Tired of Fixing & Healing Yourself?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Inspiration, Parenthood By Proxy, Divorce, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Stay-at-home Moms, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Grandparents, Confrontation, Courage, Dating, Marriage, Love, Strength, Goals, Workplace, God, Fitness, Dr Laura, Health, Friendship, Exercise, Healing, In-laws, Do The Right Thing, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Power, Responsibility, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Grief, Social Media, Parenting, Stop Whining Start Living, Couples, Society & Culture, Ethics, Health & Well-being, Marriage 101, Single Parenting, Love & Life, Shacking Up, Snowflakes, Family, Workout, Lesbian, Podcast, Feuds, Quote, Messing Up, Life, Childhood, Triumph, Emotions, Procrastination, Siriusxm, Sex, Gay, Kids, Mental Health, Wisdom, Well-being, Co-parenting, Stay-at-home Dads, Coping, Woman Power, Conscience, Counseling, The Ten Commandments, Sexuality, Stress, Kids & Family, Feelings, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
0:04.2	Sponsored by Native Path Collagen, the collagen I take daily to support healthy,
0:09.1	joint, skin, bones, and gut.
0:11.1	Go to getnativepath.com slash Dr. Laura for free shipping and a special bundle deal
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.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 22 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.