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 malfunction
• The orange test — why it doesn't matter who does the squeezing, only one fruit can come out
• What Anthony's own worst moments exposed about where he was still doing the work
• Luke 6:45 and Proverbs 23:7 — what scripture says about the mouth and the mind
• The Fruit Check — four moves to catch the fruit, ask what it reveals, and change what you're feeding on purpose
• Why being "double-minded" (Greek: dipsychos, literally two-souled) cancels out every affirmation you don't believe
• What your kids are actually tasting when you get squeezed — and why it matters more than what you tell them

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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 Trust
01:30 Welcome to Sunday Table
03:00 Anthony's Story — Trusting God to Rebuild
10:00 The Verse — Hebrews 11:6
13:00 This Week's Idea + The Rattle Question
19:00 Prayer for Dads Who Need to Trust God Today
22:00 Closing Thoughts + How to Connect

Scripture & 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?

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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 means
• Dr. Lisa Phillips' research on why discovering a former partner's new relationship is often more destabilizing than the divorce itself
• What your reaction is actually exposing — unprocessed grief, comparison, and external validation still running your self-worth
• Why going cold is not proof you still love her — it is proof of where your identity is still anchored
• Dr. Kristin Neff's self-compassion research on why men who source worth externally show higher emotional volatility after partner rejection
• The Reclaim Protocol — four moves that take your power back starting today
• Dr. Joe Dispenza's neuroplasticity research on why deliberate thought redirection over 21 days rewires the loop
• Why comparison to the man she is dating is the most dangerous place a divorced dad can live
• Galatians 6:4 — the antidote to comparison and the only competition that actually matters
• What your kids are recording right now as they watch how you handle this
• The University of Rochester research on what a father's emotional regulation installs in his children permanently
• You told your kids never let anyone control how you feel — now show them what that looks like when it is hard

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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 you
• The APA research on masculine norms and why self-reliance is producing worse outcomes in the men who need help most
• What figuring it out alone actually costs — in time, clarity, connection, and your kids
• The University of Michigan study showing men who delay help lose an average of 14 months of recovery time
• The Counsel Protocol — four steps that replace willpower with wisdom
• Why the highest performing CEOs in the world do not figure it out alone — and the Harvard research that proves it
• James Pennebaker's neuroscience research — why telling someone makes your brain literally work better
• Proverbs 12:15 — the direct challenge between the fool and the wise man
• What happened to the dad in the cold open when he finally stopped figuring it out alone
• The difference between broken and humbled — and why only one of them rebuilds

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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."

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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 ended
• Roy Baumeister's self-concept crisis research — why divorced dads do not just lose the relationship, they lose the evidence they were worth being in it
• Why trying is a symptom not a strategy — and what the belief underneath it is actually saying
• The University of Scranton research on why commitment language produces different results than intention language
• Back to school season and what your kids are absorbing from what you believe about yourself right now
• The Belief Rebuild — four steps to install the new belief before the evidence arrives
• Michael Merzenich's neuroplasticity research — why behavior changes the belief, not the other way around
• Why the old belief will come back and the system you need to protect the new one
• The University of Illinois 10-year study on what your belief about yourself is doing to your kids' identity right now
• Proverbs 23:7 — as a man thinks in his heart so is he
• The man who was enough when he was married is still in there — here is how to find him
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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 of
• Dr. Brené Brown's decade of research on vulnerability as the single most consistent predictor of human flourishing
• The specific fear most divorced dads will never say out loud — and why public humiliation stops men cold
• Mark Leary's Duke University research on why the audience judging you in your head is significantly larger than the real one
• The Already Through It Audit — four steps that expose what fear is actually doing to your decisions
• Why you are consistently underestimating your own recovery capacity — and the Seligman research that proves it
• What you focus on grows — why focusing on loss produces more loss and what to focus on instead
• Rick Hanson's neuroplasticity research on the negativity bias and how to override it deliberately
• 2 Timothy 1:7 — why fear is not from God and what is
• The specific cost of staying small — to your kids, your blueprint, and the men watching you rebuild
• How to make the move before the fear leaves — because it will not leave before you move

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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."

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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 changed
• The difference between working out of fear and working out of a system — and what it costs you to confuse the two
• Dr. Carol Dweck's research on why divorced dads avoid the heavy weight — and what they are actually protecting
• The Spotter System — three steps that build the strength to make the move before you feel ready
• Why you have to feel the weight before you can own the lift — and what a spotter actually does
• Albert Bandura's self-efficacy research — why mastery experience is the only thing that actually builds belief
• Why your client made the move in fear and how the weight got lighter every single time he picked it up
• Tali Sharot's neuroscience research on why a specific vivid vision reduces fear-based avoidance
• How to write your 2x number today and put the actual weight on the bar so you can see it
• Philippians 4:13 and Matthew 9:29 — what the weight room promise actually means in practice
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Show me your calendar and I'll tell you what you actually value. Not what you say you value. What your time is actually going toward. For most divorced dads the calendar has work and maybe the gym — and everything else is whatever is left over after the day takes what it wants. That is called playing defense. And it is why so many capable, disciplined divorced dads stay stuck. This episode is the Time Audit — what it is, how to run it, and how to build the Offensive Calendar that changes how you operate starting this week.

In this episode:

• Why discipline is the engine but structure is the road — and most divorced dads are missing the road
• The University of Toronto research on why the highest performers minimize the need for willpower through design not through grinding
• Show me your calendar — the one audit that tells you everything about what you actually value
• The three-step Time Audit: inventory, honest look, and the rebuild
• The Offensive Calendar — what it actually looks like across every category of your life
• Cal Newport's Deep Work research on why time-blocking produces significantly more output in fewer hours
• The 23-minute focus recovery tax — what every interruption is actually costing your best work
• How to block kids time, faith time, thinking time, and deep work before the week steals it all
• The weekly review system — what was on track, what was not, what to refine
• How to destroy energy vampires and protect energy givers starting this week
• Ephesians 5:15-16 and what making the most of every opportunity actually requires in practice
• The Harvard Business Review study on time-blocking and the 20% productivity increase it produces

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