{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dad Starting Over","title":"My Live Chat with Melissa Vogel","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4865,"description":"In this episode, I sit down with Melissa Vogel — fitness and mindset coach, podcast host, and a woman who’s been through divorce herself — for one of the most honest conversations I’ve had about modern relationships.\nWe talk about what really happens to marriages after kids arrive, why men and women slowly disconnect without realizing it, and how good people end up emotionally checked out years before divorce ever happens.\nMelissa opens up about her own marriage, why she drifted away emotionally long before it ended, and what she wishes someone had told her when she was younger. We get into attachment styles, masculine and feminine polarity, why accountability is so rare, and why “love” alone doesn’t save a relationship.\nWe also tackle the uncomfortable topics most people avoid:\nWhy attraction fades\nWhy fitness and self-respect matter more than people admit \nWhy men and women cheat for very different reasons\nWhy second marriages fail so often\nAnd why many couples quietly become roommates instead of lovers\nThis is the kind of conversation every couple should hear — especially before things break beyond repair.\nIf you’re married, divorced, dating, or starting over as a man, this one will hit home.\nJoin the HFM Brotherhood!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YiHzLsFwQs1l2EQbUXztvHyWFsPsmiGIGpfVw4pLN6o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ODQ0/ODVhZDc4YzQ3OGQ4/MmQ3ZWNmOTBjZWVi/ZDVmZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}