Dr. Laura's Deep Dive Podcast
After five decades of preaching, teaching, and nagging, Dr. Laura has added a new approach to her mission to get people to Do the Right Thing. Taking an even deeper plunge, each weekly episode focuses on just one topic, giving her time to share an analysis of a problem and give advice on how to get out of messy situations. Listen weekly, and you too can avoid common friendship, dating, marriage, and parenting pitfalls altogether! Looking for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA >>> Dr. Laura Schlessinger's daily radio program is heard exclusively on SiriusXM Triumph 111. Visit DrLaura.com to become a Family member!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 126
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
How To Be A Good Parent After A Bad Childhood
Can you go on to be a good parent if you had a really terrible childhood? The answer is, yes. People who've had horrible childhood experiences can become good parents, although the stats aren't great…
Putting Your Family First
One of the biggest problems I've run across in recent years of taking calls on the Dr. Laura Program is of adult, married, (mostly) women who allow themselves to be emotionally drained by their deman…
How Infidelity Damages Kids
Today’s Deep Dive is inspired by a special hour of the Dr. Laura program when I invited adult children to call in and talk about how their parents’ infidelity affected their family and their lives.
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Why Do Men Cheat?
Why would a man risk losing his wife and his kids by having an affair? I devoted a whole hour of the Dr. Laura program talking to women who stayed with their husbands after discovering they had been …
Staying Married After Infidelity
When a couple with young kids comes to me for help after an infidelity, I’m going to ask if it was a one-time thing or a pattern of behavior. It's also important to know HOW the affair ended. Did the…
Stress Less
I read an article recently that said the global wellness business has become a six trillion-dollar industry. From weighted blankets to mindful menopause retreats, there are endless products, services…
Are Your Kids Calling the Shots?
Do you believe you’re failing as a parent? Does it feel like you’ve lost control and your kids are using tantrums, tears and other strategies to run the show? The first thing you need to understand i…
Is It Time to Excommunicate Your Mother-In-Law?
When I would travel the country for book signings, one of the most special combinations of people to arrive at my table would be mothers and daughters-in-law. It’s always so touching when two of the …
Being There For a Dying Loved One
I’ve done a number of Deep Dives on the importance of affection, sensuality and sex in marriage. But it’s my most recent effort that may make the biggest impact on my listeners yet. It started with m…
Love In Action - Sex Through Decades of Marriage
I’ve done a number of Deep Dives on the importance of affection, sensuality and sex in marriage. But it’s my most recent effort that may make the biggest impact on my listeners yet. It started with m…
Accept Your Spouse’s Limitations
One of my favorite t-shirts in the Merch Store at DrLaura.com reads, “You Picked Him. Stop Picking on Him!” It’s something I say to callers a lot. Mostly to women who tell me that they can just no lo…
Why Have Them If You Won’t Raise Them?
How would your baby rate your job performance if she could? Of all the things we can give our children, attention is what they most need and want. Children deserve to be put first. They are not suppo…
The Father Factor - The Importance of Dads in Children’s Lives
It takes a man to turn a boy into a man. And a dad to show his daughter what she should be looking for in a future husband. That’s why I’m constantly nagging you to choose wisely before getting marri…
Most Divorce is Unnecessary
When you see a cute old couple who looks like they’ve been married 120 years, wrinkled, hunched over, walking down the street holding hands, you may be tempted to think they had some kind of special …
Dr. Laura LIVE at SiriusXM Los Angeles Studios
Have you come to one of my live stage performances? I’ve done many over the years, but the ones at the SiriusXM studios in Los Angeles have been among the most special. The theater is tiny, which mea…
The Benefits of a “Between Now and Dead” Mindset
Any given day on my SiriusXM radio program, you’re likely to hear me ask a caller, “Is this how you want your life to go ‘between now and dead?’” It’s probably my favorite “Dr. Laura-ism” because it …
Sexual Healing
I want to talk to you about sex therapy, and the first thing I want to say is, don't wait until you have an actual sexual problem in your relationship before you seek sex therapy.
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Understanding Sibling Rivalry
Ahhh, human beings – we are hardwired to compete. Throughout all of history we’ve competed for love, power, territory. So sibling rivalry makes sense, when you think about it. Remember Cain and Abel?…
Overcoming Workplace Woes
Most of us have experienced annoying work situations at some point in our careers, be it body odor, busy-bodies, bitchy behavior or catty, complaining, critical co-workers. There’s no limit to the ty…
In Good Times and In Bad
What do the vows, “in good times and in bad” mean to you? Would you adhere to them in any situation? I brought this up on my SiriusXM radio program and invited callers to share their thoughts...
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