Help! My Life is Out of Balance!

Dr. Laura's Deep Dive Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Let me bust a myth for you. There’s no such thing as balance. There are only choices. That means, when life gets too chaotic, when you feel frazzled and unhappy and like you’re not doing anything particularly well, it’s time to take something off your plate. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive Podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:16.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:19.0	Deep dive.
0:20.0	Dr. Laura's Deep Dive. Deep dive.
0:23.4	Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast.
0:26.5	Let me bust a myth for you.
0:28.9	There is no such thing as balance.
0:30.7	They're only choices.
0:33.5	That means when life gets too chaotic,
0:36.5	when you feel frazzled and unhappy,
0:39.7	and like you're not doing anything particularly well,
0:49.3	it's time to take something off your plate. I have never been able to balance anything in my life,
0:59.6	work, hobbies, family, never. But I have given up many things to simplify and prioritize. In July of 2000, I wrote the last of my syndicated columns that appeared weekly in publications like the Desirene News, Jewish World
1:06.3	Review, well, with my television program debut approaching, a full-time radio program, a family, my charity
1:14.6	works, social life exercise, I knew something had to give. So I used my last column to tell readers,
1:23.2	quote, I want to share a personal fork in the road that has kept me awake the last couple of weeks.
1:30.1	Though it makes me sad, it's evident that, unfortunately, I can't do it all.
1:36.3	No one, despite popular belief, can do it all, be it all, have it all.
1:43.1	I'm living proof of that.
1:46.3	I put a lot of time and effort into this column. My heart wants to continue with it, but my brain knows better. To do so, I would have to
1:53.0	sacrifice my number one priority. Family. I understood then as I do now that the number one
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