Do not confuse this with treatment or mental health advice or direction.

Nothing on this podcast is made to supplement or supersede the relationship and direction of your mental health caretakers.

Although David Kozlowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist,

he is not functioning as a certified mental health professional in this environment,

but same applies to any professionals who may appear on the Light the Fight podcast. What's up all you like the fighters out there?

I'm David.

I am one of the two hosts of Life the Fight podcast.

Mother host, Heidi, unfortunately, wasn't able to be with us tonight because it's her son's

birthday.

She said, this is quoting Heidi.

I know I'm not going to get mother of the year award,

but I know I'm a couple bad choices away from getting worst mother of the year award. And she

started to laugh. So I said, Heidi, go take your son out to dinner and go have a good night with him.

So it's just going to be me being solo this time.

And by the way, she's not two decisions away from being worst mother of the year award.

Heidi just has a great sense of humor.

So it's just me tonight.

And tonight I decided to, right after I think our amazing sponsor,

I decided to share something that happened with a client of mine

recently. This client gave me permission. And like any times I refer to a client situation,

I always change up different bits and pieces of the story, maybe the gender, what have you,

so that this person's confidentiality is 100% taken seriously

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