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.

Finally I need to remind you that while I am a therapist I'm not your therapist so

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, and friends of allieties. This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast

episode 56. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California, and the

author of the Hardcore Self-Help book series. And today's going to be an interesting episode.

This is kind of a last-minute decision

to do this version.

I was going to do a normal Q&A episode.

But I got an interesting question in my email and I'm going to talk about that. So the

question I'll just read through it it says I found your channel slash you a few weeks

ago and I've been fascinated by everything you do in a non-stalker way

dot dot dot okay maybe a bit I'm not sure if you've covered this before or not only only that I've not stumbled across it yet

but as somebody heading off to study psychology and counseling this coming

September I wanted to ask you why you chose the career that you did and what keeps you motivated to continue it to this day.

So that was the question that I got and I thought, wow, I guess I haven't really touched on it.

I've touched on it a few different places, you know, throughout my, I don't

know what you want to call like public career or whatever, but I haven't talked about it on the

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