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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I Know I Should, But I Don't Wanna

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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I Know I Should, But I Don't Wanna: Lorrie is about 30 pounds overweight, and she can't get motivated to lose it. - Dr. Laura: "You are loved as you are." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.

0:03.8

Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.

0:09.9

Hurry! Welcome to the program.

0:12.0

Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.

0:16.0

My pleasure. What's happening?

0:18.3

I'm calling to talk about something that I know I should be doing and I'm not.

0:26.1

Because you don't want that would be because you don't want to.

0:34.1

Right. You just don't want it. You know you should but you don't want it.

0:40.5

Yeah, that's it. So are you going to pay?

0:47.9

Yeah? Well, you're a woman of your intent.

0:51.8

Right? I don't want to do it. It don't happen.

0:55.2

That's it, babe. So why do you think you should be doing it?

1:03.2

I should be doing it because I am about 30 pounds overweight.

1:09.5

Have you always been about 30 pounds overweight?

1:12.2

No, I was always a very tiny person until I hit the age of about 40

1:22.8

and things started to go downhill. I had a teenage son that was giving me problems

1:31.6

and I went into a depression.

1:36.0

Because your son was causing you problems? You went into a depression?

1:41.9

It, well, that was what was happening at the time that I did go into depression.

1:52.0

Well, that's what I'm asking you because most of the time, I shouldn't even say most of the time,

1:58.8

a significant amount of women going into depression is because they're too afraid to be

2:06.9

aggressive, assertive in a situation proactive. Okay.

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