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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I Know What I Need to Do

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

John sought Dr. Laura's help to unravel the bad situation he's in but learns that following his conscience is how to do the right thing. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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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 serious XM.

0:10.0

Try and win 11 John welcome to the program. Hi, how are you? Good.

0:18.0

First time caller long time listener.

0:23.0

I'm in a situation and I don't know how to get out of it and I need to.

0:28.0

Oh, that is so not true.

0:35.0

Oh, I believe you're in a situation, but there's no way you don't know how to get out of it.

0:41.0

I do know how to get out of it.

0:44.0

Yeah, so what does this call really?

0:48.0

You don't want to get out of it really. You think you should want to get out of it, but you don't want to get out of it, right?

1:06.0

Well, see, I do and it don't means the following.

1:09.0

I believe I should want to get out of it, but I don't really want to get out of it.

1:18.0

That's a do and a don't.

1:20.0

That means your conscience tells you you're doing something wrong, but basically you don't give a shit because it feels good and you don't want to be without it.

1:31.0

So this is between the part of you that has a conscience and the part of you that wants satisfaction and gratification and don't want to be without it.

1:46.0

So that's the war.

1:48.0

And I guess we all have to sit and wait, have popcorn, soda, and see which one of those is going to win.

2:06.0

Yeah, oh my gosh, this is going to be easier than...

2:16.0

You can get that I thought.

2:22.0

So your decision tells what kind of a man you are, a man of honor, a man of conscience, or a male with neither.

2:33.0

Wow.

2:35.0

How do you do this here? You hit every spot that it's just...

2:46.0

Wow, I know what I have to do.

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