Divorced Dads Ask: How Do You Deal With Missing Your Kid?

Episode Title: Divorced Dads Ask: How Do You Deal With Missing Your Kid? Description: A photo memory pops up. Your kids, two years younger, laughing about nothing. And it wrecks you before you've even had coffee. Anthony answers a question every divorced dad eventually asks — how do you actually deal with missing your kids — by naming the two ramps most guys default to (run into busy, or spiral into shame) and why neither one works. He brings in Dr. Pauline Boss's concept of ambiguous loss — grief without closure, because the person isn't gone, just not here right now — and research on post-traumatic growth, which found that growth comes not from the pain itself but from what you do with it afterward. Then walks through The Bridge, four moves to stop waiting for your kids to come home and start building the man, and the home, they're coming back to. In this episode: The two default ramps when a memory hits — running into busy, or spiraling into shame — and why neither works Dr. Pauline Boss's concept of ambiguous loss — grief that never fully closes because the person isn't gone, just not currently present Why missing your kids isn't a sign you're failing — it's proof you love them Research on post-traumatic growth — growth comes from the work, not the pain itself The Bridge — four moves to stop waiting for your kids and start building for them What your kids notice about a dad who builds through the ache instead of running from it or drowning in it Apply for 1-on-1 coaching: https://bit.ly/3PfPU0f Join the free Skool community: https://bit.ly/3Z83e97 Instagram: @divorceddadsofamerica