Dec. 3, 2025

Life After Divorce: A Police Sergeant’s Hard-Earned Lessons on Stress, Safety & Rebuilding

Life After Divorce: A Police Sergeant’s Hard-Earned Lessons on Stress, Safety & Rebuilding
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Life After Divorce: A Police Sergeant’s Hard-Earned Lessons on Stress, Safety & Rebuilding

In this powerful episode of Bent Not Broken, I sit down with Patrick O’Donnell — retired Milwaukee police sergeant, bestselling author of Divorced Dad: Kids Are Forever, Wives Are Not, and host of the Cops and Writers Podcast — to talk about life after divorce, starting over after trauma, and rebuilding a life from broken to boldness.


Patrick shares raw insight on divorce healing, co-parenting after divorce, rebuilding identity after divorce, finding love after divorce, and stepping into financial independence and post-divorce confidence. This episode is your guide to healing after heartbreak, navigating separation, rebuilding confidence, and creating new beginnings after divorce.


If you’re ready to move forward after divorce, reclaim your life, and start a new chapter with courage and boldness, this episode is for you.


✨ You are bent — not broken — and your life after divorce starts now.


Learn more about Patrick:


Website: copsandwriters.com

Books (including Divorced Dad): Available on Amazon


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✨ Remember: divorce may bend you, but it does not break you. You are stronger than you think, and your bold new chapter starts now. ✨