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The Badass Counseling Show

The Badass Counseling Show

By: Sven Erlandson
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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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Episodes
  • Porn, Pictures, Prevarication

    Porn, Pictures, Prevarication
    Apr 2 2026

    Sven counsels LaCroix, whose marriage is in trouble because of his online emotional infidelity. Feeling deceitful, and denigrated by his wife, LaCroix wants to change and seeks guidance from Sven who, as always, has insightful and life-changing answers. Explicit content.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Q&A: Dating, Authenticity, and More

    Q&A: Dating, Authenticity, and More
    Mar 29 2026

    Can't stop the questions from coming in live to Sven, recorded here for the podcast, as he deals with a variety of topics on all aspects of life and love. Please listen in for great insight and advice. Explicit content.

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    55 mins
  • Exes, Hexes...and Kids

    Exes, Hexes...and Kids
    Mar 26 2026

    Sven counsels two different women, Taka and Bonnie. Taka says, "I'm frozen" and is unsure how to handle the 50/50 custody arrangement for her young son. She fears his time with her ex, a controlling and manipulative father. Bonnie is farther along in her healing and has done a lot of work to get past two failed marriages for which she mistakenly blames herself. Yet she emerges as a leader in the session as Sven pulls all the threads of the women's stories and ties them all together. Explicit content.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
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Loved this one, it really opens one's eyes on why they stay in bad relationships.

Bad relationship ass kicker!

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My life is not so simple. I personally have no desire to receive hand me outs. I am not OK !!!! Love your words James Dean

Welcome To the shit show !

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laying in bed at 1am trying not to cry. realizing the hatred I have for my parents actions and neglect, but never allowing myself to hate or be angry at others but instead putting it all on myself.
thank you for your bad ass counseling.

eyes wide open

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My life is changing because of this show and book. I am gifting all my kids the book for Christmas.

Wow! My life in reality!

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As a child counselor/parent educator, victim, and crisis intervention specialist now for 14 years, I found Sven on TikTok a year ago and then found the love cup book on audible. Since then I have shared Badass Counseling with 90% of others I talk to either inside and outside my profession! (I speak to hundreds of people each week) This soul healing process by Sven is beyond what any words could possibly describe!! The term, “Self help” is not even powerful enough for this material! Now I’ve just started divine into the podcasts! Love it!!

“Self Help” is not worthy of this material ! It’s so much more !

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