Send us a text In this emotional and hard-hitting counseling episode, Sven works with a woman and a non-binary, Doc and Wendy. Both suffer with emotional pain, and Wendy has the added challenge of chronic physical pain. Doc feels guilt for the way she ended her marriage, and fears the effect on her kids. Wendy feels devastated by her physical challenges and justifiable feelings of anger due to abandonment and ridicule by her parents. Sven admits it's not easy to see a way out, but shows them the...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 12Ep. 1
Send us a text Topics in this Lightning Round include: Growing up with parents who didn't want you, narcs who make you mad and then laugh about it, the definition of heaven, the real nature of grief, and much more. Sven never knows what questions will come up, but he's always ready to respond with empathy, wisdom, and a smile! Please listen in. Explicit content.
Apr 13, 2025•50 min•Season 11Ep. 26
Send us a text Annabelle is trying to work through the pain of family abandonment while mothering a toddler daughter. She feels she's blocked from going deep enough to make progress, feeling shame. Sven guides her to fully confront the horrifying origins of her shame, and helps her understand why her parents can't face her. Explicit content.
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 11Ep. 25
Send us a text Sven gets into it again as he takes on rapid-fire questions on a variety of unpredictable, provocative topics. Please listen in to this Lightning Round! Explicit content.
Apr 06, 2025•54 min•Season 11Ep. 24
Send us a text Sven counsels Janis and Rick, two people with very different but equally tragic stories. Janis was betrayed by her mother and made to feel like a monster. She still struggles with those feelings. Rick says he feels defective and a basket case because of his recent breakup and extremely troubled history. It's a challenge to get to the roots of their problems, but Sven finds some common threads and shows them that hope can prevail. Explicit content....
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 11Ep. 23
Send us a text After the show, Sven chats with Rick and Janis about their experience. Explicit content.
Apr 03, 2025•8 min•Season 11Ep. 23
Send us a text In this latest recorded session featuring Sven taking questions live on social media, topics include reconnecting with kids, getting mom's voice out of your head, dealing with the aftermath of doing your healing work, and much more. Please listen in to this Lightning Round! Explicit content.
Mar 30, 2025•46 min•Season 11Ep. 22
Send us a text Kenny has been unhappy in his 6-year relationship for the past year. He imagined a better life without his partner and has actually separated but worries about the effect on his kids. Marin is studying to be a counselor but is concerned how her relationship with God seems to be in conflict with the science of psychology. Above all, both are concerned about how others will perceive them. Sven counsels them to embrace their authenticity, and confront the truth about who took away th...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 11Ep. 21
Send us a text After the show, Sven checks in with Marin and Kenny to get their reactions and see how they're doing.
Mar 27, 2025•11 min•Season 11Ep. 21
Send us a text Sven tackles more intriguing questions from his followers in this Lightning Round. Topics include people pleasing, kids living with exes, inviting family to your wedding, dating while healing, leaving a marriage after age 70, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 11Ep. 20
Send us a text Steig has cut off his mother and brother after an abusive childhood in which his father left before he was 3. Something is holding him back from healing, and Sven guides him to confront the answer in some ugly truths about his brother. Explicit content.
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 19
Send us a text Topics in this recorded Lightning Round include: Alone at 24 and fear of dating, compassion for our own unhealed parenting, exes ruining your life with your kids, broken trust, AA sponsorship, addiction, and much more. Listen in as Sven takes questions as they come in from TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. Explicit content.
Mar 16, 2025•57 min•Season 11Ep. 18
Send us a text Charo blames herself for her husband's suicide. She feels like she made him do it. But Sven counsels her to look at the truth of his drug addiction and abuse, and guides her toward a new understanding of her parents' influence on her feelings, and how to pass along the right impression to her own children. Explicit content.
Mar 13, 2025•57 min•Season 11Ep. 17
Send us a text Sven has a heart-to-heart discussion with Charo after the show. Explicit content.
Mar 13, 2025•9 min•Season 11Ep. 17
Send us a text Nothing gets Sven going like rapid-fire questions coming at him from 3 social media platforms at once. In this episode he responds to issues including emotional intelligence, narcs at work, the need (or lack of need) for forgiveness, low self-esteem, loss of family, and much more. Please listen in to this provocative lightning round! Explicit content.
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 11Ep. 16
Send us a text Cheating causes your partner incalculable pain, but in this counseling episode Sven works with Suki, whose pain was multiplied by her husband's decision to become a serial cheater while their young daughter was dying of cancer. Sven helps Suki face the truth of her difficult situation, even as her husband seems willing to change. For another angle on this story, listen to the episode with her husband Jeffrey from December 2023 entitled "Can't Face the Hate." Explicit content....
Mar 06, 2025•53 min•Season 11Ep. 15
Send us a text More unpredictable questions taken live by Sven and recorded for another Lightning Round episode. Topics include: Dealing with paralysis, worrying about screwing your kids up, what if I'm the narc, domestic abuse, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
Mar 02, 2025•57 min•Season 11Ep. 14
Send us a text Here's the other side of Cass' story, last week's "Robbed of Normal." Meet Kitty, Cass' wife, who can't get past Cass' drinking and stealing, and wonders if she can stay in the marriage. Childhood trauma figures in, and Sven guides Kitty to confront her honest feelings and the truth about her life...and her marriage. Explicit content.
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 11Ep. 13
Send us a text In this Lightning Round, Sven takes questions and comments on topics including sexual trauma, love bombing, a partner's bad behavior, how to tell the kids about divorce, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 11Ep. 12
Send us a text Cass is in serious pain. She wants to save herself and her marriage to Kitty (who Sven counsels in next week's show). Cass knows she must confront her troubled past but hasn't been able to face the whole truth. Fears of abandonment and golden child issues pay a big part. Join Sven and Cass in this inspiring healing journey. Explicit content.
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 11
Send us a text Sven's ready to go for another Lightning Round, taking questions on topics of life and love, hope and despair, marriage and divorce, and so much more. Please listen in as he applies his wit and wisdom to listeners' questions. Explicit content.
Feb 16, 2025•49 min•Season 11Ep. 10
Send us a text Feeling betrayed by her mother for forcing her to have an abortion at age 17, Kiki still feels the pain and anger 25 years later. She's hoping for an apology that will never come. Kiki believes she's hurting her own family and wants to just disappear. Epiphanies and hope await, as Sven goes to work identifying the root of her problem, and the way out. Explicit content.
Feb 13, 2025•56 min•Season 11Ep. 9
Send us a text Sven goes it alone for most of this Lightning Round, as Rob and KC get called away. No worries! He takes on topics including: How to recover post-narc divorce; How to stop feeling guilty after breaking up with a narc; How to build trust in a relationship if you've been hurt before; How to deal with anxious attachment; and many more how-to's in some of the most challenging questions of life. Please listen in! Explicit content....
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 11Ep. 8
Send us a text Della, in her mid-20s, can't figure out what to do with her life. She feels she has to live up to her own rigid expectations that began as early as age 6. What is the source of her fears and the pressure she feels? Sven works closely with Della to get to the root of her problems so she can confidently get on with what she really loves about life. Explicit content.
Feb 06, 2025•54 min•Season 11Ep. 7
Send us a text After the show with Della, Sven chats further with her about her feelings. Explicit content.
Feb 06, 2025•6 min•Season 11Ep. 7
Send us a text The questions are really flying at Sven in this latest Lightning Round. Listen in to this recorded session as Sven goes live on multiple social media platforms and handles topics and questions including: How can I let go of a friend who is using me? My mother is stealing from me and my kids, what can I do? Do you have to be completely healed before you start a new relationship? And much more. Explicit content....
Feb 02, 2025•53 min•Season 11Ep. 6
Send us a text Bennett is an exhausted single mother who has given in to self-sabotage. She has serious concerns about her children, 16 and 21. Sven helps her discover what feels right in her life, and what was causing her to doubt herself. Bennett admits she never felt wanted by her mother, who had her at age 15 and is now financially secure. Bennett thinks the key to her healing is getting the money from her mother - or is it the love that was always missing? And can she heal without it? Expli...
Jan 30, 2025•54 min•Season 11Ep. 5
Send us a text After the show, Sven chats with Bennett about her experience. Explicit Content.
Jan 30, 2025•6 min•Season 11Ep. 5
Send us a text Listen in as Sven fields questions from his social media followers. Chances are, your own questions will be addressed in this intriguing Lightning Round. Explicit content.
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 11Ep. 4
Send us a text As a child, Becker never got enough attention from his father and now has serious anger issues that he fears will harm his relationship with his children. He says he's always hated himself. Sven uncovers the painful truth about the roots of Becker's feelings, and guides him to a whole new approach to life. Explicit content.
Jan 23, 2025•57 min•Season 11Ep. 3
