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The Jordan Harbinger Show

278: My Mother Lied About Our Father's Death | Feedback Friday

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Science, Education, Business

4.812.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When you were kids, you and your brother moved to the other side of the country with your mother and stepfather not long after your parents divorced. You never saw your father again, and believed your mother when she said that he and his mother -- your grandmother -- had died. Fast forward to now. You and your brother are adults, and he's got a bombshell to drop: your grandmother is still alive, and your father only recently passed away. Feeling betrayed, you've pieced together your mother and stepfather's systematic strategy to estrange you from your dad's side of the family (who, by the way, tried to find you over that time without success) -- and you're angry. You feel robbed of the time you could have spent with them, and you're wondering how you should raise the issue with your mother -- or if you should. This is obviously a sensitive situation, but we'll do our best to help you with this and more on the latest Feedback Friday.

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Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/278.

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  • As kids, you and your brother moved across the country with your mom when your parents divorced. Until recently, you never saw your dad's side of the family again because, your brother recently discovered, your mom lied about your father and your grandmother's deaths. How do you confront your mother -- or should you?
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1:06.0

Welcome to Feedback Friday.

1:07.3

I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger, and I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.

1:11.0

On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's

1:14.8

most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can

1:19.0

use to impact your own life and those around you.

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