What You Have to Do to Make the Rest of Your Life Better

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 15 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! 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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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:26.6	Dr.ora.com.
0:28.2	So I got a quickie.
0:31.6	And normally I like to start the hour.
0:36.1	I have three hours here with you. Normally I start the hour. I have three hours here with you. Normally I start the hour with some topic.
0:48.2	So I had something prepared and I'm not doing it. Why am I not doing it?
0:56.1	Because I found something better.
0:59.2	Somebody sent a quickie.
1:03.4	And a quickie is a question where you don't have to come on the air specifically
1:10.1	and I'll answer it, but it has to be brief and sometimes I use
1:16.6	these for opens this is an open to send a quickie by the way it's quickie at dr.lora.com
1:23.0	hi discovered you about a month ago.
1:29.3	I've listened to you every night since.
1:32.1	I'm 40 years old, married for 10 years, together 20 years.
1:40.9	No kids.
1:43.4	What is your advice for making the most of the second half of my life?
1:51.1	Never got a question like that before in 50 years that I've been doing this.
1:56.1	How interesting is that?
1:58.9	What is your advice for making the most out of the second half of my life i guess
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