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Jamie, welcome to the program.

Hello, Dr. Laura, thank you so much for taking my call.

I have you to thank for being a better wife, better mother.

But there is one area that I'm still having a lot of hard,

a lot of difficulty with.

And that is expressing stronger emotions to my kids, my husband.

And when I say stronger emotions,

I should clarify, I mean like praise.

I can say I love you, but it's very, I just say I love you but it's very I just say I love you but if I want to

express something deeper I have like a hard time doing like what like what what would be

for instance the other night I was talking to my daughter who's in

Alaska so far away from me and I missed her and I was just overcome with this

sense that I missed her and I was just overcome with this sense that I missed her and I wanted to say it but I

felt like I would just fall apart if I said it. I did say it that it was hard. And so what's the big deal about falling apart? I'm sorry I'm

missing falling apart when you express a deep emotion as part of expressing the

deep emotion it's normal.

It feels so scary to do it and I feel like other people have an easier time than I do.

You know, I don't give a shit what other people go through right now.

It's only about you.

So with your daughter who adores you, it's scary because she might...

What? that she may reject it.

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