, not lawyers or court orders. In this episode: the Instagram message from his son that ended three years of silence, why fighting for access through the courts usually backfires, and the practical, day-to-day moves that actually draw an estranged child back.In this episode:Garry's own three-year estrangement from his two sons, and the school notification that changed everythingThe Instagram message from his son that ended the silence — and what he did nextWhy the "fight for access" instinct backfires, and the counterintuitive alternative that worked for him and thousands of the fathers he's since coachedPractical rules on text frequency, showing up unannounced, and working around a hostile co-parentThe "silver bullets" — false allegations, protection orders — he sees in roughly 40% of the fathers he's worked with once they push legallyHow to know you're actually ready to reconnect, versus just desperate toReal reunification stories, including a father who hadn't seen his kids in 5 and 7 yearsFind Garry Junkuhn / 100K Fathers:Website: https://www.100k-fathers.com/Note: he said directly on the recording that he hasn't built out Instagram/YouTube much yet — the website (and booking a call from it) is the real destination, don't oversell social links you can't back up.Standard CTA links:1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  Why Divorced Dads Wait Until It's 10x Harder to Quit 14.09.2026 17min

  I waited years to tell anyone about a habit that was quietly running my life — and it didn't die until I did. This episode is about the pattern I now see in dad after dad who reaches out: crisis, relief, silence, and a worse crisis later. What's actually happening underneath it, and the exact process that breaks it before it gets 10x harder.In this episode:Why the urge to hide something is actually the clearest evidence of where your real problem livesKahneman and Tversky's research on why pain — not opportunity — is what actually moves most men to actJames Prochaska's stages-of-change research and the exact point where people mistake feeling better for being doneJulian Rotter's locus-of-control research and why gripping outcomes you never controlled burns you outPierre Azoulay's Harvard Business School research on founder age — why real success takes far longer than it looks from outsideThe Chop Wood, Carry Water framework — four moves for exposing what you're hiding before it gets 10x harderSheldon Cohen's research on social support and why accountability is a measurable stress buffer, not just a feelingAngela Duckworth's grit research and what it actually predicts about who sustains changeAlbert Bandura's Bobo doll studies — what your kids are actually learning by watching youGalatians 6:9 — the timeline promise behind doing the hard thing anywayApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  You Don't Have a Faith Problem — You Have a Memory Problem 13.09.2026 21min

  This week on Sunday Table, the Sunday faith segment from Divorced Dads of America, Anthony Thompson asks a simple but exposing question: what does seeking God actually look like for you — compared to what seeking money looks like? Anthony walks through his own list of moments God came through for him, from landing a job at the #1 PR firm in LA to building a six-figure business in Australia by seeking the Lord every morning, and challenges dads to build their own list before they forget what God has already done.Key Takeaways:See the difference between what you actually give your attention to and what you say you believe.Hear Anthony's own list of specific moments God came through — a new job during the 2008 financial crisis, a six-figure business built in Australia, a decade alongside the founder of a major global brand.Learn the story behind the word "Ebenezer" from 1 Samuel 7 — a stone Samuel set up specifically so Israel wouldn't forget what God had already done.Hear Charles Spurgeon's take on "hitherto hath the Lord helped us."Get one practical challenge: build your own list of wins before you forget them.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction — What Does Seeking God Look Like?01:30 Welcome to Sunday Table03:00 What You Chase vs. What You Remember11:00 The Verse — Psalm 63 and the Ebenezer Stone15:00 This Week's Idea + The Rattle Question19:00 Prayer for Dads Who Forget What God's Already Done22:00 Closing Thoughts + How to ConnectScripture & Resources Mentioned:Psalm 63:1 — "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee."Psalm 63:7 — "Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice."1 Samuel 7:12 — "Then Samuel took a stone... and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."Charles Spurgeon — "Hitherto the Lord hath helped us. Through poverty — through wealth — through sickness — through health — hitherto."This Week's Idea: Build your own list of wins — every time God came through — before you forget them.Rattle Question: Stop right now and name five things God has come through for you. Not someday — right now. If you can't get past two, that's not a faith problem. That's a memory problem.Connect:Work with Anthony 1-on-1: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fFollow Divorced Dads of America on Instagram: https://bit.ly/insta_DDAJoin the Divorced Dads of America community on Skool: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97
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  Divorced Dads Ask: How Do You Deal With Missing Your Kid? 11.09.2026 21min

  Episode Title: Divorced Dads Ask: How Do You Deal With Missing Your Kid?Description: A photo memory pops up. Your kids, two years younger, laughing about nothing. And it wrecks you before you've even had coffee. Anthony answers a question every divorced dad eventually asks — how do you actually deal with missing your kids — by naming the two ramps most guys default to (run into busy, or spiral into shame) and why neither one works. He brings in Dr. Pauline Boss's concept of ambiguous loss — grief without closure, because the person isn't gone, just not here right now — and research on post-traumatic growth, which found that growth comes not from the pain itself but from what you do with it afterward. Then walks through The Bridge, four moves to stop waiting for your kids to come home and start building the man, and the home, they're coming back to.In this episode:The two default ramps when a memory hits — running into busy, or spiraling into shame — and why neither worksDr. Pauline Boss's concept of ambiguous loss — grief that never fully closes because the person isn't gone, just not currently presentWhy missing your kids isn't a sign you're failing — it's proof you love themResearch on post-traumatic growth — growth comes from the work, not the pain itselfThe Bridge — four moves to stop waiting for your kids and start building for themWhat your kids notice about a dad who builds through the ache instead of running from it or drowning in itApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  Why Divorced Dads Don't Have a Free Time Problem — They Have a Silence Problem 07.09.2026 25min

  Description: The list runs out. The house goes quiet. And something in your chest gets loud. Anthony breaks down what actually happens the moment a divorced dad's to-do list empties out on a day off with no kids — the racing mind, the two default moves (burn the day moving, or numb out on the couch) — and why a real University of Virginia study found people would rather shock themselves than sit alone with their thoughts for fifteen minutes. Anthony gets honest about his own pattern before he built The Solitude Menu, the four-move framework that turned unscheduled silence from something he dreaded into the thing that actually rebuilt him.In this episode:Why the panic hits exactly when the to-do list runs out, not beforeThe University of Virginia study on why people choose electric shocks over sitting with their own thoughtsAnthony's own pattern — burn the day moving, or numb out on the couch — and what both were actually hidingPsalm 46:10 and 2 Corinthians 10:5 — what scripture says about stillness and captive thoughtsThe Solitude Menu — four moves to turn silence from a threat into a toolWhat your kids pick up on even on the days they're not with youApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  You Don't Have a Patience Problem — You Have a Trust Problem 06.09.2026 27min

  This week on Sunday Table, the Sunday faith segment from Divorced Dads of America, Anthony Thompson tells the story of waiting backstage with Kanye West and 2 Chainz at a concert in Australia — and what happened when the wait finally ended taught him more about trusting God's timing than any sermon he'd ever heard. If you hate waiting on God as much as Anthony does, this episode is for you.Key Takeaways:See why the anxiety of "I need to get there now" is actually a trust problem, not a patience problem.Hear the backstage story behind Anthony's biggest lesson on waiting on God's timing.Understand Isaiah 40:31's promise to "walk and not faint" — and why walking with God means skipping the lines you'd otherwise stand in alone.Learn what Andrew Murray, author of the classic devotional Waiting on God, taught about God's own patience with His timing.Get one honest question to sit with about what you're actually afraid of if you truly trusted God's timing.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction — Why I Hate Waiting01:30 Welcome to Sunday Table03:00 Backstage With Kanye West and 2 Chainz10:00 The Verse — Isaiah 40:3113:00 This Week's Idea + The Rattle Question19:00 Prayer for Dads in a Season of Waiting22:00 Closing Thoughts + How to ConnectScripture & Resources Mentioned:Isaiah 40:31 — "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."Andrew Murray, Waiting on God — "God is a wise husbandman, who waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it."This Week's Idea: Stop trying to get there on your own timeline. Walk with God, and let Him bring you in when it's actually time.Rattle Question: What does actually waiting on God — actually trusting Him — look like for you right now, in the thing you're rushing? And if you're honest: what are you terrified would happen if you really did that?Connect:Work with Anthony 1-on-1: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fFollow Divorced Dads of America on Instagram: https://bit.ly/insta_DDAJoin the Divorced Dads of America community on Skool: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97
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  Divorced Dads Ask: Am I Actually Healing, or Just Distracting Myself? 04.09.2026 25min

  Description: A dad's question stopped Anthony in his tracks — am I actually healing, or have I just gotten really good at distracting myself from the pain? This episode is for every divorced dad who's been busy, productive, and looking like a comeback story on the outside while something specific still levels him in exactly the same way it did a year ago. Anthony gets honest about the season he mistook motion for healing, breaks down why distraction makes pain quieter while healing makes you stronger in the same spot, and walks through The Numb Test — four moves to find out which one you're actually doing, and start treating the wound instead of just outrunning it.In this episode:Why staying busy can genuinely quiet pain without ever healing itThe line that tells the difference: distraction makes it quieter, healing makes you stronger in the same spotWhat Anthony's own "comeback story" season was actually hidingPsalm 147:3 — why healing requires looking at the wound before it can be bound upThe Numb Test — four moves to find your uncontrollable moment and go toward the wound on your own termsWhy keeping your job, gym, and schedule is fine — as long as you stop calling them medicineWhat your kids learn when they only ever see you in motion, versus when they see you name a hard dayApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  You Don't Have an Anger Problem — You Have a Mouth Problem 31.08.2026 22min

  Description: What actually comes out of you when your ex squeezes you, when your kids push back, when the bill comes at the worst time? In this episode Anthony breaks down the orange test — a simple picture with a brutal application — to explain why getting squeezed doesn't create who you are, it reveals who you are, and why the ugly words that slip out under pressure are a report on what's already inside, not a character flaw you can't fix. Anthony gets personal about the moments his own mouth proved he didn't yet believe what he tells his kids, unpacks why being "double-minded" (a Greek word that literally means two-souled — two visions pulling against each other) cancels out every affirmation you don't actually believe, and walks through The Fruit Check — four moves to catch what's coming out of you and change what's feeding it before the next squeeze.In this episode:Why the words that slip out under pressure are a report on inventory, not a malfunctionThe orange test — why it doesn't matter who does the squeezing, only one fruit can come outWhat Anthony's own worst moments exposed about where he was still doing the workLuke 6:45 and Proverbs 23:7 — what scripture says about the mouth and the mindThe Fruit Check — four moves to catch the fruit, ask what it reveals, and change what you're feeding on purposeWhy being "double-minded" (Greek: dipsychos, literally two-souled) cancels out every affirmation you don't believeWhat your kids are actually tasting when you get squeezed — and why it matters more than what you tell themApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  Why Divorced Dads Believe in God But Don't Trust Him — And What That's Costing You 30.08.2026 21min

  This week on Sunday Table, the Sunday faith segment from Divorced Dads of America, Anthony Thompson makes the case that faith isn't belief — faith is trust, and most divorced dads have plenty of the first and almost none of the second. Anthony shares his own financial rebuild after divorce, a stretch where nothing he tried seemed to work and his mind kept insisting it never would, even on the days it actually was, and how he learned to trust God one day at a time instead of demanding a ten-year guarantee.Key Takeaways:Understand why believing God exists isn't the same as trusting Him with your actual life.Learn how Anthony rebuilt financially after divorce by trusting God one day at a time instead of demanding a ten-year guarantee.See what Hebrews 11:6 actually says about faith — and why it's about trust, not just belief.Hear what A.W. Tozer and George Müller taught about the direct link between faith and anxiety.Walk away with one practical action that proves trust, not just belief.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction — Faith Isn't Belief, It's Trust01:30 Welcome to Sunday Table03:00 Anthony's Story — Trusting God to Rebuild10:00 The Verse — Hebrews 11:613:00 This Week's Idea + The Rattle Question19:00 Prayer for Dads Who Need to Trust God Today22:00 Closing Thoughts + How to ConnectScripture & Resources Mentioned:Hebrews 11:6 — "Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God — "Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God."George Müller (widely attributed) — "The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety."This Week's Idea: Name one thing God has already told you to do that you haven't done — and do it this week.Rattle Question: Your kid remembers something you agreed to two months ago, half-asleep. Does your life prove you remember what God told you — or did you forget the moment it stopped being convenient?Connect:Work with Anthony 1-on-1: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fFollow Divorced Dads of America on Instagram: https://bit.ly/insta_DDAJoin the Divorced Dads of America community on Skool: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97
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  Your Ex Started Dating — And It's Exposing Something You Weren't Ready to See 28.08.2026 22min

  Your ex started dating. And something happened inside you that you were not prepared for. Maybe you went cold. Maybe you felt replaced. Maybe you felt like a failure — even though you have been doing the work and telling yourself you have moved on. This episode is not about her. It is not about him. It is about what your reaction is actually exposing — and why that information is more valuable than the pain is costly. Anthony gets honest about the moment it happened to him, what he found underneath it, and the four moves that take your power back.In this episode:Why the reaction to your ex dating is almost always bigger than you expected — and what that actually meansDr. Lisa Phillips' research on why discovering a former partner's new relationship is often more destabilizing than the divorce itselfWhat your reaction is actually exposing — unprocessed grief, comparison, and external validation still running your self-worthWhy going cold is not proof you still love her — it is proof of where your identity is still anchoredDr. Kristin Neff's self-compassion research on why men who source worth externally show higher emotional volatility after partner rejectionThe Reclaim Protocol — four moves that take your power back starting todayDr. Joe Dispenza's neuroplasticity research on why deliberate thought redirection over 21 days rewires the loopWhy comparison to the man she is dating is the most dangerous place a divorced dad can liveGalatians 6:4 — the antidote to comparison and the only competition that actually mattersWhat your kids are recording right now as they watch how you handle thisThe University of Rochester research on what a father's emotional regulation installs in his children permanentlyYou told your kids never let anyone control how you feel — now show them what that looks like when it is hardApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  He Figured It Out Alone — And Lost His Daughter While He Was Doing It 24.08.2026 20min

  A dad found this podcast. Got into the community. Shared that his teenage daughter was being alienated and the connection was slipping. When it came time to get real help — he disappeared. Months later he came back. He had kept doing the same thing expecting a different result. YouTube videos. Podcasts. His own willpower. And while he was figuring it out alone — he lost his daughter. This episode is for every divorced dad who has been wired since childhood to handle it himself. The thing that feels like strength is the most expensive decision you are making right now.In this episode:Why men are programmed from childhood to figure it out alone — and why that program is now working against youThe APA research on masculine norms and why self-reliance is producing worse outcomes in the men who need help mostWhat figuring it out alone actually costs — in time, clarity, connection, and your kidsThe University of Michigan study showing men who delay help lose an average of 14 months of recovery timeThe Counsel Protocol — four steps that replace willpower with wisdomWhy the highest performing CEOs in the world do not figure it out alone — and the Harvard research that proves itJames Pennebaker's neuroscience research — why telling someone makes your brain literally work betterProverbs 12:15 — the direct challenge between the fool and the wise manWhat happened to the dad in the cold open when he finally stopped figuring it out aloneThe difference between broken and humbled — and why only one of them rebuildsApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  Why Divorced Dads Skip Their Bible (And What It's Actually Costing You) 23.08.2026 25min

  This week on Sunday Table, the Sunday faith segment from Divorced Dads of America, Anthony Thompson tackles the question most divorced dads avoid: if Jesus is really #1 in your life, can you prove it? Using his own calendar, bank account, and mind as the evidence, Anthony walks through why so many Christian men — especially dads rebuilding after divorce — never open their Bible, and shares his own journey from a single verse a day to an hour of prayer and Scripture morning and night.This episode gives divorced dads three simple, no-excuse ways to start a daily Bible reading habit: reading one chapter of Proverbs a day (31 chapters, one a day, easy to track by the calendar), reading five Psalms a day to complete all 150 in a month, or reading straight through the Gospels starting in Matthew. Anthony also points listeners toward Rick Renner's "Sparkling Gems from the Greek" for guys ready to go deeper once the daily habit sticks, and talks honestly about the excuses that keep men from starting a spiritual discipline: boredom, confusion, falling asleep, and the lie that God already knows you love Him so it doesn't matter.Grounded in Matthew 6:21 — "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" — this episode isn't about being more spiritual than anyone else. It's about spending real time with God and letting that time change how you show up for your kids, your recovery, and your own peace, confidence, and clarity.This week's idea: You don't need an hour a day to start. You need one lane and one day.Scripture: Matthew 6:21 — "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."Work with Anthony 1-on-1: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fFollow Divorced Dads of America on Instagram: https://bit.ly/insta_DDAJoin the Divorced Dads of America community on Skool: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97
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  You Were Enough When You Were Married — So What Happened to That Man 21.08.2026 20min

  A dad on a coaching call went quiet for almost a minute when I asked him what he was afraid of. Then he said — I felt like I was enough when I was married. And now I don't. That one sentence explained everything — why he keeps trying instead of committing, why he will not go for the promotion, why he will not fully invest in the rebuild. The marriage was not just a relationship. It was an identity system. And when it ended — the confirmation that he was enough went with it. This episode is about building that back. Not from the outside. From the inside out.In this episode:Why the marriage was an identity system — and what collapsed when it endedRoy Baumeister's self-concept crisis research — why divorced dads do not just lose the relationship, they lose the evidence they were worth being in itWhy trying is a symptom not a strategy — and what the belief underneath it is actually sayingThe University of Scranton research on why commitment language produces different results than intention languageBack to school season and what your kids are absorbing from what you believe about yourself right nowThe Belief Rebuild — four steps to install the new belief before the evidence arrivesMichael Merzenich's neuroplasticity research — why behavior changes the belief, not the other way aroundWhy the old belief will come back and the system you need to protect the new oneThe University of Illinois 10-year study on what your belief about yourself is doing to your kids' identity right nowProverbs 23:7 — as a man thinks in his heart so is heThe man who was enough when he was married is still in there — here is how to find himApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  The Divorce Already Humiliated You — So What Exactly Are You Still Afraid Of 17.08.2026 17min

  I walked into my kids' event wondering what my ex had already told people about me. Carrying shame about being a church guy who got divorced. Terrified of failing publicly again. And then it hit me — the thing I was most afraid of had already happened. The humiliation was already on record. The loss was already real. And I was still standing. This episode is for every divorced dad who is playing it safe, staying small, and calling it wisdom. The most expensive decision you are making right now is not the one you are afraid of making. It is the one you keep not making.In this episode:Why playing it safe is not protection — it is a guarantee of the outcome you are most afraid ofDr. Brené Brown's decade of research on vulnerability as the single most consistent predictor of human flourishingThe specific fear most divorced dads will never say out loud — and why public humiliation stops men coldMark Leary's Duke University research on why the audience judging you in your head is significantly larger than the real oneThe Already Through It Audit — four steps that expose what fear is actually doing to your decisionsWhy you are consistently underestimating your own recovery capacity — and the Seligman research that proves itWhat you focus on grows — why focusing on loss produces more loss and what to focus on insteadRick Hanson's neuroplasticity research on the negativity bias and how to override it deliberately2 Timothy 1:7 — why fear is not from God and what isThe specific cost of staying small — to your kids, your blueprint, and the men watching you rebuildHow to make the move before the fear leaves — because it will not leave before you moveApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica
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  A Father Buried His Son This Week — And Taught Me What "I Love You" Actually Means 16.08.2026 25min

  This week on Sunday Table, the Sunday faith segment from Divorced Dads of America, Anthony Thompson sits with a grieving father in his community whose 16-year-old son was killed in a tragic accident — a father who was already fighting to save his marriage in the middle of an unwanted divorce. From the open-casket memorial to the quiet drive home, Anthony unpacks what losing a child teaches every divorced dad about presence, fatherhood, and what it means to actually love your kids while you still have the chance.This episode explores grief and faith for divorced dads, the myth that most couples divorce after losing a child (the real research says otherwise), and the neuroscience behind why grief feels the way it does — drawing on researcher Mary-Frances O'Connor's work on "the grieving brain." Anthony ties it back to Psalm 90:12 — "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom" — and leaves every dad listening with one question: if tonight was the last night, would your kid's last memory of you be your full attention, or the top of your head while you scrolled?If you're a divorced dad navigating co-parenting, healing after divorce, or rebuilding your relationship with God and your kids, Sunday Table is built for you — one story, one verse, and one idea to carry into your week.This week's idea: Stop waiting for the big moment to be the dad you want to be — the mundane moment is the assignment.Scripture: Psalm 90:12 — "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."Work with Anthony 1-on-1: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fFollow Divorced Dads of America on Instagram: https://bit.ly/insta_DDAJoin the Divorced Dads of America community on Skool: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97
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  You Want to Get Stronger — But You Won't Touch the Weight That Would Actually Do It 14.08.2026 17min

  Two clients. One drowning in more business than he can handle — still working out of fear. One who could see the path to 3x revenue — still paralyzed by limiting beliefs. Both have the weight loaded on the bar. Neither will touch it. This episode is about why divorced dads stay small when the bigger life is right in front of them — and the exact process that builds the strength to pick up the weight that actually changes everything.In this episode:Why abundance and scarcity can exist at the same time — and why the fear program runs even when the reality has changedThe difference between working out of fear and working out of a system — and what it costs you to confuse the twoDr. Carol Dweck's research on why divorced dads avoid the heavy weight — and what they are actually protectingThe Spotter System — three steps that build the strength to make the move before you feel readyWhy you have to feel the weight before you can own the lift — and what a spotter actually doesAlbert Bandura's self-efficacy research — why mastery experience is the only thing that actually builds beliefWhy your client made the move in fear and how the weight got lighter every single time he picked it upTali Sharot's neuroscience research on why a specific vivid vision reduces fear-based avoidanceHow to write your 2x number today and put the actual weight on the bar so you can see itPhilippians 4:13 and Matthew 9:29 — what the weight room promise actually means in practiceApply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fJoin the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica