Let Go of Yesterday

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Inspiration, Parenthood By Proxy, Divorce, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Stay-at-home Moms, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Grandparents, Confrontation, Courage, Dating, Marriage, Love, Strength, Goals, Workplace, God, Fitness, Dr Laura, Health, Friendship, Exercise, Healing, In-laws, Do The Right Thing, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Power, Responsibility, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Grief, Social Media, Parenting, Stop Whining Start Living, Couples, Society & Culture, Ethics, Health & Well-being, Marriage 101, Single Parenting, Love & Life, Shacking Up, Snowflakes, Family, Workout, Lesbian, Podcast, Feuds, Quote, Messing Up, Life, Childhood, Triumph, Emotions, Procrastination, Siriusxm, Sex, Gay, Kids, Mental Health, Wisdom, Well-being, Co-parenting, Stay-at-home Dads, Coping, Woman Power, Conscience, Counseling, The Ten Commandments, Sexuality, Stress, Kids & Family, Feelings, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Candice wonders if seeking therapy for her traumatic childhood would make her good life even better. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	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	Candice, welcome to the program.
0:13.8	Thank you, Dr. Laura, for taking my call.
0:16.1	I'm a longtime listener, first-time caller, and I really appreciate you speaking with me today.
0:23.4	Thank you. How can I help? So I'm calling today because me and my sister had a very traumatic
0:32.4	childhood. What does that mean?
0:43.6	My mom was bipolar, very, very not stable.
0:53.3	So my father divorced her, but he was a drug addict, and then he moved us to Texas to hide his drug addiction from the rest of our family, and then physically abused us, neglected
0:57.6	us for months at a time, so he could support his drug habit.
1:04.0	And so as you were growing up in high school, what did that mean?
1:10.1	Well, he got arrested, and they ended us moving back to Washington State to our family.
1:16.6	So in high school, I was kind of a loner because when you move from high school, it was a very small town in Washington State, so everybody already had their clicks, their groups, and I was kind of the odd one out when I moved up here.
1:34.9	So I just mostly...
1:36.4	Did you graduate?
1:38.5	Oh, yeah. Graduated, very good grades, exceptional student.
1:44.4	Wow.
1:45.2	Excellent outstanding.
1:47.4	You're a survivor.
1:48.1	I am.
1:51.2	I buried myself in books,
1:52.7	and my sister is the social butterfly.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.