The Emotional Roots of Grace’s Eating Habits and Family Conflict

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🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Grace’s unresolved anger toward her father and family contributes to her patterns of careless overeating and rationalizing her behavior. Dr. Laura discusses the psychological role of shame and how it influences the connection between past experiences and present actions. Got a dilemma? 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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0:25.5	and connect with me 24 seven at dr laura dot com grace welcome to the program hi dr laura thank you for
0:34.1	my clinic thank you What's up?
0:39.3	Um, well, I'm significantly overweight and I've been letting myself go for like five or six years now.
0:47.7	I mean, COVID was really hard on me.
0:50.1	And in addition to that, um, my family betrayed me, I feel.
0:57.4	And I'm having a really hard time letting it go.
1:00.2	You feel they betrayed you.
1:01.9	That's not a fact.
1:03.2	So you want to tell me what you're construing as betrayal?
1:08.7	Well, my sister and brother-in-law brought in an attorney to befriend my dad, and they
1:16.6	rewrote the will and everything without telling me.
1:21.6	I'm sorry.
1:23.6	Was your father not of sound mind?
1:30.5	Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
1:32.9	Okay, well then stop for a moment.
1:37.4	It's illegal to try to make new contracts with somebody who's not of sound mind.
1:45.2	So you ought to immediately have gotten an attorney and gone to court and demonstrated he was not of sound mind to make this new contract, will or what have you. So the onus was on you to act, not to sit back and say,
1:52.5	poor me, but to act with an attorney to counter it. I did consult some attorneys, and they
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