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Although David Koslowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist, he is not functioning as a certified mental health professional in this environment.

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Welcome to the OG Therapy.

Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of OG Therapy.

And I am back after taking a week and a half off for just birthday, spring

break.

I'm an old man, you guys, I hit that 5-0 and I'm not talking about the police, talking about

my age, my life, I'm 50 years old, and man, I'm so glad I work with young people and teens because I think that's the

only thing that makes me feel not old because my knees feel old. If you're like me and you hit 50

years old. Someone told me a long time ago, they said, just wait. When you turn 50, all your aches and pains

go away. Turns out they were lying. So anyways, I'm back here and I got a question from one of the kids in West Virginia. I spoke in West Virginia a couple weeks ago before I went on my trip and as always get lots of questions from the teens there. So this question I picked for today

hits home. In fact, when I read it, I was like, oh my gosh, some of these kids, it's if they read my diary or we had the same life or a similar life at least. So let me start off with you're saying. I never say to kids' names and never say who they are, but when they hear their questions, they know that it was just for them because they texting these questions while I'm speaking to them. So this question is very short, very simple, but very deep.

It says, how do you get close to your dad after he left you?

Well, I never met my dad until about seven, eight years ago.

And I went looking for him. I got the DNA test, found out I was related

to a lot of people. I started reaching out and I found him on Facebook. One thing led to another

and we started a relationship that way. But her situation is obviously not the same. It's

different. And I just want to

start off by saying, even though the disclaimer at the beginning of the podcast says this, I just want to

say it myself, what I'm about to say is just ideas and suggestions. I'm not giving therapy. I'm not

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