How to Overcome Your Bad Mood
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Timeless Wisdom is a must-listen for anyone struggling with moodiness. Dennis shares powerful stories from listeners who've overcome their struggles with moods, and offers practical advice on how to fight them. One caller, Arnie, shares how he used to be a slave to his moods, but after listening to the speaker's show, he made a conscious effort to change his behavior and now has more friends and a happier life.
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio. |
| 0:04.4 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom. |
| 0:07.4 | Arnie in Clearwater, Florida. |
| 0:10.2 | Hi, Arnie. Dennis Prager. |
| 0:12.0 | Hi, Dennis. |
| 0:13.0 | I suffered for years from moodiness, which led to depression, which led to ruining my career. |
| 0:22.1 | And after open heart surgery, I started listening to you, quite by accident, |
| 0:27.3 | because I couldn't do anything else but listen to the radio. |
| 0:30.6 | And I determined to fight moodiness. |
| 0:35.2 | I could not agree with you more. |
| 0:37.8 | Fighting feelings is not like being in the ocean. It's a battle. |
| 0:42.5 | And I don't want to stroke you, but I'm telling you, I don't agree with all your political |
| 0:48.7 | points of view, but to save my life. I fought moodiness by getting up in the morning, |
| 0:55.2 | putting on a pair of swim trunks, |
| 0:56.9 | and getting back to swimming. |
| 0:58.5 | I swim in college for New York University, |
| 1:01.1 | and at 66, I have more friends, male and female than I ever had in my life. |
| 1:09.7 | I have people calling me, Arnie, let's go here, let's go there. And Dennis, |
| 1:15.5 | it's a battle. I'm up in the morning. I don't know why it attacked me, but it still does. But I put those |
| 1:21.8 | swim trunks on. I put my sneakers on and I say, the hell with you, you're not taking over my life. |
| 1:29.1 | That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:32.3 | If you're eating less, staying disciplined and the weight still isn't coming off, |
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