I Am Not Worthless!

About this episode

Axel and Lynette discuss their struggles with self-worth and the impact of their traumatic childhoods.

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 parall...

People in this episode

Host: Sven Erlandson

Guests: Axel, Lynette

Topics covered

• self-worth
• trauma
• parental support
• self-improvement
• mental health

Keywords

• self-confidence
• abusive childhood
• mental health
• motivation
• life dissatisfaction

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