The podcast episode explores the challenges and experiences of being a divorced dad, focusing on the adjustment to life without kids, coping with loneliness, finding purpose, and building a life outside of parenting. It emphasizes the importance of normalcy, presence, and faith in navigating the transition after kids leave, and highlights the significance of the days without kids in shaping the father's role.

Takeaways

• Adjusting to life without kids is a significant challenge for divorced dads.
• The days without kids still count as days for their dad, and the father's actions during this time affect who the kids get when they come back.

Chapters

• 00:00 The Challenge of Living in Two Worlds
• 03:36 Adjusting to Life Without Kids
• 05:20 Dealing with Loneliness and Identity
• 08:30 Coping Mechanisms and Guilt
• 12:19 Finding Purpose and Meaning
• 14:22 Balancing Work and Personal Time
• 16:22 Navigating Loneliness and Relationships
• 18:32 Learning to Be Alone Without Feeling Abandoned
• 24:12 Building a Life Outside of Parenting
• 25:23 The Importance of Normalcy and Presence
• 26:15 Transitioning After Kids Leave
• 27:43 Finding Comfort in Quiet and Faith
• 31:47 The Days Without Kids Still Count

A deep and personal exploration of the masks men wear to hide their struggles and emotions, and the impact it has on their lives and relationships. The conversation delves into the challenges of fatherhood, the complexities of dating after divorce, and the importance of vulnerability and reaching out for support.

Takeaways

• Masks can become a way of survival, but they can also suffocate us if we refuse to take them off.
• Strength is not in silence, but in the ability to acknowledge and express emotions while still making responsible decisions.
• Reaching out to others and being honest about our struggles can create meaningful connections and support networks.

Chapters

• 00:00 The Masks We Wear
• 02:40 Surviving the Day
• 04:36 The Weight of Failure
• 06:22 The Productivity Trap
• 07:48 Loneliness and Productivity
• 15:18 Dating After Divorce
• 16:49 The Complicated Mask
• 18:46 The Power of Vulnerability
• 20:20 The Impact on Fatherhood
• 22:23 Strength and Silence
• 24:10 Faith and Vulnerability
• 26:13 Taking Off the Mask
• 30:18 Reaching Out
• 35:28 The After

The episode titled 'The Compass' explores the theme of finding direction and purpose in the face of life's challenges. It delves into the struggle of navigating through difficult times, the importance of remembering what truly matters, and the significance of taking small steps towards a brighter future.

Takeaways

• Finding purpose in life
• The importance of taking small steps towards progress

Chapters

• 00:00 The Struggle of Direction
• 01:46 Navigating Through Challenges
• 05:59 The Quest for Purpose
• 10:11 The Importance of Small Steps
• 20:00 Remembering What Matters
• 23:33 The Journey Towards Purpose

The pressure to provide. The responsibility to protect. The fear of not being enough. The financial calculations, sleepless nights, painful absences, and private struggles that often go unnoticed by everyone else.

In The Weight We Carry, Glenn uses the lessons he learned underneath a five-hundred-pound squat bar to explore the invisible burdens fathers carry every day. From holding his daughter for the first time to facing separation, financial uncertainty, and the pressure of rebuilding, he reflects on how responsibility, love, faith, and fatherhood shape a man.

The weight may not always get lighter—but through faith, discipline, brotherhood, and continuing to show up, we can develop broader shoulders.

This episode is a reminder that strength does not mean pretending nothing hurts. It means learning how to carry heavy things without making the people you love feel like they are the burden.

The hardest conversation you'll ever have isn't with your ex, your boss, or anyone else. It's the one you have with the person staring back at you in the mirror. In this episode, Glenn shares what it feels like to confront your own failures, take responsibility for your mistakes, and realize that failing doesn't make you a failure.

Description:

There comes a moment in every man's life when excuses stop working.

After the divorce, Glenn was forced to face a painful truth—not that he was a failure, but that he had failed in areas that mattered most. As a husband. As a provider. As the man he wanted to be.

Instead of running from that truth, he chose to face it.

In this deeply personal episode, Glenn talks about the weight of disappointment, the pressure men carry in silence, and the difficult process of rebuilding your confidence one decision at a time.

Because the man in the mirror isn't your enemy.

He's the man you're responsible for becoming.

If you've ever questioned your worth, wondered if you're enough, or felt like your mistakes have defined your future, this episode is a reminder that your failures may be part of your story—but they don't have to become your identity.

Life changed.

Fatherhood didn't.

And your story isn't over.

Everyone tells you that you'll start over. Nobody tells you what the first night alone feels like. In this episode, Glenn shares the reality of rebuilding after life falls apart—the silence, the sleepless nights, and the unexpected battle of learning who you are when everything familiar is gone.

Description:
People love to say, "You'll get through it."

What they don't tell you is what getting through it actually looks like.

In this episode, Glenn opens up about the days and nights that followed one of the hardest seasons of his life. From sleeping in an empty house to waking up in complete silence, he shares the emotional reality of starting over after divorce and learning to build a new life one day at a time.

This isn't a story about having all the answers.

It's about discovering that healing doesn't happen all at once. It happens in ordinary moments—when you choose to get out of bed, keep showing up, and keep becoming the father your children need, even when your own life feels uncertain.

If you're in a season where you're wondering what comes next, this episode is a reminder that starting over isn't about going back to who you were.

It's about becoming who you're meant to be.

Life changed.

Fatherhood didn't.

And your story isn't over.

Some moments don't change your life all at once—they change it one room at a time. In this episode, Glenn shares the day he came home from work, walked through an empty house, and slowly realized that his children's lives had been packed up. It wasn't just a house that had changed. It was fatherhood.

Description:
After work one ordinary afternoon, Glenn skipped jiu-jitsu and headed home, expecting nothing more than a quiet house. His wife had already been staying with her mom, and he knew the kids weren't supposed to be there.

But the moment he walked through the front door, something felt different.

As he moved from room to room, he began noticing that the little things were missing. Then came the realization that changed everything—his children's belongings were gone, and life as he knew it wasn't coming back.

This episode isn't about blame or bitterness. It's about the moment a father realizes that fatherhood is about to look completely different, and the difficult journey of learning how to be the best dad he can be through co-parenting, shared custody, and rebuilding a life he never expected.

Because sometimes the hardest part isn't hearing the house go quiet...

It's realizing that the quiet is your new normal.

Life changed.

Fatherhood didn't.

And your story isn't over.

What if the biggest lesson your children learn from you isn't what you tell them... but what they watch you do? In this first episode of Dad After, Glenn shares why he finally decided to start this podcast despite fear, self-doubt, and every excuse to wait. Because if we're too afraid to chase our own dreams, how can we expect our children to chase theirs?

Description:
Welcome to the very first episode of Dad After. Before we dive into the stories of divorce, rebuilding, and fatherhood after life's hardest chapters, Glenn shares why this podcast exists in the first place.

This isn't a podcast from someone who has life all figured out. It's from a father who's still learning, still growing, and still becoming the man his children deserve.

If you've ever felt like fear, failure, or past mistakes were holding you back, this episode is your reminder that courage isn't the absence of fear—it's choosing to move forward anyway.

Because life changed.

Fatherhood didn't.

And your story isn't over.