Topics in this recorded Lightning Round include: Alone at 24 and fear of dating, compassion for our own unhealed parenting, exes ruining your life with your kids, broken trust, AA sponsorship, addiction, and much more. Listen in as Sven takes questions as they come in from TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. Explicit content.

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Charo blames herself for her husband's suicide. She feels like she made him do it. But Sven counsels her to look at the truth of his drug addiction and abuse, and guides her toward a new understanding of her parents' influence on her feelings, and how to pass along the right impression to her own children. Explicit content.

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Sven has a heart-to-heart discussion with Charo after the show. Explicit content.

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Nothing gets Sven going like rapid-fire questions coming at him from 3 social media platforms at once. In this episode he responds to issues including emotional intelligence, narcs at work, the need (or lack of need) for forgiveness, low self-esteem, loss of family, and much more. Please listen in to this provocative lightning round! Explicit content.

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Cheating causes your partner incalculable pain, but in this counseling episode Sven works with Suki, whose pain was multiplied by her husband's decision to become a serial cheater while their young daughter was dying of cancer. Sven helps Suki face the truth of her difficult situation, even as her husband seems willing to change. For another angle on this story, listen to the episode with her husband Jeffrey from December 2023 entitled "Can't Face the Hate." Explicit content.

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More unpredictable questions taken live by Sven and recorded for another Lightning Round episode. Topics include: Dealing with paralysis, worrying about screwing your kids up, what if I'm the narc, domestic abuse, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.

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Here's the other side of Cass' story, last week's "Robbed of Normal." Meet Kitty, Cass' wife, who can't get past Cass' drinking and stealing, and wonders if she can stay in the marriage. Childhood trauma figures in, and Sven guides Kitty to confront her honest feelings and the truth about her life...and her marriage. Explicit content.

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In this Lightning Round, Sven takes questions and comments on topics including sexual trauma, love bombing, a partner's bad behavior, how to tell the kids about divorce, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.

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Cass is in serious pain. She wants to save herself and her marriage to Kitty (who Sven counsels in next week's show). Cass knows she must confront her troubled past but hasn't been able to face the whole truth. Fears of abandonment and golden child issues pay a big part. Join Sven and Cass in this inspiring healing journey. Explicit content.

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Sven's ready to go for another Lightning Round, taking questions on topics of life and love, hope and despair, marriage and divorce, and so much more. Please listen in as he applies his wit and wisdom to listeners' questions. Explicit content.

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