714: How "Real" Is a Dad Who Denies You Exist? | Feedback Friday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
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🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Adopted and raised by a loving family, you were still curious enough to seek out your biological parents and learn their story when you reached adulthood. It turns out you were the result of a forbidden tryst between a traveling American woman and the married Australian man who briefly employed her on his farm. When you reached out, your biological mother was happy to make contact, but your biological father? Not so much. In fact, he's been "happily" married for 50 years and refuses to admit he had any part in your existence -- probably because he'd then have to confess everything to his family. Now you're conflicted. Should you just let it go, or should you fly to Australia and surprise him at his front door where he can't continue denying that you're real? We'll try to find an answer to this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Feedback Friday, I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:07.1 | As always, I'm here with Feedback Friday, producer of the Sick Beat Drop, catapulting my |
| 0:11.3 | slow build of electronic life advice, Gabriel Mizrahi. |
| 0:15.9 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:19.7 | most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to |
| 0:24.2 | impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:26.8 | We want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think |
| 0:29.6 | and behave in our mission on this show is to help you become a better informed, more critical |
| 0:34.8 | thinker so you can get a much deeper understanding of how the world works and make sense of |
| 0:38.6 | what's really happening even inside your own mind. |
| 0:41.0 | If you're new to the show, on Fridays we give advice, we answer listener questions. |
| 0:44.6 | The rest of the week we have long form interviews and conversations with a variety of amazing |
| 0:49.1 | folks from spies to CEOs, athletes, authors, thinkers and performers. |
| 0:53.7 | This week we had Dr. Brad Klotz on how we inherit money patterns and behaviors from |
| 0:59.2 | our parents and how we can break bad financial mindsets and inherited patterns around finances. |
| 1:05.2 | So it's kind of a unique perspective, Gabriel. |
| 1:06.7 | It wasn't like your mindset just isn't focused on visualizing money. |
| 1:10.8 | It wasn't like that manifestation crap. |
| 1:13.4 | It was more like, hey, remember when your parents kept fighting over things and then your |
| 1:17.4 | mom would sneak around and hide purchases from your dad, you're reenacting all that stuff |
| 1:22.9 | with your current partners and it's super unhealthy and you're ruining your financial |
| 1:27.7 | life and your relationship. |
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