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...
Family (Un)Ties
Sven counsels two women with different horror stories of their families. Clio wants to feel love from the niece that she raised but mostly ignores her. Della received the message that she was worthless, from her abusive brother and the parents who allowed it. Sven finds the parallels in their histories, points out both their responsibility and their innocence, and helps them on their way. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Divorce, Detachment, and More
Have questions about micro-cheating, multiple traumas at once, or lost sobriety? Those are just some of the issues brought up by Sven's online followers as he again went live online to answer anything that might come up. It's always spontaneous and uncensored. Listen in! Explicit content.
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Getting The Anger Out
Sven counsels two different men with plenty to be angry about, and who seek paths to a brighter life. Kenny can't decide what to do after his wife cheated, and Skin wants to stop hating the world and get help before, as he says, he ruins his life. Can these guys conquer their justifiable rage... and stop blaming themselves? Listen in and find out. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Guilt Trips, Cheating, and More
Sven opens up Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram Live to take questions on all aspects of relationships and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Two Kids Unprotected, Continued
Sven continues his session with Skip and Everett, recapping what was discovered in their previous meeting. As Sven synthesizes how their experiences have shaped their lives and their feelings, the two men find hopeful new directions. Listen as Skip and Everett also learn from each other and provide even more support, as two strangers become friends. Explicit content.
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Q&A: The Right Way To Help Kids, and More
Right as they're written in live on social media, Sven takes questions and provides badass wisdom and guidance to his many followers. Please listen in to this recorded session! Explicit content.
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Two Kids, Unprotected
Sven counsels two different men, Skip and Everett, who feel heartbroken, worthless, and worse. Everett fears he may be causing his children to feel the same way. Skip, molested at a very young age, has felt suicidal but is determined to embrace a new sense of renewal. Both men believe Sven can help, and he goes to work. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Once a Cheater... And More
Listen in as Sven takes all kinds of life questions live from several online platforms at once. Working without a net, Sven responds with insight, empathy, and wit. Explicit content.
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Survival Against All Odds
It's hard to imagine a worse start in life than the one experienced by Akari. Born to a drug abuser and her drug dealer husband, Akari suffered horrible, unimaginable abuse at the hands of her mother, father, and stepfather. Desperate and unable to find relief from therapists, she turns to Sven in hopes of discovering a way out of her darkness. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Real Needs vs. Insecurity, and More
Join us for another Lightning Round session, with Sven fielding online questions on cheating, trust, betrayal, therapy, coaching, grief, shame, and much more. Explicit content.
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The Many Sides of Cheating
Delon struggles with pain and lack of trust in her marriage due to her history: Her first husband repeatedly cheated on her, and her present husband cheated on his ex-wife - with Delon. Living in fear of betrayal, she turns to Sven for insight and guidance. Explicit content.
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Q&A: On Parents, Friends and Lovers
This time, Sven goes live on 4 social media platforms at once, and fields a wide variety of unpredictable, intriguing questions. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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You Gotta Have Heart
Terrance finds himself mired in chaos, no small part being caused by his young wife's heart transplant. Married for 17 years, their relationship is strained due to what Terrance calls a lack of emotional control and echoes of his heartless childhood home. Who had the colder heart, his stepfather or his mother? As Sven encourages Terrance to face this and other difficult questions, the results are impactful. Come on in, and experience Terrance's success and relief. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Defending Yourself, Empathy, and More
Sven takes on a variety of intriguing life questions from his followers as he goes live on 3 social media platforms at once. Listen in for enlightening answers and tons of guidance to soothe the soul. Explicit content.
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Pain To The Power Of 2
Sven counsels two women who have serious questions about their place in life. Faith feels like she's never been chosen - in childhood and in her abusive marriage. She isn't sure whether to stay or go. Bonnie struggles with her identity beyond being a parent, as she continues to deal with a painful history. The two women are helped and guided by Sven - and each other. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Breakups, Blocking, Approval, and More
Once again Sven opens up Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube Live for listener questions. The recorded results are right here, with tons of insight, guidance, and always, a touch of humor. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Bullied But Powerless No More
Blaine wants more than anything to be a father, but he and his wife have struggled with infertility for years. He feels his life has been one disappointment after another, starting with the knowledge that he was supposed to be aborted. Through Blaine's confusion, Sven helps him to find himself, and some real hope. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Trauma Bonds, Being Alone, and More
No, we don't know what questions will be coming in, and yes, Sven answers all the questions right as they come from Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Please listen in to the recorded results of this Lightning Round! Explicit content.
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When The Cheater Blames You
Anya is angry and bitter about her divorce, which occurred after she discovered her husband had been cheating for years. He blames her for his actions, which affect their 3 children as well. All the pain inflicted by someone who chooses to cheat comes into sharp focus as Anya comes to understand there is never any justification for cheating. Sven points the way to truth and, in Anya's own words, empowerment. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Self-Sabotage, Narc Parents, and More
More questions and answers as Sven takes on all topics of love, life, and authenticity. Listen in for insight and advice! Explicit content.
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But Mom Had It Rough
Sven counsels Sunny, who at 52 feels like an emotionless, chaotic disaster. She's quick to take care of others but doesn't know why she has no relationship with her neglectful mother who "...never had it easy." And why does she keep defending her? Sven goes to work as Sunny begins to understand the truth that sets her free. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Givers & Takers, and More
Sven is in top form as he fields questions in real time as they come in from his followers on social media. Looking for the right way to end a relationship? Challenges with parents, whether dead, alive, or ill? Wondering about dating as a single parent? Listen in for advice on all these issues, and much more. Explicit content.
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Broken Is Not Forever
Mila comes to Sven seeking peace and forgiveness. When she discovered that her husband was molesting her daughter, she immediately left him. But now with mixed feelings of love and hate, and wondering about the effects on all her children, she's not sure how to go on. Sven carefully and forcefully works Mila through her feelings, and brings the path to healing. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Breakups, Boundaries, and More
It's Sven again on social media live, taking provocative questions from his followers. Please listen in to this recorded session! Explicit content.
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Not Guilty!
It would be hard to find a darker description of one's life than that provided by Cricket, a widower who Sven counsels with compassion and good humor. Although Cricket's wife died decades ago, his guilt remains that he was somehow responsible - which he wasn't. Listen in to this uplifting counseling session! Explicit content.
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Q&A: Love, Poetry, and More
Sven takes to social media again to field unpredictable questions from his followers. This time: Does love exist like in songs? Why do people bully? How can I help my son? What if my partner says they just want to be friends? And many more issues of life and love. Explicit content.
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I Am Not Worthless!
Axel has done a lot of work to heal from a terribly abusive childhood, but still struggles with self-confidence and the effect of his trauma on his children. Why does he still feel worthless? Lynette also joins the show, describing a disheartening lack of parental support from childhood through graduate school. Now totally dissatisfied with her life and feeling worthless, she also turns to Sven for the motivation to get things turned around. Listen in as Alex and Lynette hear the parallels in their experiences and, with Sven's help, find ways to help each other. Explicit content.
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Q&A: I Won't Grow Up! and More
Sven's online followers keep hurling fastball questions, and Sven knocks 'em out of the park. Unpredictable topics, insightful answers. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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When Your Wife Takes Her Life
In this difficult counseling session, Sven works with Tucker, who lost his wife to suicide a few years ago. Dealing with this crushing loss for himself and his children, and the effects on his new marriage, Tucker finds comfort in Sven's insight and guidance. Explicit content.
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Q&A: When "Just Joking" Hurts, and More
Listeners ofter ask if Sven knows the questions in advance, and the answer is "No!" We never know what to expect, and Sven is always on the ready to provide compassion, insight, and healing. Listen in! Explicit content,
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Only Mom Has The Key
...and Dad didn't protect Claudio, who feels he was robbed of joy and safety in childhood because of his mom. At 37, he still can't get her voice out of his head, and it's filled with ridicule and rejection. But she has the key to his happiness if she would just atone! Which she never will. And where was dad in all of this? Sven goes to work to help Claudio let go and move on. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Single Parents, Cheater's "Friends," and More
Listen in for advice on a wide variety of intriguing topics including: dating extreme takers, boundaries, being vulnerable, helping your troubled kids, awareness of optics, and much more. Explicit content.
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Frozen Anger, Unleashed
Brittany's life of hell has left her in a mess. She feels lost, stuck, paralyzed, and fears making the wrong decisions. An unhappy 35-year marriage and a miserable childhood have left her with no joy and no hope. Sven goes to work to unleash her emotions, with uplifting results. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Mourning & Maintaining Relationships, and More
Always ready with an insightful answer to unpredictable questions, Sven takes on a new batch of the issues and life challenges of his online followers. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Six Seven At Age 6 & 7
Bernie remembers hating herself as early as age 6 or 7. She survived a violent childhood and abusive marriage, only to turn to her parents after her divorce for help with her 2-year-old daughter. When that situation turned horribly worse, she became determined to make it on her own. Now sober for 5 years, she seeks healing from Sven to ensure she doesn't pass her pain down to her daughter. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Faith, Fear, Flushing
You've got questions, Sven's got answers. More interesting topics and insightful responses in this Lightning Round. Please listen in! Explicit content.
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Father, Figure
Sven counsels Kaden, who is having trouble adjusting to being a new father at age 22. At the same time, he questions if he should even stay in his marriage. Kaden feels disconnected from everyone, and wonders if he should just run away. Confronting the question of what makes a good father, Kaden gets good insight and guidance from Sven. Explicit content.
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Q&A: My 8-Year-Old Won't Listen, and More
As listeners throw hardball (and softball) questions at Sven, he's at the ready to knock them out of the park. For insight and understanding into a wide variety of complicated personal issues, please listen in. Explicit content.
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Protection Introspection
Sven counsels Poppy, who has experienced severely abusive relationships. She has sought protection all her life with little success, and now discovers she is protecting those who have hurt her. Her mother has recently passed, and now her father ignores her in front of her son. Wondering if she herself is the problem, she turns to Sven for guidance. And gets it. Explicit content.
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Q&A: Healing, Finding "Me," and More
More unpredictable questions for Sven as he goes live on social media to provide insight and guidance on all matters of life and love. Explicit content.
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