Some Family Fallouts Are a Blessing in Disguise

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Ellen has the chance to grow and become healthy now that she's free from her abusive family. 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. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Ellen, welcome to the program.
0:14.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you? Hi. Good. What can I help you with? Well, I'm really nervous and I'm hoping I can explain this in the right way for you to
0:26.6	understand and answer the questions that you might have.
0:30.7	To give you just a quick little background, I have two, one older sister, one younger sister.
0:38.7	My parents have been married for 40 years.
0:43.3	And how old are you?
0:44.5	My mom was a state.
0:45.9	How old are you?
0:47.3	Okay.
0:48.1	40.
0:48.4	Okay.
0:49.1	Go ahead.
0:49.4	You married lady?
0:51.5	No, ma'am.
0:52.3	I'm single with no children.
0:53.6	Just a little dog. Okay. Okay, go ahead. My mom was a
0:58.6	stay-at-home mom. My dad worked, and they got married very young, and then I had my older sister
1:07.2	shortly after, and then I came, and then my younger sister came. Growing up was
1:15.5	not the best. I remember my parents arguing a lot and just a lot of arguments occurring and they progressively got worse growing up and now that I'm older
1:32.2	I've realized what that, hearing all that what maybe that has done to me in my adult years.
1:40.4	But anyways, why I'm calling is I, so I had a work event that I had to go to
1:47.2	and do a training and I had to bring some supplies with me, which weren't going to fit in my car.
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