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Aug 2023
1h 3m

How to Overcome Despicable Parenting

Sven Erlandson
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Meet Lance and Rebecca, whose deep wounds from their lost childhoods haunt their adulthood. As a child, Lance was forced to care for his bipolar, suicidal mother. Rebecca suffered an early life filled with emotional and sexual abuse of the highest order. Did they become self-critical? "Only 100%." 
Listen in to this gripping session as Sven counsels these two remarkable individuals who are struggling toward a better life filled with good relationships with their own children, their partners, and themselves. Explicit content.

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