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Back to SearchLR 56: Define a Narc, Check a Cheat, and More
Season 5 Episode 24
In this Lightning Round, Sven gets into a back-and-forth with an online listener whose husband, an admitted cheater who says he wants to save the mar…
3 years ago
When Your Heavenly Father Isn't
Season 5 Episode 23
Madi is a person of faith, and in pain over family pressure to maintain a relationship with her father, who she describes as a "shit person." Hearing…
3 years ago
LR 55: Advice on Life After Marriage to a Narc, and More
Season 5 Episode 22
Join Sven for unrehearsed responses to incoming online questions! Is there life after a 35-year marriage to a narcissist? Feeling like you don't dese…
3 years ago
Hurting Each Other
Season 5 Episode 21
In Emily's story, the abuse went both ways. After suffering a miscarriage, her husband severely beat her...after she threw a broken glass at him when…
3 years ago
LR 54: Advice on Worries, Confidence, Trauma, and More
Season 5 Episode 20
More spontaneous Q&A with Sven, recorded as he checks in with his followers on multiple platforms. Need some new strategies to deal with your worries…
3 years ago
My Trauma, My Self
Season 5 Episode 19
Britt's sad history includes rape, beatings, and attempted suicide. She understands that she was taught to be unlovable and is making progress, but s…
3 years ago
LR 53: Advice on Toxic In-Laws, Extended Families, and Much More
Season 5 Episode 18
In Lightning Round LIII, Sven again takes to multiple social media platforms to take live, unpredictable questions. Topics include fear of traveling,…
3 years, 1 month ago
Overcoming the Life-Long Trauma of Child Abuse
Season 5 Episode 17
Meet Lynn, whose memories of hating herself begin at age 8. Sexually abused as a child by a string of her mother's partners, Lynn struggles with crip…
3 years, 1 month ago
LR 52: Advice for Parents and Children Who Don't Connect, and Much More
Season 5 Episode 16
In Sven's 52nd Lightning Round, he offers great insight about repairing relationships between parents and children, and vice-versa. Feel like you're …
3 years, 1 month ago
How to Not Become Your Parent
Season 5 Episode 15
Jennifer's life has been filled with "99% self hate." As a child, she never felt protected and had to protect her mother from her father's abuse. Alt…
3 years, 1 month ago