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
Sven takes on all comers from TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook in this recorded Lightning Round. Great questions, insightful answers. Please listen in! Explicit content.
How much of the truth do you really want? Natasha suffered the extreme trauma of family abuse, and being sex-trafficked at age 12. Now 36, she turns to Sven for peace, and the opportunity to tell her story. But can she face the truth? Explicit content.
Join Sven for another unpredictable session, recorded live while monitoring social media platforms for questions as they come in. Lots of insight and helpful advice here, with just a touch of good humor. Explicit content.
In this counseling episode with two different guests, Reese has felt pressure to be perfect all her life. She says, "I don't know who I am." Zura finds herself in a complicated relationship, gets little love in return, and feels selfish about it. Sven dives in, finds the common threads, and helps these very different women face the unvarnished truth about the similar roots of their pain. Explicit conten...
In this recorded Lightning Round, Sven is still at the beach but is on the case with a variety of questions submitted in real time on social media. There's a lengthy back-and-forth with a listener who has felt like ending it all since she was a teenager. Listen for her story and much more. Explicit content.
Sven's at the beach, but calls in to counsel Priscilla, who is having trouble dealing with her child in the terrible twos. Work stress figures in, as does Priscilla's difficult life experiences which resonate with her current situation. Sven gets to the root of Priscilla's issues, and guides her to new understanding and new solutions. Explicit content.
It's another recorded session with Sven fielding questions right as they come from live feeds on TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook. For insight and helpful guidance on a wide variety of intriguing topics, please listen in! Explicit content.
Tawny's husband has suffered a stroke, which resulted in a wholesale personality change, including the pursuit of other women. Wondering how much of his behavior is due to his medical condition, Tawny wants to know if she can continue to serve as both a caregiver and a wife. Sven probes for the deep truth, and possible answers for Tawny. Explicit content.
Join us for more inspiration and motivation as Sven responds to unpredictable questions from his many followers, recorded as he goers live on YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok. Explicit content.
Sven counsels Vaughn, who fears his narcissistic behaviors are working against his desires to reunite with his ex-wife, and be the best father to his children. He seems very much in touch with his feelings but knows something is getting in the way of him reaching his goals. After hearing several twists in Vaughn's story, Sven guides him to the best way to discover and fully deal with his truth. Explicit content.
In this recorded Lightning Round, lots of questions came in regarding narcissists, or as Sven calls them, extreme takers: How to stop being one? Why feel guilty about divorcing one? Why do they move on and not work on their relationship? Please listen in for all these, plus more questions on confidence, partners, fear, and healing the hole in your soul. Explicit content.
In this counseling session with 2 different stories, both Naz and Averill are in worlds of pain. But is the pain great enough to bring about needed change? Naz is accused of harming his son, who was injured in a fight Naz had with his wife. Facing prison time, Naz turns to Sven for help. Averill listens to Naz's story and wonders if she can stay in a marriage to a husband she loves... but only feels a small bit o...
Sven fields more questions as they come in from his followers on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Why do I feel guilty about saying No? Why can't I trust anymore? Why won't my therapist give me homework? Why do I get so angry? And many more Qs and As. Please listen in. Explicit content.
"You're exactly like your mom." Those are the words Thumper most fears hearing. She knows what she wants and needs to do but can't bring herself to do it. Sven probes the nature and source of her fears of leaving her husband and getting her mother to move out. And what is the effect on her children? Thumper feels blocked, despite doing work on herself. Sven goes to work...Listen in for the results....
After the show, Sven goes even deeper with Thumper. Explicit content.
Another recorded Lightning Round, in which Sven agains opens up live feeds on social media to take unpredictable questions from his followers. Topics include boundaries, moving on, self-sabotage, journaling, and much more. There's also some fun with math. Listen in! Explicit content.
Rochelle feels fragile, responsible for everyone, alone in her marriage, and stuck in survival mode. She wants to provide safety and stability for her young children while she's healing, but doesn't know how to avoid passing her issues on to them. Sven goes to work with insight and compassion to help her along her healing journey. Explicit content.
Lots of questions about boundaries and relationships in this Lightning Round (among other topics!). We never know what questions will come in when we go live on social media to record a Q&A podcast, and this one took some unusual turns. Please listen in to the results. Tons of wisdom and good advice here. Explicit content.
Sven counsels Renée, who attempted suicide at age 18 and now at 34 still feels punished for something their past self did. Renée turns to Sven to understand their childhood depression and self-hatred, and get on to a much lighter and happier life. Listen in as Sven connects the dots. Explicit content.
In this recorded Lightning Round, Sven fields a variety of questions on topics including overcoming narcissism, helping adult children, supporting one who's grieving, going emotionless during arguments, and much more. Please tune in! Explicit content.
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