The Badass Counseling Show
Sven Erlandson, TikTok star, best-selling author & founder of BadassCounseling (NYC), is a CEO-whisperer & soul counselor, who kicks your ass, taking you to the dark places of life to finally heal into true ALIVENESS! Listen for new counseling sessions every Thursday, and Sven's responses to his followers' questions every Sunday. Explicit content.
Episodes
Always made to feel the lesser as a child (particularly to her evil twin), Shelby is now divorced from an abusive husband and worries about her young boys' ability to love and be loved. Sven helps Shelby see the through line from her difficult childhood to her marriage and now to her concerns about her children. Illumination for Shelby is at hand with newfound insight and understanding. Explicit content.
In this special episode, Sven talks with Trevor Morris, a client, friend, and the creator of this podcast's theme music. The 2-time Emmy-Award winning composer has now completed a short film, "Butterfly On A Wheel," which he wrote, produced, and directed. Although Trevor is an incredible success by any measure, his personal issues are just as critical as anyone who has appeared on this show. Sven walks ...
Sven is always at the ready to take on unpredictable questions as he opens simultaneous live feeds on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube to create another Lightning Round podcast. Please listen in! Explicit content.
In this episode, Sven counsels Rollo, who was horribly treated by his parents and then, his wife. He has started a new life but is now fearful of being happy with a new partner. Why does Rollo feel his life is cursed - and it's his own fault? Sven helps him find the roots of his feelings, and guides him to a brighter day. Explicit content.
After the show, Sven talks with Rollo about his experience. Explicit content.
Lots of insight and advice from Sven on a variety of topics and questions submitted by his followers during a live session on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Being breadcrumbed? Co-parenting issues? New career? Guilty about taking care of a parent? Listen in for all this and more in this Lightning Round. Explicit content.
Can a narcissist ever change? Find out as we follow Angelo's journey with Sven to discover the origins of his feelings and understand how they affect him in the present day. Beginning with writing the first letter to his father (that he will not send), Angelo confronts his failings, releases his true feelings, and gets on with the difficult business of forging a new life. Please join us for one of our most uplift...
Lots of intriguing questions this time on Sven's counseling method, understanding narcs, boundaries, divorce at older and younger ages, loss of self-esteem, and much more. Come on in! Explicit content.
What a difference from Part 1! No combat was necessary when retired Chief Master Sgt Jeremy Hardy revisits Sven after successful medical treatment. Retirement is an adjustment, and this is an extreme example. Sven and Jeremy explore the interface of being trained for military violence and the effects of childhood abuse that lead to destructive relationships. This is a case of a crushed spirit, reclaimed. Nothing but p...
Sven again takes random questions and provides laser-focused answers. Great insight and advice here, so please listen in! Explicit content.
This counseling episode presents the insider's guide to extreme takers. Learn from Angelo, a self-described narc who wants desperately to change. Horribly abused by his father with no protection from his mother, he now longs to stop being an abuser himself, and possibly save his marriage and relationship with his children. Is his pain great enough for him to change? Sven goes to work to find out. With the session...
Sven takes on followers from TikTok and Facebook Live and answers questions including: What if I don't want to forgive my parents? How can I move past a painful childhood? Should counselors use their own personal history? How do I get over fear of divorcing? And much more. Please listen in to this enlightening Lightning Round! Explicit Content.
It's Sven at his most combative, in service to a highly decorated Special Forces veteran, his friend Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Hardy. The hate and rage resulting from both horrific experiences in war and a horrific childhood have had profound effects on Jeremy's life. In a stunning combination of tough love and deep brotherly compassion, Sven tries to guide Jeremy into facing the truth about the early influen...
More intriguing questions and sharp insights from Sven on topics including: Dealing with extreme takers (narcissists), healing from a relationship with an extreme taker, why extreme takers abandon their kids, achieving closure, how to stop running, and much more. Please listen in! Explicit content.
Two different complex and heartbreaking stories of cheating, abuse and neglect are analyzed my Sven and his two counseling guests, Gwen and Talia. Both women had parents that made them feel unworthy of love, and the effects endure. They begin to unravel the optimistic truth with the help of Sven - and each other. Explicit content.
In this Lightning Round, Sven takes questions such as: Is poor sex a reason for divorce? Advice for a narc that wants to change? Best way to get over insecurity in a relationship? How to trust after a betrayal? And much more. Come on in and listen! Explicit content.
In this double counseling episode, Aldo has been depressed from an early age, suicidal at some points, and he understandably blames the treatment he received from his parents. He fears that his daughter might be filled with the same rage and self-hatred that he feels. Sven also counsels Griffith, who needs to understand why he struggles with finding joy and having a sense of pride, despite a very successful career. Sv...
More great questions from Sven's followers as he goes live on Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. During the taping, listeners can see Sven in the studio, and one of them becomes critical of Sven's shirt. Listen in for his answer to this, and many more serious issues! Explicit content.
Dylan has uncovered memories of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her father, and her pain continues over fear of her children's possible contact with him. Her mother did nothing to protect her. Dylan feels lost and alone. Sven goes to work with a very emotional Dylan, revealing her truths and her real feelings, and guides her forward. Explicit content.
Listen in as Sven takes unpredictable questions from listeners on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. Topics this time include: missing being fat and not caring, fear of a new relationship, coming to terms with a parent dying, and much more. It's another badass Lightning Round! Explicit content.
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