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, gentlemen, and Friends of All Varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast

episode 66.

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 a little different guys today is I wouldn't call

it a cop-out episode but I sort of knew ahead of time that I was not going to be able to

put out a regular podcast episode today because I had just crazy

week so far. I'm at this point in my life and my career where like just right now in terms of like these few weeks I'm working

probably more than is ideal you know this morning I woke up well I woke up earlier

than intended because my kid Remy he woke me up at like six o'clock when I was planning on getting up at seven o'clock and decided to come kick me in the face in bed until I woke up and all of that good stuff.

But then I had a testing session at 9 o'clock in the morning that lasted about 4.5 hours,

so 4.5 hours straight of testing, and this was with somebody who had a severe brain injury.

So it was, you know, definitely some work.

Then I had, you know, some observation that I was doing if somebody else testing, like sort of an evaluation

deal.

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