Having Influence Over Your Moods

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 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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0:19.9	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM
0:24.9	Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com. Getting ready to do the program and I'm thinking,
0:31.9	what am I going to talk about to open? Because I always like to have something to yap at you about.
0:41.0	And it just came into my head.
0:43.2	I should talk about that lonely call.
0:46.9	Because I think that's something more people could benefit from.
0:50.4	I didn't say anything to Dan or B or Carson or Lily. I just got ready to turn on the
1:02.3	mic. All of a sudden I hear the call. So I'm creeped out now. How did Carson do that? Or how did I do
1:10.4	that? Or how did Carson and I do that?
1:13.2	It's freaky.
1:16.1	Then I look at the email of the day.
1:19.8	Creepyhood increases, like the entropy.
1:24.5	It's always increasing.
1:27.3	I'll read you the email of the day, which I just read
1:30.9	seconds before all of this started happening. It's from Nicole. I'm a long-time listener, my
1:39.0	husband's girlfriend and my kid's mom. Today I spent much of the day feeling overwhelmed and a bit depressed.
1:45.6	Oh gosh. And a tiny bit sorry for myself. I was about to venture into the kitchen and eat a whole
1:51.9	bag of cookies. And all of a sudden your voice popped into my head. Get up. Get off the couch. Go for a walk.
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