The Badass Counseling Show
Sven Erlandson, MDiv., Keynote Speaker, 64-week Top10 best-selling author (8 books), Social Media Creator with 3M+ followers (aka "Badass Counseling").Founder of Badass Counseling, NYC, he is single-handedly rewriting an entire industry with his "healing shouldn't take a long time," raw and aggressive approach to transformation. He has counseled Special Forces to Hollywood insiders, homeless to Wall Street CEOs, and people in the trades to everyday folks just trying to get by. Always real, always raw, always kind. Former pastor, military, and NCAA Head Coach for Strength.His 2x/week podcasts feature no-BS, LIVE counseling sessions and Q&A 'lightning rounds...
Q&A: Jealousy, Positive Attention, and More
Sven takes to social media live to take unpredictable questions from his followers. Lots of great ideas to consider here, so please listen in! Explicit content.
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Porn, Pictures, Prevarication
Sven counsels LaCroix, whose marriage is in trouble because of his online emotional infidelity. Feeling deceitful, and denigrated by his wife, LaCroix wants to change and seeks guidance from Sven who, as always, has insightful and life-changing answers. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Dating, Authenticity, and More
Can't stop the questions from coming in live to Sven, recorded here for the podcast, as he deals with a variety of topics on all aspects of life and love. Please listen in for great insight and advice. Explicit content.
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Exes, Hexes...and Kids
Sven counsels two different women, Taka and Bonnie. Taka says, "I'm frozen" and is unsure how to handle the 50/50 custody arrangement for her young son. She fears his time with her ex, a controlling and manipulative father. Bonnie is farther along in her healing and has done a lot of work to get past two failed marriages for which she mistakenly blames herself. Yet she emerges as a leader in the session as Sven pulls all the threads of the women's stories and ties them all together. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Exes, Trust, and More
You never know what questions might come up as Sven goes live on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. In this recorded session, topics include missing your ex when you're engaged to someone else, how to trust enough to have a new relationship, and partners who use your journal against you. Tons of good advice here on life and love, so please listen in! Explicit content.
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Living With the Greatest Losses
In this counseling episode, each guest has suffered an enormous loss: one of a parent at a young age, and one of a child. Sal wants to be relieved of the burden of losing his father and having to live with a manipulative mother who refuses to acknowledge the pain she has caused him. Pierce just wants to wake up each day without the crushing weight of being the mother of a murdered son. Very different stories, but Sven - and the two guests - insightfully find healing in the common threads. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Narc Boyfriends, Resentment, Apathy, and More
Sven takes to live social media again, taking questions on all matters of life and love. Easy to find inspiration and guidance here, so please listen in! Explicit content.
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Horses For Courses
...One literally, and one metaphorically. In this counseling episode with two different guests, Zia wants to train horses professionally and has had experience since being a teenager. But her family relentlessly denigrates her and she severely doubts herself, to the point that she spent time in a psychiatric hospital. Katie grew up in chaos, feeling neglected and unsafe. Neither felt loved as a child. Both want to get on to productive, happier lives. Sven goes to work. And the two women help each other, too. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Going Slow in Relationships, and More
Sven takes on all comers live on social media in this illuminating recorded Lightning Round. You've got questions, Sven has answers. Take a listen! Explicit content,
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The King of Rehab
In this special episode, Sven interviews Richard Taite, who overcame decades of addiction and founded two of the most renowned treatment centers in America. Taite describes his journey from abusive childhood to finally becoming sober and now helping thousands of families get their loved ones back. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Anger, Betrayal, and More
More insight and inspiration from Sven as he fields questions live from listeners on social media. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Boyfriend or Grandson: Choose
In this counseling session, Annalisa faces a difficult choice: Her adult son tells her if she doesn't end her relationship with her boyfriend, she will never see her grandson. Sven guides her to understand being controlled, and how to take charge of her own life. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Broken Parents, Religion, and More
Listen in to this recorded session as Sven goes live on social media to tackle unpredictable and challenging questions. Need advice on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Come on in! Explicit content.
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Guilt and Shame x2
In this counseling episode, Sven works with 2 different people who are facing major life changes. Bev takes care of everyone - except herself. She feels unloved and unwanted, and longs to find love. Mostly, though, she needed a mom. Bo Rabbit suffers with a bad marriage to an addict and has separated to work on himself. He's now ready to take action, but what about the kids? And is it all his fault? Explicit content.
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Q&A: Careers, Coercion, Cheating, and More
Looking for relationship advice? Journaling help? Need to manage grief? These are some of the topics in this recorded Lightning Round, with Sven taking questions online from TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook Live. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Imbalance of Love
Boundaries and relationship equality figure in to this impactful counseling episode. Struggling after two abusive marriages, Marcie thinks she would be okay if she became a nun. She feels guilty about leaving the marriages, despite having given much love with little in return. Sven probes for the roots of Marcie's pain and guilt, and provides welcome relief. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Parents vs. Children, and More
In this recorded session, Sven fields live online questions covering many aspects of parents' relationships with their children, and vice-versa. Other issues about exes and the need for acceptance are discussed, too. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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The Protector, Age 2
It's hard to imagine more serious childhood trauma than that experienced by Roddy, a man who's adept at expressing his feelings but fears love, success, and effectively interacting with others. Sven hears his tragic story and goes to work with compassion and deep insight. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Feelings, Healings, Cheatings and More
Sven goes to work on his social media followers' questions once again, with insightful responses on parenting, relationships, personal healing, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Nix Dick Pix!
Edith wonders if she was wrong to take back her husband, who had an affair with a much younger co-worker. (There was photographic evidence.) Divorce? What about the kids? Edith blames herself for her husband's cheating - giving Sven an opening to guide her to clarity and truth. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Relationship Accountability, and More
In another recorded session, Sven takes unpredictable questions live on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Many questions on cheating and other relationship issues, extreme takers, and more, including Sven's deeply empathetic response to a woman who lost her son at 34 weeks. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Extreme Trauma, Extreme Healing
In this international counseling session, meet Sybil, whose agonizing childhood trauma continues to affect her life. She's done a lot of healing work, but still struggles with guilt and regret for not leaving an abusive marriage sooner, and the effect it had on her children. Sven helps Sybil to move forward in peace and new understanding. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Choosing Cheating, Alienation, and More
In another recorded Lightning Round, Sven goes live on social media to entertain whatever issues come his way. Unpredictable questions, insightful answers await. Please listen in. Explicit content.
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How To Change A Narc
Are you an extreme taker and want to change? Maybe you know one. In this counseling episode, Dunlap knows his failing and desperately wants to stop his destructive behavior. He fears losing his devoted wife and blended family. Sven goes to work to help Dunlap change, and the results are impactful. Please listen in to this remarkable counseling session. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Cheaters, Bullies, and More
In another unpredictable recorded session, Sven takes whatever questions his listeners on live social media throw at him. There's always a ton of insight and good advice, so please listen in! Explicit content.
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Never Been Safe
Who's the bigger pig, Mom or Dad? Tally has 100% hate for both, with good reason. She doesn't spare herself, having felt hate for herself as early as age 7. Tally's story includes molestation (abetted by her mother), failed relationships, and a suicidal depression. She's doing the healing work with some success, and turns to Sven for greater progress and deeper understanding. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Infidelity, Grief, Dating, and More
Questions continue to fly in from TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook, and Sven is always at the ready. Need some insightful advice about healing? Please listen in to this Lightning Round. Explicit content.
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Sold Into Pedophilia
In this counseling session, Susu comes to realize that her mother facilitated the abuse she suffered as a child from her stepfather. As an adult, Susu doesn't know who she is and what she wants from life. With the burden of a gut-wrenching backstory, she seeks grace and purpose. Sven probes for the truth and her hidden feelings, and helps Susu face her fears and learn how to move on. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Takers, Forgiveness, Sparks, and More
Lots of back-and-forth with Sven, Rob, and the social media crowd in this recorded Lightning Round. Relationships, forgiveness, healing, mattering, and even nail polish figure in to this session. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Why Did I Stay?
Come in to the counseling room with Sven and Maddie, who after two failed marriages (that never felt good) wonders if she can ever have a relationship with what she calls a "normal man." Made to feel unlovable as a child and now having trouble negotiating adulthood, Maddie turns to Sven for understanding and guidance. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Speaking in Questions, and More
Unpredictable questions get fed to Sven live from social media in this recorded Lightning Round. Lots of insight, lots of supportive thoughts. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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I Just Wanted Love
Here is an inspiring counseling session with Becker, whose anger about his dad leaving when he was 5 has affected his whole life. Now in his 50s and on the verge of divorce, he's doing the healing work that paves the way to a better, lighter life. Sven helps him find his way. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Cheating, Texting, Shame, and More
Sven takes on a variety of topics in this recorded Lightning Round including: How to heal from a miscarriage, how to understand journaling, how to develop self-esteem, what to do when your partner accuses you of cheating, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Finding Your "I"
Ever feel like you're in a constant cycle of neglect and control, with little sense of self? In this counseling episode, Tek feels as if she's lost her authenticity. She fears losing her relationship with her dad as she wrestles with the decision to cut off her abusive mom. Her parents' access to Tek's children figures in. Tek wants to set boundaries but isn't sure how, and her kids feel the stress. Sven goes to work in his direct and insightful way, with enlightening results. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Secrets, Lies, Abandonment, and More
In this Lightning Round, Sven answers questions including: How not to feel abandoned when your kids move away, how best to control anger, why is my bf ghosting me, and what to do when your partner is caught in lies. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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You're the Problem
Ever feel like your worth is based on what you do, not who you are? Listen in as Sven counsels Sammi, who feels invisible in her marriage and doesn't know how to move forward. Made to feel like she was "too much" as a child, she believes she was - and still is - the problem. Sven forcefully yet compassionately leads her out of her self-criticism and on to better days. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Exes, Dating, Trauma, and More
Listen in as Sven takes questions from his followers on social media. Topics include fear of dating, thinking through trauma, getting over your ex, and helping your child to have more empathy. Explicit content.
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Nobody To Depend On
Sven counsels Teliqua, whose life has been a constant struggle, most recently in a contentious divorce that has gone on for 2 years. Her young children are caught in the middle, and she feels she has no one to turn to. Through tears, Teliqua looks to Sven to help her heal and move on with confidence. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Cheaters, Careers, ChatGPT Therapy, and More
Listen in to this recorded session as Sven fields live questions from his followers on social media. Lots of good insight and advice on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Explicit content.
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Divorce Averse
Moshie's wife treats him badly, with constant criticism even in front of the kids. He feels the need to stay in the marriage for the children, but what is the best path for him? Sven dives in and helps Moshie confront the truth. Explicit content.
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