The Badass Counseling Show

Badass Overtime - Sharon and Christian

17 Aug 2023

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Send us a textAfter the episode "What's the Worst That Could Happen?," Sven got Sharon and Christopher's reactions to their experi...

Lightning Round XLVIII

13 Aug 2023

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Send us a textAnother recorded session of Sven taking unpredictable online questions fed to him live from 3 different social media platforms. Sven exp...

Cheating From Every Painful Angle

10 Aug 2023

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Send us a textSven's counseling guests in this episode have cheated, been cheated on, had parents that cheated, been abandoned... Amanda wants to...

Badass Overtime - Amanda and Faith

10 Aug 2023

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Send us a textAfter the show "Cheating From Every Painful Angle," Amanda and Faith share their thoughts with Sven. 

Lightning Round XLVII

06 Aug 2023

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Send us a textFearless Sven again takes to social media to field unpredictable questions on tough personal topics: My ex is a narcissist and I've...

It's Your Inner Voice. Listen!

03 Aug 2023

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Send us a textSven does some seriously badass counseling with two women, each struggling to find their inner voice. Rachel is having a crisis of faith...

Badass Overtime - Jacqueline and Rachel

03 Aug 2023

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Send us a textListen in behind-the-scenes as Sven has an interesting chat with his guests after the show "It's Your Inner Voice. Listen!&quo...

Lightning Round XLVI

30 Jul 2023

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Send us a textKicking off Season 5, Sven takes to social media to record this new round of questions from his followers. He never knows what will come...

With Or Without You

27 Jul 2023

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Send us a textMeet Phil and Kristi, two very different individuals whose issues have a common root. Sven counsels them to look inside, rather than at ...

Badass Overtime - Phil and Kristi

27 Jul 2023

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Send us a textAfter finishing "With or Without You," Sven had a meaningful exchange with his guests. Listen in!

Lightning Round XLV

23 Jul 2023

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Send us a textHere's another recorded session of Sven in top form, fielding questions in real time from followers on 3 different social media pla...

Dad Was Good...5%

20 Jul 2023

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Send us a textMeet Rachel, who knows she should leave her relationship with an "aggressive, whiny, and controlling" man, but can't figu...

Badass Overtime - Rachel

20 Jul 2023

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Send us a textAfter the show, Rachel had the chance to tell Sven how different it felt to talk with him directly vs. listening to him counsel others. ...

Lightning Round XLIV

16 Jul 2023

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Send us a textNarcissists! (or, Extreme Takers). Sven offers his in-depth thoughts about narcissists from many angles, including why are they the way ...

Raped at 8, Mom's OK With It

13 Jul 2023

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Send us a textTiffany says her mom "broke me," but still hangs on to the feeling that a relationship with her mother would make her feel who...

Badass Overtime - Tiffany

13 Jul 2023

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Send us a textAfter the show, Tiffany and Sven talked about her experience. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XLIII

09 Jul 2023

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Send us a textWhat's the secret to living life effortlessly? How do I build my confidence? I can't get over my ex! How do I deal with a bull...

Emotional Rescue

06 Jul 2023

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Send us a textIn one of his most powerful -- and tearful -- counseling sessions, Sven comes to the aid of Sarah, who in her 50's can't under...

Badass Overtime - Sarah

06 Jul 2023

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Send us a textIt was a challenging show for Sarah, and she had a chance to reflect with Sven after the taping. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XLII

02 Jul 2023

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Send us a textLive on tape again and ready for action, Sven takes to multiple social media platforms to field questions from his followers. Like to kn...

How to Overcome a Generational Curse

29 Jun 2023

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Send us a textWilliam is a great dad. But he fears losing his marriage and the three children he dearly loves. He desperately wants to give his kids a...

Badass Overtime - William

29 Jun 2023

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Send us a textAfter the show, Sven had a heart-to-heart talk with William. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XLI

25 Jun 2023

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Send us a textA reminder that Sven's Lightning Rounds are recorded live, with Sven taking questions in real time from different social media site...

A Nuclear Family

22 Jun 2023

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Send us a textChrista describes her childhood as "World War III." But who was the aggressor? Sven helps Christa blow up the falsehood of her...

Lightning Round XL

18 Jun 2023

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Send us a textSven takes to social media again, recorded live and unrehearsed, to field questions from his followers. Tons of great relationship advic...

Waiting In Vain

15 Jun 2023

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Send us a textSven's guest Steve feels lost. A veteran who has spent his whole life in service to others, Steve shares custody of a physically ha...

Badass Overtime - Steve

15 Jun 2023

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Send us a textAfter "Waiting In Vain," Steve still searched for answers. Sven provided support and helpful final thoughts. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XXXIX

11 Jun 2023

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Send us a textSven again takes to live social media platforms to record this fast-paced episode. Is your partner becoming more like their narcissist p...

Badass Overtime - Nick

08 Jun 2023

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Send us a textAfter finishing the challenging counseling session with Nick, Sven and Rob shared their thoughts about the episode.

Your Mother or Your Life!

08 Jun 2023

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Send us a textBuckle up and meet Nick. He feels he's becoming a narcissist, filled with justified rage toward his parents, totally stuck in life ...

Lightning Round XXXVIII

04 Jun 2023

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Send us a textDealing with pain? Feeling apathetic? Check out this recorded session with Sven online and unrehearsed, answering followers' questi...

Trauma Bond? Love Yourself First.

01 Jun 2023

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Send us a textPoignant life lessons emerge from Sven's counseling session with two remarkable women who suffered trauma, feel trapped in relation...

Badass Overtime - Kim

01 Jun 2023

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Send us a textAfter the show, Kim continued her talk with Sven. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XXXVII

28 May 2023

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Send us a textIn another fast-paced recorded session, Sven takes online questions from several different platforms. Listeners bring the pain, and Sven...

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

25 May 2023

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Send us a textSven counsels Walker, who feels broken and unable to find relief after his 18-month relationship failed. Deception and suspicion figure ...

Badass Overtime - Walker

25 May 2023

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Send us a textAfter finishing "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," we checked in with Walker. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XXXVI

21 May 2023

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Send us a textRelationship issues? Parental issues? Dealing with a functioning alcoholic? Wondering if you're in a karmic loop (or if there is su...

Breakup Breaking News!

18 May 2023

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Send us a textThis episode starts with sex and religion, but quickly becomes a breakup story in real time! Sven counsels Chris, who has issues with he...

Badass Overtime - Chris

18 May 2023

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Send us a textAfter "Breakup Breaking News," Sven and Rob talked with Chris about her experience. 

Lightning Round XXXV

14 May 2023

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Send us a textRelationship issues dominate this recorded edition of Sven's online adventures as he again fields whatever questions his followers ...

Badass Overtime - Christian

11 May 2023

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Send us a textSven takes a few minutes after the show to chat with his guest.

Born Into Shame, and Worse

11 May 2023

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Send us a textSven counsels Christian, born out of wedlock, abandoned by her mother, and raised by an abusive grandmother. Christian feels she suffere...

Lightning Round XXXIV

07 May 2023

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Send us a textSven takes online questions on heavy topics including:How do I stop overthinking?Why do I keep attracting narcissists?Why do I keep proc...

Messages From Narc Mom and Violent Dad

04 May 2023

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Send us a textSven holds a group session with Shannon and Teddy, both with horror stories of abuse from parents, medical providers, and others. Dead o...

Badass Overtime - Shannon and Teddy

04 May 2023

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Send us a textAfter finishing "Messages From Narc Mom and Violent Dad," Sven talked with his two guests. Explicit content.

Lightning Round XXXIII

30 Apr 2023

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Send us a textAll aboard for another chance to hear Sven field questions from his online followers! Feelings are like trains passing through, he expla...

Badass Overtime

27 Apr 2023

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Send us a textGo behind the scenes! After the show, Sven took a few minutes to chat with his guests Ryan and Elodie.

Shattered Dreams, Shattered Life

27 Apr 2023

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Send us a textSven helps two individuals in crisis put the pieces of their lives back together. Drawing on his personal experience, Sven counsels Ryan...

Lightning Round XXXII

23 Apr 2023

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Send us a textTons of great advice on relationships, pain in many different forms, online dating, trusting your gut, and much more. In this recorded s...

I'm Just Dad's ATM

20 Apr 2023

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Send us a textIn this intense counseling session, Sean says, "I don't know who I am." His  parents abandoned him as a child, leaving h...

Lightning Round XXXI

16 Apr 2023

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Send us a textIt's Sven unleashed again, tackling his followers' online questions right as they come at him. Lots of insight about feelings,...

No Voice, No Life

13 Apr 2023

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Send us a textSven helps two women in very different circumstances find their authentic voices. Jess is unhappy and stuck, and feels like "a smal...

Lightning Round XXX

09 Apr 2023

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Send us a textSven takes to three different social media platforms to record this episode featuring the usual array of unpredictable and provocative q...

Just What They Want Me To Be

06 Apr 2023

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Send us a textIf you live your life doing only what others want you to do, what could possibly go wrong?! Sven counsels Beth, who says she's &quo...

Lightning Round XXIX

02 Apr 2023

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Send us a textSven puts everything he's got into answering his online followers' questions in another fast-paced recorded session. Feel the ...

Death Be Not Proud

30 Mar 2023

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Lightning Round XXVIII

26 Mar 2023

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Send us a textRead the energy! The indication of who you are is what energizes you. That's the kind of advice you'll hear in this edition of...

Narcissist! Both Sides Now!

23 Mar 2023

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Send us a textArguably the most gripping of Sven's podcasts. To the same session, he welcomes two strangers: a self-proclaimed narcissist and the...

Lightning Round XVII

19 Mar 2023

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Send us a textSven again takes on his online followers' questions in this Lightning Round. Wondering what good parenting looks like? Feeling comp...

Back From the Abyss

16 Mar 2023

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Send us a textNote: Trigger warning. Meet Rebecca, who has spent most of her life running from a "...dark black void," the result of an alm...

Lightning Round XXVI

12 Mar 2023

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Send us a textSven kicks off Season 3 with a Lightning Round all about releasing the pain. Responding to more than a dozen questions about everything ...

My Mother, My Self

09 Mar 2023

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Send us a textSven counsels a young woman from South Africa who can't seem to break out of a pattern of bad relationships. After allowing that sh...

Lightning Round XXV

05 Mar 2023

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Send us a textIt's Sven's 25th Lightning Round, answering his followers' online questions right as they come at him. Listen for detaile...

Two Unique Challenges

02 Mar 2023

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Send us a textSven works with two women with very different issues, and some striking details. Kimberly found out she was living with a cheater in way...

Lightning Round XXIV

26 Feb 2023

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Send us a textMore of Sven's unrehearsed responses to online followers' questions right as they come in. Listen for tons of insight on journ...

The Kids Are All Right

23 Feb 2023

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Send us a textIn this counseling episode, Sven works with two different clients whose lives are dramatically influenced by their children. Devin faces...

Lightning Round XXIII

19 Feb 2023

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Send us a textTaped the day before Valentine's Day, love is in the air (and often gone with the wind) during this Lightning Round. Sven's su...

Beaten, Not Defeated

16 Feb 2023

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Send us a textIn this dramatic counseling session, Sven works with two individuals who have suffered with emotional and physical abuse in the extreme....

Lightning Round XXII

12 Feb 2023

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Send us a textSven ventures outside into the cold to answer his followers' online questions. Listen for advice on grieving after a breakup, what ...

Oh Brother! A Horror Story

09 Feb 2023

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Send us a textSven counsels a client with a particularly tragic story. Struggling with the will to exist, she recalls a childhood with alcoholic, abus...

Lightning Round XXI

05 Feb 2023

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Send us a textFinding it hard to deal with lost love? Wondering what Sven means when he says "Flush"? Feel like you're living for every...

The Mothers of All Struggles

02 Feb 2023

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Send us a textGenerational trauma in the extreme! Buckle up for Sven's group therapy session with two women whose struggles with their mothers ar...

Lightning Round XX

29 Jan 2023

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Send us a textTrouble setting boundaries? Missing red flags in your relationship? Wondering if you should talk to your partner about your therapy sess...

Knowing When To Leave

26 Jan 2023

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Send us a textIf your spouse gets mad and storms out because you don't want to have sex when they have COVID and you don't, is it time to le...

Lightning Round XIX

22 Jan 2023

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Send us a textFeeling uninspired? What inspires Sven? Feeling the pressure of being the golden child? Or resentful that you're not? When seeking ...

Would Somebody Please Care?

19 Jan 2023

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Send us a textSven counsels two individuals at dramatic inflection points in their work life, each discovering deep connections to their past and new ...

Lightning Round XVIII

15 Jan 2023

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Send us a textThere's a lot of inside information about counseling in this Lightning Round! Listener questions prompt Sven to discuss his philoso...

Unstuck!

12 Jan 2023

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Send us a textJoin Sven as he counsels two clients searching for ways to get unstuck!  Nate is miserable in his job and knows what he wants to do, bu...

Lightning Round XVII

08 Jan 2023

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Send us a textTime to release the pain! In this Lightning Round, listen in as Sven fields online questions, many dealing with flushing out the pain th...

Guy Problems

05 Jan 2023

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Send us a textSven counsels two men with some common problems that hit hard when it happens to you.  Daniel's core beliefs and fear of failure g...

Lightning Round XVI

01 Jan 2023

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Send us a textThe new year of Sven's Lightning Rounds gets off to a fast start with many questions centered around the concept of core beliefs: W...

I Want To Know What Love Is

29 Dec 2022

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Send us a textIn this deep and emotional episode, Sven counsels a client whose parents knowingly pushed them into an ongoing situation with a sexual p...

Lightning Round XV

25 Dec 2022

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Send us a textTime to join Sven again for all the answers to questions his online followers throw at him. If you've been wondering...What to do w...

Careful What You Wish For!

22 Dec 2022

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Send us a textSven’s client wants a good relationship with her father. But listen as she says, “Blow my mind!” when she begins to understand the...

Lightning Round XIV

18 Dec 2022

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Send us a textJoin Sven for another recorded online session as he fields rapid-fire questions from his followers on an amazing variety of subjects, in...

Oy! To The World

15 Dec 2022

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Send us a textHoliday season got you down? Sven has deep insight and inspiration for you! His first guest can’t remember much of her childhood but r...

Lightning Round XIII

11 Dec 2022

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Send us a textSven again takes to the Internet to field a steady flow of questions coming in from his followers. This time, Sven gets into some of his...

When Your Own Feelings Don't Matter

08 Dec 2022

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Send us a textSven’s counseling session builds to a dramatic climax when his client realizes her parents never allowed her to express her own feelin...

Lightning Round XII

04 Dec 2022

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Send us a textListeners have questions, Sven has answers. Deep answers! In this collection of Sven's followers' challenging issues:My mom do...

Echoes of Parental Abuse

01 Dec 2022

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Send us a textThe continuing effects of parental abuse create an intolerable life for Bella, who asks for Sven’s help to find true healing for her a...

Lightning Round XI

27 Nov 2022

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Send us a textTons of great advice from Sven in this Lightning Round! Fears of an age gap in your relationship? Dealing with abuse resulting from your...

Ch-Ch-Changes! Cheating, Children, Church...and Choices.

24 Nov 2022

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Send us a textWhen you’re raising 4 kids and discover that you’re married to a serial cheater, then what? And when you confront your husband and h...

Lightning Round X

20 Nov 2022

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Send us a textSven fields more of his followers’ rapid-fire questions on a variety of tough topics. I’m living in my car and stuck in the past. H...

Generational Trauma: Sins of the Fathers

17 Nov 2022

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Send us a textWhen your inheritance is abuse and neglect, the lasting effects of trauma run deep from generation to generation. Listen in as Sven coun...

Lightning Round IX

13 Nov 2022

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Send us a textMore deep answers to questions from listeners! Sven illustrates his response about dealing with "takers" with the story of Ec...

I'm Stuck! Sven, Please Kick My Ass!

10 Nov 2022

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Send us a textCome inside Sven’s counseling sessions with two clients who can’t seem to change their lives the way they want. James is separated b...

Lightning Round VIII

06 Nov 2022

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Send us a textHow to navigate dating sites? Sven draws on his own personal experience in graphic detail. Other topics from followers include convincin...

Break Up to Make Up?

03 Nov 2022

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Send us a textSven quickly untangles a complicated web of breakups, make-ups, changing partners, children, and serial cheating to help his guest disco...

Lightning Round VII

30 Oct 2022

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Send us a textThe best of Sven's online followers' questions and comments recorded from a live online session. "My husband says my feel...

The Pain of Shared Parenting

27 Oct 2022

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Send us a textSven counsels a woman who comes to a startling revelation about the roots of her difficulties in dealing with the biological father of h...