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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’ where he takes questions LIVE on three social media platforms, all at one time, rapid-fire. With coarse language and a no-nonsense approach, Sven attacks life’s toughest issues — from massive trauma to cheating, suicide to self-worth, career loss to parenting — always challenging guests to dive deep and emerge transformed.

Ranked in the Top 10 for Mental Health/Fitness podcasts, tune in for new counseling sessions every Thursday and hear Sven respond to followers’ questions every Sunday. (Content may be explicit.)

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Latest Episodes:

I'm Just Dad's ATM Apr 20, 2023

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In this intense counseling session, Sean says, "I don't know who I am." His parents abandoned him as a child, leaving him feeling worthless and unwanted. And now, his father is back needing a loan to pay his property tax. Sean helps him out -- only to find himself locked out of the house. Still looking for love, acceptance, and an apology from his father, Sean learns from Sven to look inside instead. Sean discovers what he really needs, and doesn't need, to feel alive. Explicit content.

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Lightning Round XXXI Apr 16, 2023

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It's Sven unleashed again, tackling his followers' online questions right as they come at him. Lots of insight about feelings, and how they influence all our actions. Feelings about cheating and its aftermath, feelings of being addicted to depression, feelings about finding it hard to stay away from a narcissist in a past relationship...it's all here, and more. Spring into Lightning Round XXXI! Explicit content.

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No Voice, No Life Apr 13, 2023

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Sven helps two women in very different circumstances find their authentic voices. Jess is unhappy and stuck, and feels like "a small human." Sven connects this feeling to her childhood, living in constant fear of an explosive father. Faith feels she can't help her 23-year-old son in a classic "failure to launch" situation. A drill sergeant step father figures in, as Sven points out that the son's voice was stolen from him. Did Faith have a similar experience herself and pass it on? Join Sven in session for some interesting truths that may well resonate with you. Explicit content.

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Lightning Round XXX Apr 09, 2023

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Sven takes to three different social media platforms to record this episode featuring the usual array of unpredictable and provocative questions. For example: How do I trust my intuition after I spent 28 years with a narcissist and didn't know it? Hear great insight and advice on topics like getting your children, or your spouse, or your toxic family to open up when they don't want to. Wondering how to get over someone or something? Should you leave a marriage when there are small children involved? Join us for Sven's 30th Lightning Round! Explicit content.

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Just What They Want Me To Be Apr 06, 2023

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If you live your life doing only what others want you to do, what could possibly go wrong?! Sven counsels Beth, who says she's "...such a mess and I feel like a worthless human." With all her needed parental attention lost to her sister, Beth has filled the void with an abusive failed marriage, and cheating into a relationship that she says has destroyed her inside. Sven provides a roadmap to clarity and an authentic life. Through her laughter and tears, experience Beth's shock of revelation, and hope. Explicit content.

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Lightning Round XXIX Apr 02, 2023

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Sven puts everything he's got into answering his online followers' questions in another fast-paced recorded session. Feel the need to heal your parenting? Heal thoughts about your past? Heal your relationship with a sibling (or not)? Or maybe you're in a 3-person relationship; you're part of this show too. Buckle up and join us for Sven's no-nonsense insight and advice right here in Lightning Round XXIX. Explicit content.

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Death Be Not Proud Mar 30, 2023

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http://988lifeline.org for a 24/7 free and confidential suicide and crisis lifeline.
http://thehotline.org for The National Domestic Violence Hotline.
The threat of suicide links Sven's two guests in this dramatic episode. Kim feels she has lost just about everything--including the child she raised--and finds that others are dismissive of her cries for help. Lisa's brother has bullied her throughout her life, but their parents have supported him because they fear his suicide. Sven poses the question: Who's more at fault, one who abuses, or one who lets it happen? Experience the revelations and the hopefulness as Sven guides his guests through facing their heartbreaking traumas in this ultimately uplifting episode. Explicit content.

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Lightning Round XXVIII Mar 26, 2023

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Read the energy! The indication of who you are is what energizes you. That's the kind of advice you'll hear in this edition of Sven's lightning rounds, a recorded session in which he fields online questions from his followers. Expect unpredictable questions and Sven's predictably insightful and passionate answers. Extreme giver? Extreme taker? Your partner doesn't listen? There's something for everyone right here in Lightning Round XXVIII. Explicit content.

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Narcissist! Both Sides Now! Mar 23, 2023

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Arguably the most gripping of Sven's podcasts. To the same session, he welcomes two strangers: a self-proclaimed narcissist and the victim of a brutal life at the hands of one. In harrowing detail hear how their earliest experiences led them to untold misery, then greater understanding. Sven works hard with both guests - Dustin, a narcissist who was shocked into self-realization and is now determined to salvage his life, his marriage, and his relationship with his son. Then experience the moment when Dustin breaks down and apologizes to Amanda, the victim of the same kind of cruel behavior he's determined to change. Trigger warning, and explicit content.

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Lightning Round XVII Mar 19, 2023

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Sven again takes on his online followers' questions in this Lightning Round. Wondering what good parenting looks like? Feeling competition with your ex to find new love? What does it mean to follow your energy? Dealing with the silent treatment? Not sure if you should get a cat? You've come to the right place for all this, and much more. Come on in! Explicit content.

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