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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:16.2	at a fraction of the retail price.
0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:26.0	at Dr. Laura.com.
0:28.5	I have 12 New York Times bestselling books under my belt, and they go into a category known as self-help.
0:45.0	I've always had a bit of a problem with that category.
0:51.8	Because it feeds into, and I haven't found a better word or a couple of words, I'll think about it some more,
1:00.9	because it has always worried me that y'all think, y'all think you're broken.
1:11.3	And all the self-help books are always telling you how to be a better person, like what
1:17.9	you just heard.
1:19.2	I'm just going to make everybody like me.
1:21.6	I'm going to be a better person.
1:22.7	Everybody's going to like me.
1:25.5	Well, you know, there are things we all need to improve but all in all unless
1:30.5	you're a sociopath or a psychopath or villi or virulent I knew I'd say it
1:40.0	a narcissist or something else you know you're not so bad and I think I have spent a
1:48.1	lot of time on this program taking people who were just wanted to come here
1:51.5	and criticize themselves all to get out it's almost as horrible as putting
1:58.3	responsibility on everybody else instead of looking at yourself.
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