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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Anna's facing the possibility of divorce after a long, 25-year marriage that feels broken. 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	Anna, welcome to the program.
0:37.0	How can I help you?
0:41.3	Yes, so I am very nervous, so I'm going to breathe.
0:47.7	Breathing is good.
0:50.3	Yeah, breathing is good. I've listened to you for over 30 years. I am a 58-year-old, yes,
0:56.9	and I try to incorporate your thought process and your judiciousness into my behavior
1:04.2	and my actions and my words and my treatment. Mothers, not perfectly, but I've worked very hard. My life is at a crisis and a crossroads.
1:14.5	I am 58 years old and a first and only marriage, and I have three children. And I need to
1:23.8	decide what the next best step for the safety and well-being of my children first
1:30.3	safety how old are your kids the youngest will be 15 in may the middle will be 18 on Thursday
1:40.8	and the oldest is 19. What is unsafe?
1:45.8	What is unsafe about your life with them?
1:49.1	How are they unsafe?
1:50.0	So their father, my husband, in a routine conversation that escalated, which it often does, he charged her from my 17-year-old
2:06.2	from across the room in a like muscles flexed, body flex position probably 20 feet across the
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