Iyanla: Fix My Angry Father

Iyanla: Fix My Life

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Iyanla travels to Saugerties, New York, where a man's marriage and relationship with his children are hanging by a thread. Husband and father Robert became sober four years ago after a lifetime of excessive drinking. Unfortunately, his history of anger and lashing out toward his family continues, causing more distance, resentfulness and pain. Iyanla works with Robert and his wife, Donna, to remember the friendship they once shared. In an emotional moment, the family comes to grips with the damage caused by Robert’s and Donna's inability to protect daughters Lauren and Frankie during the most vulnerable moments of their lives.

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0:00.0	Let me tell you who I am.
0:02.0	I am a survivor, a teenage mother, a welfare recipient, and a woman.
0:08.0	I am a teacher, life coach, minister, lawyer, and author.
0:13.0	I've had my share of breakups, breakdowns, and breakthroughs.
0:18.0	I did my work and put my life back together piece by piece. I am I
0:23.0	am I on Le Van Zand, and I am here to help you do your work. In Sarkaties, New York,
0:31.2	I've got a family in breakdown, and everybody agrees on one thing.
0:39.0	It's the father who's the problem.
0:42.9	Robert and Donna are the classic story of young love.
0:46.7	They met 36 years ago as teenagers,
0:50.1	got married and started a family,
0:52.4	raising their five children.
0:54.0	We were a team and we were freely showed our love for each other.
1:03.0	But after his mother died 18 years ago, Robert's family says he started drinking,
1:09.0	raging, and led his family into a dark and scary place.
1:13.6	Robert was an angry drunk most of the time.
1:16.6	I was being much more aggressive when I was under the influence.
1:23.6	When he would drink, he was mean.
1:25.6	And I'm just a very immature abuser.
1:28.9	What could be a very fun thing.
1:31.0	For Robert's son, Ryan, the darkness became a reality.
1:35.1	His alcoholism got so out of control that he was featured on the A&E show intervention.
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