I Channeled My Anger into Art

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Bridget explains how her creative endeavors helped turn her life around in several powerful ways. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Bridget, welcome to the program. Hello, Dr. Laura. It's wonderful to talk to you. Thank you. What's up?
0:19.6	Hi. I have...
0:22.9	Eight months ago, you gave advice to a caller last fall that for her rage over her bad childhood,
0:34.1	that she should channel it into art.
0:41.3	And I related a lot to that caller, so I took that advice. I decided to do Shrinky Dinks.
0:46.3	Do you remember Shrinky Dinks?
0:48.3	Yeah.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:50.3	It's kind of a simple art project, but I started, it was something easy that I could do,
0:58.1	and I started doing it, and it really, it was really helping me.
1:05.7	And before I started doing the art, I was struggling to stick to habits, to set goals and actually follow them through.
1:21.1	And as soon as I started the shrinkie dinks, that was not a problem anymore.
1:25.5	I, even just a week after, I established regular prayer and scripture study,
1:32.7	and I started exercising.
1:34.9	I now go on daily walks with my husband.
1:38.4	My house is a lot cleaner.
1:40.1	I spend less time on my screens and more time connecting with my husband and my children.
1:47.2	I get out of the house more often.
1:49.2	I've picked up, I've even picked up some additional hobbies.
1:53.4	I've started embroidery.
1:56.2	I'm just, I'm a lot calmer and more at peace today than I was a year ago, so I want to thank you for that advice.
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