Stuck Between Letting Go and Holding On

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Sylvia is facing a tough decision about the future of a friendship that no longer feels simple. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:34.5	Sylvia.
0:36.1	Welcome to the program. Hello, Dr. Laura. Long-time Louss. Hi. Sylvia. Welcome to the program.
0:38.4	Hello, Dr. Laura.
0:39.6	Long-time listeners since the 90.
0:42.3	So thank you.
0:42.8	Wow, thank you.
0:44.5	I appreciate you so much.
0:46.7	So what I'm having a difficulty making a decision lately is I have this long-time friend about almost 20 years and she makes
0:58.7	these under backhanded comments like a compliment and then and then she'll stab jab jab jab
1:07.5	me like kind of say oh yeah I understand it's just because you know um I still like you
1:15.6	even though you're fat and um oh my gosh I have not been fat all my life I've actually been
1:24.2	thin my whole life on 58 right now just have just have been going through women changes, the loss and grief of my mother and
1:32.0	my father, my dog.
1:34.3	So I've been stepping, basically, and I'm starting to get back into yoga and, you know,
1:43.3	get out more and so forth to try to, you know, lose some weight and so forth.
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