Worry Won't Change Anything

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Kathy has worried for years about her son who chooses to be homeless. What can she do other than accept the situation? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my Call of the Day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Kathy, welcome to the program.
0:13.4	How can I help?
0:14.8	Well, I was looking at my phone when you first started, and my phone actually said this was a day that you talk about depression,
0:25.6	and I forgot what the other word was because I can't see my phone anymore
0:31.6	because it's all your phone number.
0:34.6	But I think the one thing right now that's bothering me a lot is because i have a son
0:42.3	that is homeless and i've had to and why why is he homeless by choice and he doesn't what has what made him make that choice how do you understand his
0:59.1	behavior and choices um it started with a bad home life and then it got worse when the
1:09.7	home life got worse most of who's home life who's home life got worse.
1:12.4	Whose home life?
1:13.9	Whose home life are we talking about?
1:17.6	Well, I started with mine, then my marriage and then my kids, and it was like a snowball effect.
1:26.9	This poor kid, he got the brunt of my divorce.
1:34.2	And I know you're going to say, why did you get a divorce?
1:36.4	How did he get the brunt?
1:38.4	How did he get the brunt?
1:41.3	What does that mean?
1:42.4	Because his father was very vindictive and told him terrible things about me that I thought,
1:51.6	you don't have to fight it, you don't have to stand up for yourself because he knows me.
1:57.0	So I just let it go.
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