FROM A SOLDIER TO A BROKEN FATHER | PURCY’S STORY | Jared Purcell | Tonksy Media Podcast S2E19

2026-01-07

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In this episode, I sit down with Jared Purcell — better known as Purcy, the creator and host of the Broken Fathers Podcast. But before the world knew him as the voice for struggling dads, Purcy was something else entirely…He was a soldier. A man who served this country with honour. A man who deployed multiple times into environments most people couldn’t stomach for a single day. A man who carried the weight of duty, discipline, and sacrifice on his shoulders.When he retired from service, he found something he never expected:Love.Real, raw, ...

He was a soldier. A man who served this country with honour. A man who deployed multiple times into environments most people couldn’t stomach for a single day. A man who carried the weight of duty, discipline, and sacrifice on his shoulders.

When he retired from service, he found something he never expected:

Love.

Real, raw, head-over-heels forever kind of love.

He built a life. He became a father. He held his baby girl in his arms and felt something deeper than any battlefield could ever give him.

And then… everything was ripped away.

Purcy found himself thrown into the darkest war he had ever faced — the family law system.

Tens of thousands of dollars.

Years of stress, emotional torture, and heartache.

Courtrooms, affidavits, accusations, manipulation…

All for one simple, human thing:

The right to be a dad.

And just when he thought he was finally getting somewhere, the unthinkable happened —