There's No Such Thing as Perfection

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Linda is mad at herself for losing her temper and breaking her things. 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.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Linda, welcome to the program.
0:14.1	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.0	Thank you for taking my call.
0:16.4	Thank you.
0:17.8	Thank you.
0:17.8	I called 27 years ago and you offered to pinch my head off, but in a nice way.
0:26.1	Okay. Did I have to pinch your head off, or did I just threaten it?
0:30.9	You threatened it, and you basically were telling me I had done the right thing, so it was lovely. And you were like, yeah, so it was great.
0:37.7	Good. Excellent. Okay. I think I need your help. I did something really, really awful yesterday.
0:46.0	And I'm ashamed to myself. And I don't want it to ever happen again. So I had a lovely day.
0:53.2	And I was putting away my favorite two necklaces that I had worn
0:56.6	and I was hanging them up and they got tangled and I tried to untangle them three times
1:02.8	and I couldn't get them untangled because the chains were really fine and I just got so angry.
1:10.2	I threw them at the wall and then I picked them up and I took the chains and I just got so angry. I threw them at the wall and then I picked them up and I took
1:14.2	the chains and I just kept pulling on them and I broke them into little pieces and I know,
1:21.5	but this, this bit of anger, that's a dangerous thing and I don't, I don't ever want that to happen
1:27.4	again. And so I put them away
1:29.5	that's the first time in your entire life you got that frustrated no but it's very very rare
1:36.6	it's been like years so okay let's go back there's something about this wonderful day that wasn't.
1:48.0	Oh.
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