All right, kiddos, this is your earmuffs warning.

This is not an over-the-top raunchy podcast, but if you've read my books, you know I'm not afraid

to use some colorful language.

We might also cover some adult topics if they come up in the questions so just be aware of that.

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please don't try to use this as a substitute for professional help.

Also, please don't try to sue me.

Thank you. All Right, what is up, ladies, gentlemen, and friends of all varieties. This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast, episode 50.

I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California and the author of the Hardcore Self-Help

Book series. And welcome, welcome my friends it is episode 50

I'm super excited to be with you tonight this is gonna be a bit of a looser

episode it's gonna be probably a little bit shorter we'll see how it goes

but today I wanted to kind of just

celebrate with you guys. It's been 50 consecutive episodes which is just kind of

crazy. I mean I don't know it's crazy for me I'm sure it's not crazy for you guys you most

podcasts that are really popular have like zillions of episodes but for me to do 50 of

these things it's a it's a big deal so thank you for being with me whether you've started listening

recently or whether you're one of the you know early subscribers I appreciate you no

matter what and it's interesting that it came on this week because this week has been kind of a big one for my family because it's my wife's birthday on the 20th and then it was my son's birthday, his first birthday, today on the 21st and it was my wife's 30th birthday.

So it's kind of like big milestones.

We had a big old party for my wife this past weekend with a bunch of friends over at

our favorite winery in the area and

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