Good afternoon, everyone. It's Dr. Niagara again. Next episode of Psychology Unplugged. Thanks to all of you who have been reaching out.

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As you know, I do this program organically. Something pops in my head. I go with it. And let's see where today's episode will take us.

So for those you guys who have been following the program,

I have been a longtime fan of Bruce Springsteen and his music.

And I think in my experience, clinical experience, his work has played a significant role in my life, in my development.

This is not talking about autobiographical piece on Bruce Springsteen.

This is not a history lesson.

It's just I've seen the relevance of his songs and as a storyteller with an incredibly prolific way of articulating the human experience.

So I remember being young, still young, but I remember being young growing up, and my

oldest brother was a huge Springsteen fan.

I think this is probably around the time of like, uh, darkness on the

edge of town or maybe born in the USA. And this one, he had like the old big speakers, the Kenwood

speakers down to the basement. And brother had this awesome, uh, stereo system. And I, I mean, you really know who Bruce Springste was I was a young kid but I would open the door

and I would sit on the stairs remember they were gray the stairs were gray and I would

listen to this guy you know screaming uh and. And it just, it struck me.

And it was a level of passion.

Bruce even says his own memoir, born and Ronnie, said, my best friend said,

you can't sing now and he never could sing.

And I think Bruce admits to that himself, but it's his power and his conviction.

And as I got older and started to go to concerts and really explore the lyrics.

And that's something I'm very passionate about is reading lyrics to songs because they carry a significant amount of weight

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