Why Are You in a Mood?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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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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0:27.9	Dr. Laura.com.
0:29.6	I'm Dr. Laura Schlesinger, welcoming you where we get to talk to each other about life and struggles with life.
0:39.4	Life is a struggle.
0:41.6	Every day, there's a little bit of a struggle.
0:45.1	And different parts of you cave in, different parts of you take over.
0:51.9	And you wonder, why is that happening?
0:55.6	Why am I feeling a mood?
0:58.7	Why am I just not like a Mazda used to be, you know?
1:04.5	That was the, when they were promoting the Mazda car.
1:08.0	That's how they did that, that.
1:10.2	Unlike any other car, it just hummed.
1:14.3	Why can't I be like a Mazda? Why do I get up some days and have a bit of anxiety and wonder what the
1:21.5	heck it's about? And then I can come up with things. Let's see, this is happening, this is happening,
1:25.6	this is happening. So I guess it's
1:27.9	understandable that my inner psyche would be worked up a little bit over this or or not. Well, I hate
1:35.9	that it does that. Well, what can I do to stop it or distract it? Yeah, stopping things usually
1:42.8	means we get in front of it and grab it and nail it to the ground.
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