1350: Survived the Service, But Mom Makes Him Nervous | Feedback Friday
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How do you handle a stepson who quit his job and struggles with depression?
Welcome to Feedback Friday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with Feedback Friday producer, the four-wheel drive crossover SUV, helping me tow this jackknifed car of your heaviest conundra up this perilous emotional mountain, Gabriel Mizrahi. On the Jordan Harbinger Show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you. Our mission is to help you become a better informed, more critical thinker. During the week, we have long-form conversations with a variety of amazing folks. Astronauts, neuroscientists, mafia enforcers. This week, we had none of those.
We had Valerie Friedland. She's great, too.
What should you do when a family member is excluded from an inheritance?
Talk Funny, the real story behind our accents. Actually, I really love this conversation with her. She's awesome. As you can guess, we talked about why we have accents, what our accents say about us, what data they contain about our social background, level of education, where we come from, all that. Really interesting conversation, so much so that I'm having her back on the show really soon. We also did a Skeptical Sunday last Sunday on medical tourism. On Fridays, though, we take listener letters, offer advice, play obnoxious soundbites, and generally meddle in your lives like a couple of chocolate bar-wielding lideos. Gabe, you're not in Chile anymore.
I'm back in L.A., back in my mom's guest room, as you can see, as the prophecy foretold. As the prophecy foretold, yeah.
How can you cope with the stress of a management position?
This background is very different from your last one. I'm seeing moody lighting. There's a window with very tassel-y curtains. I'm seeing vintage bronze statuettes. I'm having flashbacks to our fateful night at Robbins 15 years ago.
Seriously, shout out to Robin for letting her grown-ass son crash with her every few months like some kind of weird sitcom that they refused to cancel.
Yeah, well, honestly, shout out to Robin for so many things, like giving birth to you, for example.
Oh, what an unexpectedly touching thing for you to say at the top of the show. Yeah. And also by the time this episode comes out, she'll be recuperating from a little surgery she had to have.
What are the implications of cutting off a toxic parent?
So shout out to Robin for handling all of that like a champ. It has not been fun for her. I really feel for her. I love you, mom. I'm glad you're doing well.
I am actually sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing well, Robin. So I have so many fun memories of your mom. I won't even get into that here. I think we talked a lot.
How do you navigate the complexities of family dynamics after trauma?
We talked about some of those nights before as well. So get that came out weird. I had many great nights with your mother.
Yeah.
Gabe, your stories are going to be significantly more boring for the next month or so, eh? Just sitting around in L.A.?
I think they might be. My stories might tend toward the domestic for a few weeks.
Yeah, you're going to go from, I almost died in a car accident in Chile to, oh, my mom blocked in my car in the garage this morning.
I got a parking ticket in Beverly Hills.
What steps can you take to support a family member in crisis?
You know, sometimes that is more stressful, depending on if you're trying to get to yoga on time. So I can find the drama anywhere, really.
Welcome home, home.
Not sure where that is. Honestly, it has been lovely to be here. I love traveling, and I also love coming back here. I get to hang with my family. I get to see my new nephew, who is awesome, by the way. Amazing kid. I get to go to Hot 8.
How do you manage feelings of guilt when setting boundaries with family?
Not have to worry about whether, you know, to take out additional insurance on a rental car. All of that. There are upsides to coming back.
For sure. You always need that place to come back to. And that hot yoga abroad, man, just doesn't hit the same, does it? When it's in a year.
It's warm yoga at best. I mean, I'll take what I can get, but it is not the same.
I wonder why they don't crank it up.
What insights can be gained from therapy and self-reflection?
Yeah, maybe because they use Celsius.
I don't know.
It could also be the fact that it's in a tent outside in a favela.
That wasn't what happened in Brazil, but you're thinking of the place in Portugal. Yes. I know what you're thinking of.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How do you handle a stepson who quit his job and struggles with depression?
0:03–0:41
2
What should you do when a family member is excluded from an inheritance?
0:41–1:22
3
How can you cope with the stress of a management position?
1:22–1:56
4
What are the implications of cutting off a toxic parent?
1:56–2:10
5
How do you navigate the complexities of family dynamics after trauma?
2:10–2:37
6
What steps can you take to support a family member in crisis?
2:37–2:58
7
How do you manage feelings of guilt when setting boundaries with family?
2:58–3:17
8
What insights can be gained from therapy and self-reflection?
3:17–1:27:02
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