Dad Starting Over

Dad Starting Over
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Welcome to the Dad Starting Over podcast! "Starting Over" means different things to different people. It could be that you're newly divorced and starting over fresh with a new life. It could be that you're still married and wanting to hit the reset button and finally do things right within your marriage. Whatever your story may be, you're in the right place. I'm Ralph, a.k.a DSO, the author of books including "The Dead Bedroom Fix", "Divorce Panic", "Real Talk" "Red Flags" and "REBUILD: The Complete Guide to Starting Over as a Man". You can learn more about me, my books, one-on-one coaching, and the member-only part of my site called the Brotherhood at https://helpformen.com

  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    Why a Sexless Marriage Destroys an ADHD Man Faster Than Anyone Else

    It's 9:40 at night. You texted her about the weekend. She wrote back one word: "Sure." Three months ago that would have gotten you four paragraphs and a voice memo. Now you're standing in your kitchen with your heart going, and nothing is actually wrong. That's withdrawal. In this video I break down a pairing I see constantly in my inbox: the man with ADHD, whose brain runs on stimulation instead of importance, and the woman who floods him with more of it in ninety days than he's had in his whole life. Four things switch an ADHD brain on — novelty, urgency, challenge, and passion — and the opening phase of an intense relationship delivers all four at full strength, every day. For a guy who's been running on fumes since he was nine, that's not a nice feeling. It's the first time the static in his head ever stopped. Then I get into why some women come in like a wave — the idealization phase, why "love bombing" usually isn't a con, and why a woman with an unstable sense of self needs a man who won't back away when she floods him. Two people whose deficits fit together like a lock and a key. It feels like fate. It's chemistry, and not the romantic kind. The third ingredient is the one that makes it dangerous: anxious attachment. That's the guy who doesn't just enjoy the supply, he reorganizes his entire life around protecting it. The friends fall off. The gym slides. The hobby he's had for fifteen years starts to feel like it's stealing time from her. And it all feels like love while it's happening. Then the drop. And this is the part most guys get wrong: the crash feels identical whether she's a borderline woman flipping into devaluation, or a completely secure woman coming down off the honeymoon phase exactly on schedule, the way every human being does. Same racing heart. Same 2 a.m. Same phone in your hand. Your nervous system doesn't check WHY the supply dropped — only that it dropped. So the anxious man chases. With the unstable woman, chasing feeds the fire. With the good woman, chasing creates the first real problem the relationship has ever had — which means you can manufacture the abandonment you're most afraid of. I close with the four moves: name it correctly while it's happening, get more than one power line into the house, kill the scoreboard, and point your wiring at something worth pointing it at. (I'm not a therapist and I'm not diagnosing anyone. This is pattern recognition from thousands of conversations with men, and from being the guy in the kitchen with the phone.) 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  2. 1d ago ·  Video

    Sexless Marriage... She Got Happier The Moment I Gave Up

    You stopped trying. You stopped reaching for her. And instead of the marriage cracking, she got happier. Lighter. Relieved. Just not with you. If your wife seemed to bloom the moment you stopped wanting her, this one's for you, brother. It's not proof you were the problem. It's information. And it points to two roads out. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  3. Sep 18 ·  Video

    Sexless Marriage… Why Her "Duty Sex" Is Destroying Your Self-Esteem

    She still sleeps with you… so why do you feel more alone than ever? In this video we go after one of the most damaging traps in a sexless marriage: duty sex, or "pity sex." The flat, going-through-the-motions intimacy a lot of men accept because they tell themselves "at least it's something." Here's the hard truth: that "something" may be doing more damage to your self-esteem than getting nothing at all, and I'll show you exactly why, and what to do about it. This isn't about blaming you. You're not broken. You're a man at a crossroads. Let's get you back. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  4. Sep 11 ·  Video

    Sexless Marriage… She Says the Experts Agree With Her, Not You

    She told you the experts agree. That the healthiest couples stop having sex. That wanting your own wife makes you the problem. In this video I break down the wellness talking point being used to shut men down in dead bedrooms all over the country, why there's just enough truth in it to make you doubt yourself, and what's actually going on underneath it. Here's the short version: a sexless marriage can be healthy. If both people are okay with it. You're not okay with it. So the whole argument falls apart the second she leaves out that one word. Stop arguing the studies. Start changing the only thing you control. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  5. Sep 4 ·  Video

    Sexless Marriage... "She's Just Stressed" Is Often the Biggest Lie

    "She's just stressed." The kids, the job, her mom, the move. You've been telling yourself that for seven years. Real stress comes and goes. The deadline passes, the mother-in-law goes home, and the couple that's actually okay finds their way back to each other. If yours survived three jobs, two houses, and one good year, it's not stress anymore. It's the climate. In this video I break down why "she's just stressed" is the most useful lie in a dead bedroom: what the stress story does for you (keeps her blameless, keeps you busy, keeps the real question off the table), the one test that tells you if stress was ever the real problem, what the lie is actually protecting, and why the more you do around the house, the less she wants you. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  6. Aug 31 ·  Video

    How ADHD Can Impact Your Relationships - Live Chat with Cassie

    Cassie is back. She's an occupational therapist who works with neurodiverse kids, she lectures at the college level, she'll have her PhD next May, and she has severe lifelong ADHD herself. She doesn't dance around any of it. By my estimate the majority of the men in my community are neurodivergent in one flavor or another. This conversation is about what that actually does to a marriage. We get into: The man who had a business, a full social life, and six things going at once, gave all of it up to get married, and lost himself inside a yearWhy handing your wife the job of being your only source of stimulation breaks both of youRejection sensitivity: why a look on someone's face can take you down three floors before your brain catches upTime blindness, and why "I've just been busy" doesn't land the way you think it doesHyperfocus, energy, and deep connection as actual strengthsThe difference between ADHD hyperfocus and an autistic special interestThree conflict tools you can use tonight: regulate before you speak, name a return time, apologize onceThe breakfast change Cassie calls the single biggest thing she did If you're the guy whose garage is full of hobbies you used to love, this one is for you. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  7. Aug 28 ·  Video

    Sexless Marriage… She Said She'd Rather Get a Divorce Than Have Sex With Me Again

    She didn't say she was tired. She didn't say "not tonight." She said she'd rather end the whole marriage than be physical with you again. And now you can't stop hearing it. In this one I read an email from a man who got hit with that exact line, and I break down what it actually reveals. Not about you. About where things really stand. Because most men take a sentence like that and turn it into a verdict on their worth. That's the trap. And it's the wrong read. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

  8. Aug 24 ·  Video

    "I Didn't Have A Self" | An Avoidant Wife Explains What Broke

    Kate is the admittedly avoidant partner to Tyler Ely, the anxious partner I had on a previous live stream. Tyler read The Dead Bedroom Fix, backed off, and started working on his own security. It helped. We heard his side. This one is hers. Three years ago they sat in therapy and talked about ending it. Today she cancels plans so she can be around him. What she gets into: Why she stopped believing him even while he was doing everything rightThe two books they handed each other, and how both got taken as an insultWhy the divorce conversation came four months AFTER they started working on the marriageThe lie she told herself for fifteen years about why she couldn't have a life of her ownThe moment a therapist called her out in a room full of peopleWhy "divorce stays on the table" is the rule that made them stop staying out of obligationIf you're the anxious one in your house and you're in month three of doing the work with nothing to show for it, this is the conversation to sit through. 🔴 FREE: Fix Your Dead Bedroom (Instant PDF Download)https://go.helpformen.com/tl/545 🔴 FREE COURSE: The Dead Bedroom Fix Coursehttps://deadbedroomfixcourse.com 🔴 NEW!: The Dead Bedroom Fix Apphttps://studio.com/ralph/deadbedroomfix?c=gNiRtwcj 🔴 TAKE THE QUIZ: What's your REBUILD score?https://helpformen.com/insights/rebuild-score 🟢 JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD (Private Community for Men)https://helpformen.com/join

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Welcome to the Dad Starting Over podcast! "Starting Over" means different things to different people. It could be that you're newly divorced and starting over fresh with a new life. It could be that you're still married and wanting to hit the reset button and finally do things right within your marriage. Whatever your story may be, you're in the right place. I'm Ralph, a.k.a DSO, the author of books including "The Dead Bedroom Fix", "Divorce Panic", "Real Talk" "Red Flags" and "REBUILD: The Complete Guide to Starting Over as a Man". You can learn more about me, my books, one-on-one coaching, and the member-only part of my site called the Brotherhood at https://helpformen.com

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  • Creator
    Dad Starting Over
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    293
  • Rating
    Explicit
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