What if the argument wasn’t really about a pillow?

In this raw and deeply personal episode, Vigil unpacks a moment that seems small on the surface—but reveals a much deeper truth about emotional control, parenting power struggles, and how everyday objects become weapons in toxic dynamics.

After a thoughtful gesture is twisted into conflict, a father finds himself punished not with words—but through distance, silence, and the weaponization of his own daughter’s presence. This isn’t just a story about a fight. It’s about how peace can be stolen in subtle ways… and how reclaiming even the smallest boundary can trigger the truth.

If you’ve ever been made to feel guilty for asking for what’s yours…

If your peace has ever cost you your place in the room…

This episode is for you.

Scripture referenced:

📖 Proverbs 15:1

📖 Ecclesiastes 3:7

📖 Isaiah 41:10

A quiet revolution in self-worth

There was a time I didn’t even like myself—let alone want to be myself.

In this honest, soul-deep episode, I walk through what it means to rebuild trust with yourself after years of abandonment, shame, and people-pleasing.

Not performance. Not perfection. Just presence.

Through vivid storytelling and scripture, I unpack how I went from chasing approval to finally sitting still in my own skin—and not flinching.

This isn’t about ego.

This is about healing the broken bond between you… and you.

Wanting yourself again isn’t selfish. It’s holy.

Healing doesn’t always announce itself with fireworks.

Sometimes it whispers.

In the quietest way possible, I realized I was healing—because it didn’t hurt as much. I didn’t check her page. I didn’t replay the fight. I didn’t reach for a drink. I didn’t want her to come back.

This episode marks the beginning of a new chapter—where peace comes in stillness, and strength shows up in softness.

Through vivid reflection and scripture, I explore what it means to finally wake up and not feel consumed by grief, manipulation, or resentment.

I’m not healed yet. But I’m no longer bleeding.

This is the slow return. And it starts with one morning of unexpected peace.

Not every fire ends in ashes.

Sometimes, what’s left behind… still burns.

In this deeply personal bonus episode, I close out Chapter 3 not with a dramatic finale—but with a quiet truth: something in me survived.

I speak on the symbolic and personal meaning of “the ember”—from the emotional flame that stayed lit through betrayal, divorce, and isolation… to the real-life Ember, my estranged niece, whom I once held close but haven’t seen in years.

This is a tribute to what didn’t burn.

What couldn’t be stolen.

What still glows inside, even after everything.

Featuring Isaiah 42:3, this episode is a soft but powerful reflection on survival, spiritual restoration, and the beginning of return.

Chapter 3 is closed. But the ember still burns. And Chapter 4 begins now.

What if every hardship wasn’t leading to something greater… but just preparing you to survive more pain?

In this raw and soul-baring episode, I ask the question I’ve carried for years: Is God preparing me for purpose—or just breaking me down one crisis at a time?

From surviving one brutal divorce to now staring down another, from child support debt to emotional collapse, I unpack the exhaustion of rebuilding my life over and over again.

This is for the man who’s been crushed but still gets up. The father who gives everything but gets nothing back. The believer who still calls out to God—even when the silence is deafening.

Scripture says we’re not abandoned… but what do we do when it feels like we are?

Maybe this isn’t a setup for success.

Maybe it’s a calling to stand firm in the fire—until it forgets how to burn us.

What do you do when the person who swore they’d never hurt you… does it anyway?

This episode is about betrayal—not the loud kind, but the kind wrapped in silence and convenience. Chris shares the raw story of how his children were stolen from him in 2006, how the military discarded him at his lowest, and how, in 2025, the same emotional wounds are being reopened by the very woman who once promised to protect him.

From military trauma to family exclusion, this episode exposes what it feels like to be cut in the same place twice—and the strength it takes to stand anyway.

To every father who’s been erased, silenced, or used as emotional retribution for someone else’s guilt—this one is for you.

Scripture Featured:

• Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”
• Proverbs 27:6 – “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

Themes:

• Fatherhood & Exclusion
• Military Betrayal & Identity Loss
• Emotional Boundaries & Silent Manipulation
• Christian Faith & Healing
• Speaking Up After Years of Silence

They said if you stayed loyal, loved hard, and did the right thing—you’d be enough. But for fathers in this generation, being “good” doesn’t guarantee anything. In this raw, unfiltered episode, I expose the 7 biggest lies they told us about fatherhood—and the painful truths that come with them.

From betrayal, emotional manipulation, and court battles, to the quiet grief of being erased by the very people you sacrificed for… this is the side of parenting nobody wants to talk about.

But I’m not just here to vent. I’m here to reclaim power.

Woven into the heartbreak are affirmations from The Father I Choose to Be—the kind of father I’m still choosing to become, no matter what the system or the story says about me.

Because being a good dad might not protect you…

But staying silent? That’ll destroy you.

This one’s for the fathers who stayed, lost, and still choose to show up.

What do you do when your own son tells you to go to hell… and the woman standing next to you just walks away?

In this raw, unfiltered episode, I open up about a defining moment that broke me at 5:36 PM on May 16, 2025—a moment of defiance, silence, and generational pain. My 12-year-old son lashed out physically and verbally. My wife witnessed it and said nothing. And on the birthday of the woman who taught me how to suffer in silence, I finally said: enough.

This episode dives deep into emotional abandonment, spiritual warfare, fatherhood in isolation, and the generational manipulation that hides behind “neutrality.” Scripture is woven throughout. Truth is weaponized with clarity. And silence is exposed for the violence it really is.

“You didn’t raise a monster. You raised a man who finally walked out of your shadow.”

This one isn’t just therapy—it’s spiritual war.

This is more than a podcast. It’s a testimony for every father who’s ever been erased by a lie.

In this brutally raw episode, we expose the quiet warfare behind custody battles—where manipulative women build their case in secret, weaponize the father’s own family against him, and use false accusations to destroy his credibility, finances, and connection to his child.

You’ll hear the truth about:

• How the setup begins before the divorce even starts
• How emotional manipulation, fake victimhood, and welfare exploitation are used as tools
• How TANF, child support, legal aid, and custody laws reward lies over loyalty
• The reality of parental alienation, fatherhood erasure, and spiritual exhaustion
• And the biblical truth that calls out false witnesses and unjust systems

This is not a pity party. It’s a reckoning.

If you’ve ever had your name dragged, your role diminished, or your child turned against you—

You are not alone. And you are not powerless.

Scripture-backed. Soul-spoken. Courtroom real.

This is Chapter 3, Episode 4 – The Lie That Cost Me My Child.

Now streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms.

#ThisMightBeTherapy #FathersRights #ParentalAlienation #FalseAccusations #BuiltForWar #VygrantMode

In this raw and soul-baring episode, Vigil opens up about the invisible weight men carry—day in and day out—without praise, without recognition, and often without thanks. From laundry loads to late-night problem-solving, he speaks on the quiet sacrifices made by fathers and husbands everywhere who stay steady while the world forgets who’s holding the line.

Through powerful storytelling and deeply personal reflection, he explores the emotional toll of being the unacknowledged foundation—and why God’s eyes matter more than human applause. With scripture woven throughout, this episode honors the men who give everything and still get treated like they’ve done nothing.

This is not a complaint. It’s a reminder.

That presence is power.

That silence is not surrender.

And that God sees every single thing you do—especially the things no one else ever will.