Dr. Laura's Deep Dive Podcast

The teenage years are just about the craziest time of life for both teens AND their parents. It’s normal for adolescents to give you grief. Their brains are changing fast, hormones are out of whack, they’re dealing with friends and social pressures. Teens are impulsive. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

Falling in love really takes no effort. You feel all those horny and happy butterflies because it's new. It feeds your ego, feeds your fantasies and distracts you from everything. It's just wonderful. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025

I find that most people have an easier time forgiving others than forgiving themselves for the mistakes or naughty things they’ve done. People can carry around shame, disappointment and self-hate for a very long time. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2025

Sex is very bonding to a female. That’s our biology. Once a woman has sex, hormones flood her body, flood her mind, leading her to perceive that the relationship is meaningful. This phenomenon is one of the reasons a woman might stick with a relationship that’s not going in the direction she wants or anybody should want! Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2025

Life is like a pot of soup – a mixture of people, places and experiences - some good, some not-so-good. Sometimes bad. Family is the broth of that soup. It’s the foundation. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

Most kids are aware of death. They probably don't understand it, but it's in their cartoons, video games, on their TV. They may have a friend who has lost a loved one and talked about it. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2025

Do you have someone in your life who’s actions don’t match their words? You sense they’re upset, but also that they’re trying to conceal it from you. Maybe they give you the silent treatment, withhold intimacy, withhold praise. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2025

Some people aren’t raised with affection. They haven’t been taught to be loving and caring. It wasn’t modeled for them. But that’s not a reason to withhold loving affection from your spouse. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2025

Let me tell you what childhood is supposed to be about. It's supposed to be about experiencing love, security, warmth, connectedness, bonding and happiness. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2025

You don’t get to the level of pride in yourself that Maria felt when she called me by giving up weeks into starting a new health routine. But that’s exactly what most people do. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2025

I never procrastinate, but at least 1 out of 5 people admit they are chronic procrastinators. It’s primarily a problem with self management. It’s not a problem with time management or planning ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025

When you show affection, you’re showing love. It's another way to say I love you. But, far too often couples let it slip away. They stop sitting close to each other on the couch. They stop holding hands as they walk down the street. It’s sad really. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2025

When major catastrophes happen in your life, you suffer. And when you suffer, you tend to just want to curl up like one of those little roly poly bugs. You want to curl up and hide under things. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2025

Children yearn for their parents’ love. We’ve all sought our parents’ approval at some point. Our kids want to make us proud – not disappoint us. At the same time, parents have hopes and dreams for their children. Most of us have some vision of how their lives will turn out. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2025

It may not top your list of priorities, but there's almost zero chance sex isn't top of mind for your husband. If you need motivation moving sex off the back burner, don't miss today's classic Deep Dive podcast on why marital sex matters. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 2 January 2025

Don't be part of the problem, be the solution! Revisiting my very first "deep dive," I discussed the typical mistakes parents make, which foster a sense of entitlement and a lack of accountability in their children. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 26 December 2024

When people ask what I do for a living I say, “I try to save kids!” And marriages. And families. And I love when my listeners help. Let's save one kid, marriage and family at a time like the story of the starfish, which is the focus of today's classic Deep Dive Podcast. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2024

It never fails. In the months leading up to the holidays, I start getting calls from listeners looking for ways to deal with impending family dramas. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2024

Raising children to become independent adults is every parent’s task, but there’s an increasing phenomenon of kids who experience a “failure to launch” into their 20s and even 30s. Far too many adult children are not just living off their parents or with their parents, they actually expect it to be that way. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2024

When I discuss my bestselling book, “The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands,” there's inevitably a chorus of women who say, “I'll read this book when you write one about how husbands should treat their wives.” Find out why my listener Charlotte knows better as we revisit this classic Deep Dive Podcast and you’ll see why your Thanksgiving can be the happiest of one between a husband and wife! Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2024

There’s a prominent conservative news host who announced that, since the election, his liberal mother has un-invited him from Thanksgiving dinner . How sad to destroy a family over something like politics ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2024

An interesting phenomenon was observed in a game reserve in South Africa during the 1990s. Young male elephants began acting overly aggressive towards one another and mutilated and killed more than 50 rhinoceroses on the property. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2024

I think it's one of humanity's greatest fears -- dying with nobody giving a damn. But, judging by the careless way some of you treat your most important relationships, you could be facing your final days without your loved ones at your side. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2024

For decades I’ve ended each hour of the Dr . Laura program with a simple directive. After taking many-a-call from people who have made poor choices and messes of their lives, I close the hour out by saying, “Now, go do the RIGHT thing!” Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2024

I’m going to talk today about a topic I just love -- how to figure out what to do with your life. And it’s an area I know something about... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2024

We all have pain in our past. It may have originated in your childhood home, or maybe it’s something you inflicted on yourself with bad decision making. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2024

Do you want your child to become a person of good character? To treat others with kindness and sensitivity? To live a life of integrity? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2024

Something happens to human beings on an emotional level when we experience a lot of miserable defeats. You can start to feel stuck in a situation that you’re not able to change... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2024

What do you do when the “other woman” in your marriage is your mother-in-law? Let me tell you, it’s very hard to compete with your husband’s mommy, which is why I say it’s not a good idea to marry a mama’s boy. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2024

One of the most horrifying things that happened to me as a psychotherapist was when I was helping a particular married couple ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2024

There’s a difference between being a perfectionist and being a high achiever. Wanting to be good and even great is healthy. That’s how I like to operate ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2024

The Cambridge dictionary defines feminine wiles as: “ways of persuading someone that trick them into doing something.” That’s an awfully negative way of putting it, especially when the use of feminine wiles produces such positive results for BOTH men and women. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2024

You know what kinds of parents get an A+ in my book? The ones who encourage their kids to do their best, to live up to their potential, follow their dreams and become adults who find their life’s purpose. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2024

Divorce is devastating to children. There is always damage, even if it seems like they're taking it just fine. If you've made the decision to subdivide your child's world, make sure that their lives have as little drama and as much stability as possible. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 22 August 2024

No matter what social media tries to tell you, being beautful doesn’t make people like you, and being thin doesn’t make you happy. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2024

Whereas women want to hear “you’re beautiful and I love you,” men want their women to come on to them. It’s a totally different language, and that’s how they feel wanted. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2024

Can you really talk yourself into, or out of, a mood or way of thinking? Most people don’t think so. But, short of a mental illness, the answer is "yes you can." Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2024

What do babies do when they're tired, hungry or need a diaper change? They cry. Every parent knows that you have to interpret their cries, sometimes through trial and error, to figure out which need they are trying to communicate. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2024

Married couples don't grow apart - they stop paying attention, showing affection and caring for each other. I get calls from listeners telling me that their marriages are rocky. But that’s not true. Marriages don’t just turn rocky. Couples throw rocks at their marriage. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2024

Many of you call me, wondering if you need professional help for your stress and anxiety, and my answer is frequently, “no.” Why would I say that it's usually not necessary to talk to a therapist? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2024

It may not top your list of priorities, but there's almost zero chance sex isn't top of mind for your husband. If you need motivation moving sex off the back burner, don't miss today's classic Deep Dive podcast on why marital sex matters. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2024

In 1994, after more than a decade of trying to help my female callers and private clients unravel the mistakes they were making, I wrote my first bestseller, “The 10 Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives.” ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2024

In my very first Deep Dive episode, I talked about how our society is being torn apart, largely thanks to parents failing at their jobs. If you don't raise your children to be people of character who are respectful of others, accountable for their actions and able to function in a world full of rules and expectations, you're hurting them and contributing to the deterioration of our society. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2024

People get engaged and it's just sooooo romantic. Then they get married and ask themselves – what the hell just happened? Because, too often, they didn't spend 2 years getting to know each other. Or they turned a blind eye to potential problems. Or they didn't even bother to discuss with each other what they really wanted out of life together. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2024

Divorce rates would probably plummet if people actually prepared for marriage. You've heard the saying, “Love is Blind.” Well, love can also make you do some stupid things like IGNORE the negative feedback you're getting about your relationship from friends and family ... Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2024

Many of you are sacrificing a large part of your lives to take care of an ill spouse, child, parent or other loved one. Often caregivers are women who are still raising their own children, and I just don't know how any human can manage all of that. If you are a caretaker, this Deep Dive is for you to help you prevent the stress involved from taking a serious toll on your emotional and physical health. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2024

Dealing with a serious illness is one of life's most difficult challenges. It's understandable to react with panic, fear and anxiety and even to ask “why me?” Managing illness or injuries is stressful, and it most certainly will affect your mood and outlook. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2024

It's normal to have differences of opinions and even to have heated debates over some of your disagreements. What I think is ideal is being able to let go of the petty, irrelevant nonsense that could lead to a completely unnecessary argument. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2024

Mother-in-law / daughter-in-law relationships are just about the most major subject I've dealt with over my decades on the radio. When the in-laws and adult children don't get along, it affects everything – your marriages, your grandkids and the relationship with your own child. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2024