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.

Hey, everybody, welcome back to Light the Fight.

And because you're hearing me introduced the podcast, yes, it is true. Our faithful friend and community neighborhood therapist is not with us tonight.

And so in his place, we have really just the second best or the right hand man

or the first mate, Brandon. I mean, we can say second best, but it's like a mile and a half

track difference. So I'll take it a second best. But when David listens to this episode, I do want to politely say, I know there's a gap of like 20 plus years.

So I'm going to make sure my ego stays low from that compliment.

So thank you, Heidi.

Well, let's just disclaim that.

You know, you know how the dread pirateate Roberts works though, right?

No.

It's from Princess Bride.

Have you ever watched that show?

I have watched Princess Bride.

Okay, so Princess Bride, the way that the dread pirate would just get so tired of being the dread pirate.

And so he would find somebody you trusted and train them

but threatened to kill him every day and then train him train and train and then when he finally

decides okay this is my guy he's trained then he they go into port they fire all everybody on the

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