Divorced Dads of America: The Rebuild

Anthony Thompson, Founder of Divorced Dads of America
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You didn't lose your marriage. You lost yourself. This podcast is for the divorced dad who's done surviving and ready to rebuild — his confidence, his cashflow, and his connection with his kids. Every episode delivers one raw truth and one actionable framework grounded in Biblical truth and real strategy. No fluff. No therapy speak. Just the work. New episodes drop weekly. Follow the show so you never miss a rebuild.

  1. 2d ago

    Divorced Dads Ask: How Do I Build Structure in My Day — With the Kids and Without Them?

    A dad in the community has it together on kid-days but drifts hard on kid-free ones — losing time, skipping workouts, running reactive instead of intentional. This episode is about why an "unstructured" day isn't actually unstructured — it's just running whatever system shows up by accident. In this episode: the grocery cart that used to cost an hour of drifting, and the one change that fixed it; the workout system that always worked, and why; James Clear's real line on goals versus systems; the guardrail your kids already are on some days, and how to build your own on the days they're not there. Coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

  2. 6d ago

    Divorced Dads Ask: How Do I Stop Ruminating on What I Lost?

    A guy in the community asked how to stop replaying what he lost. This episode is about why that replay isn't harmless — it's a loop that gets deeper every time you run it — and what actually breaks it: not forgetting, but refusing to let the old story be the destination. In this episode: Why ruminating isn't remembering — it's a psychological loop that reinforces itselfThe research on why dwelling on pain without action prolongs it, not heals itA real story from a casino parking lot exchange point and a 40-minute drive homeThe practice that broke the loop — worship music, a self-built "I am" list, and a choice repeated every time the old record started playingWhat your kids see when your attention is stuck in the past instead of with them right nowCoaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

  3. Oct 9

    Why Divorced Dads Panic the Moment Their Kids Stop Wanting Them Around

    Why Divorced Dads Panic the Moment Their Kids Stop Wanting Them AroundOne dad hasn't seen his kids in over a year — a DVPO, five minutes away, total silence. Then Anthony's own teenagers started pulling away, with nobody keeping them out but time. This episode is about what happens to your identity when the kids you can't live without start learning to live without you — and why that was always supposed to happen. In this episode: sitting with a client's impossible year of silence; the moment his own kids' quiet withdrawal shook something deeper than sadness; the lie that their distance means he's not enough; the Statue of Liberty from three different heights and what it taught him about identity that doesn't move; what a secure, consistent dad actually looks like from a kid's side of the room. Coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

  4. Oct 5

    Why Divorced Dads Think a Victoria's Secret Model Is Coming to Save Them

    Why Divorced Dads Think a Victoria's Secret Model Is Coming to Save ThemHe downloaded the dating apps a few months after his divorce and lasted a week. This episode isn't about dating rules — it's about the eight months between a cracked tooth and a phone call, and why the wait wasn't wasted time, it was the actual work. In this episode: the dating-app unicorn fantasy and why it collapses fast; the decision to leave dating in God's timing during the broke, praying season; the dentist story, told in full, three separate times he didn't make a move; what "getting your own recipe right" actually looks like day to day; what your kids see when you choose focus over chaos; the race-car rebuild metaphor for why timing this wrong doesn't just cost you. Coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0fSkool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

  5. Oct 2

    You Will Never Recover ...

    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

  6. Sep 28

    You're Not Undisciplined — You're Just Interested

    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

  7. Sep 25

    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

    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

  8. Sep 21

    You're Raising the Ones You Can't Live Without — To Live Without You

    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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You didn't lose your marriage. You lost yourself. This podcast is for the divorced dad who's done surviving and ready to rebuild — his confidence, his cashflow, and his connection with his kids. Every episode delivers one raw truth and one actionable framework grounded in Biblical truth and real strategy. No fluff. No therapy speak. Just the work. New episodes drop weekly. Follow the show so you never miss a rebuild.

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  • Creator
    Anthony Thompson, Founder of Divorced Dads of America
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    157
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Anthony Thompson, Founder of Divorced Dads of America
  • Show Website
    Divorced Dads of America: The Rebuild

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