Every Divorced Dad Says His Kids Mean Everything — So Why Doesn't He Do Everything?

Shame Off You — Jon Gordon on What Guilt Is Really Doing to Divorced Dads

Jon Gordon almost got divorced. Lost his job. Lost his ego. Lost everything except his marriage — and nearly lost that too. Today one of the most influential voices in the world sits down with Anthony to talk about what guilt and shame are actually doing to divorced dads, why forgiveness unlocked 33 books worth of purpose, and why the size of your apartment has nothing to do with the size of your impact on your kids. This one will hit different. In this episode: * Why Jon Gordon said "I almost got divorced" — and what he did when his wife gave him one last shot * The thank you walk that rewired his brain over 25 years — and the UC Davis research that proves why it works * What forgiveness actually is — the hot coal image that will change how you think about your ex * How forgiving his biological father unlocked 33 books and a mission that has reached millions * Why guilt and shame do not come from God — and the enemy's exact playbook for using them against you * The mechanics of negative thought — why you are not the thoughts you think but the thoughts you believe * What the Harvard 85-year happiness study says your kids will actually remember about this season * How to talk to yourself instead of listening to yourself — practical self talk from one of the world's top performance coaches * The Power of Positive Habits — 93 habits and how to pick the ones that will move the needle right now * Romans 8:1 and what no condemnation actually means for a divorced dad carrying shame today Connect with Jon Gordon: * Instagram: @JonGordon11 * Website: jongordon.com * Book: The Power of Positive Habits Connect with Anthony & Divorced Dads of America: * Apply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f [https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f] * Join the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97 [https://bit.ly/3Z83e97] * Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

I Had the Life. Then I Drove Lyft. Here's What That Season Built in Me

A dad jumped on the free Monday night call this week. Six bedroom house — gone. Kids have everything at his ex's. He's in a small apartment wondering if he's the lesser option. Anthony's been there. Driving Lyft so his kids could eat. Living with his parents. Feeling like life was over. This episode is for that dad — and for every divorced dad carrying shame about what he can't provide right now. The apartment is not the problem. The meaning you're attaching to it is. Here's how to change it. In this episode: * The difference between guilt and shame — and why shame is destroying your ability to show up for your kids * Why the meaning you assign to your circumstances matters more than the circumstances themselves * Viktor Frankl's logotherapy research and what a Holocaust survivor can teach a divorced dad about the apartment he's sitting in * The Shorten the Vision framework — how to stack small wins when the long range goals are demoralizing * The Harvard Progress Principle — why progress is happiness and how to manufacture it starting this week * What your kids are actually watching — and why it's not the apartment * The University of Maryland research on what actually predicts your kids' outcomes after divorce * Proverbs 24:16 and the only job you have in this season Connect with Anthony & Divorced Dads of America: * Apply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f [https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f] * Join the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97 [https://bit.ly/3Z83e97] * Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

What Divorced Dads Feel on the 4th of July That Nobody Talks About

The whole magic of fireworks is watching your kids' faces. When they're not there — the holiday hits different. In this episode Anthony gets honest about what the 4th of July actually feels like without your kids, why your brain pulls you back to what no longer exists, and the system he uses to go on offense before the hard day arrives. Plus the Positive Menu — the framework that replaces every bad habit with a deliberate choice made before the feeling hits. In this episode: * Why your brain is most vulnerable to the past on the days that used to mean the most — and the neuroscience behind it * Why willpower doesn't work on hard holidays — and what actually does * The Positive Menu — how to build your main menu and your evening menu before the silence hits * Why watching 1917 and WW2 documentaries alone is not just entertainment — it's programming * The pre-commitment research that proves deciding in advance beats in-the-moment discipline every time * Ecclesiastes 3:1 and what season you're actually in right now * The difference between a builder and a drifter when the house goes quiet Connect with Anthony & Divorced Dads of America: * Apply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f [https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f] * Join the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97 [https://bit.ly/3Z83e97] * Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

She Called It the Best Thing She Ever Did — Every Divorced Dad Needs to Hear Why

Kristin Cavallari said her divorce was the best thing she ever did. No settlement. Half the time with her kids. Built everything from scratch. If you're in the middle of your divorce right now — or still rebuilding on the other side — this episode is the rope. Anthony breaks down what the research actually says about what divorce does to your brain and your body, the three things that move the needle when everything is falling apart, and what the other side actually looks like for a divorced dad who refuses to drift. In this episode: * What Kristin Cavallari's divorce story actually means for a dad who's in it right now * The neuroscience of why you can't think clearly in the middle of divorce — and why that's not weakness * The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory and where divorce ranks against every other human stressor * The Rope System — three things that actually move the needle when you're bleeding * Post-traumatic growth research and what it says about who you become on the other side * Why isolation is the enemy and brotherhood is the medicine * The difference between a builder and a drifter when the floor drops out Connect with Anthony & Divorced Dads of America: * Apply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f [https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f] * Join the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97 [https://bit.ly/3Z83e97] * Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica

99% of You Already Knows She's Gone — The Other 1% Is What's Destroying You

You already know. You've known for a while. But that 1% — that tiny sliver of hope that maybe it turns around — is the most expensive thing you're carrying right now. In this episode Anthony breaks down the neuroscience of why smart, capable divorced dads stay stuck even when they know the truth, what that 1% is actually costing you, and the exact audit that helps builders move while drifters stay parked with the engine off. In this episode: * Why knowing the truth and acting on it are two completely different neurological events * The science of cognitive dissonance and why your brain manufactures reasons to stay * What romantic rejection actually does to your brain chemistry — and why letting go feels like withdrawal * The real cost of the 1% — to your kids, your finances, and your identity * The 99/1 Audit — three questions that separate what you know from the story you're telling yourself * Why builders move inside the uncertainty while drifters wait for a sign that already came * Proverbs 4:23 and what guarding your heart actually looks like in practice Connect with Anthony & Divorced Dads of America: * Apply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f [https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f] * Join the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97 [https://bit.ly/3Z83e97] * Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica