My Life is Stuck in Neutral

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Janine is paralyzed by her past and not enjoying her life but would like to learn how. 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.
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.
0:11.4	Janine, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you so much for taking my call.
0:17.6	You're welcome.
0:19.3	What's out?
0:21.6	So, like I was talking to your screener.
0:25.5	Yeah, but they don't tell me anything.
0:27.0	It's all up to you.
0:29.3	Okay.
0:31.1	I'm just trying to find a way to find, I don't know if it's closure or forgiveness with my mom.
0:38.9	Just have had a very hard relationship with her.
0:44.2	Started as a child.
0:47.2	First of all, I don't know what you want.
0:49.4	What the hell is closure?
0:51.8	What does that mean?
0:54.0	I want closure. What? Yeah. What is that?
1:00.1	Maybe I don't even know what I need. It's just... Well, you know what you need. You may not be
1:06.8	using the word that would help me understand. So what would be a better word that, you know,
1:11.4	my little P brain could get?
1:18.9	forgiveness. Okay, forgiveness. In my world, religiously, forgiveness requires the other person to take full responsibility for what they've done,
1:30.3	demonstrate and feel actual true remorse, do what they can to fix it, whatever it is they've done,
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