Complain Less, Appreciate More

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:26.0	at Dr. Laura.com. This morning, I read an article in tinybuda.com. I like to read stuff in there.
0:34.4	It's philosophically poignant and interesting. This one is by
0:42.2	Rina Alt-Altof. Okay. Why I now complain less and appreciate more. I was just going to jump off from this with my own ranting and raving,
0:59.8	but this is so well written. I'd like to read most of it to you. You're going to like it.
1:06.0	Especially, I want you to make sure your youngish adult children read this, even younger, teenage to younger.
1:17.9	I have to hear this.
1:20.2	So we'll post it.
1:25.6	It's not happy people who are thankful it is thankful people who are happy
1:33.9	people who are happy rena writes i used to be a complainer a fault finder a grumbler i would
1:41.2	grumble a hundred times a day about mundane issues, be it weather,
1:45.2	traffic, my husband. I complained when my husband didn't help me around the house and grumbled
1:50.8	when he did help. It took me some time to realize that it was not him or his lack of housekeeping
1:57.0	skills that made me unhappy. I was unhappy because I was turning into an ungrateful
2:02.7	person. This is brilliant. I have some fond and not so fond memories of my childhood. When I was a kid,
2:11.4	my parents forced-fed me green vegetables, limited my television and playtime. They wanted me to study and do homework and made me go
2:21.0	to sleep every night at 8.30. All I wanted was freedom, freedom from homework, freedom to do whatever
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