Dr. Laura doesn’t
want to feel your pain

"Laura Schlessinger is not interested in your pain, your suffering, your heartbreak. She does not care about your low self-esteem and your lousy childhood. She is shrink as aerobics teacher: Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Stop blaming other people. Stop thinking about yourself so much. Forget victimhood, empathy or therapy as anodyne. In other words: Suck it up, bucko."

That's how Vogue magazine describes Dr. Laura, whose new column begins today in the Star-Bulletin.

Dr. Laura is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a Ph.D. in physiology from Columbia University Medical School in New York.

Her radio program, "The Dr. Laura Show," airs weekdays on more than 300 stations, reaching an audience of more than 10 million.

Her two self-help books, "Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives" and "How Could You Do That?! The Abdication of Character, Courage and Conscience," have been best sellers for more than two years.

She describes herself as a once-divorced, conservative Jewish mother who works out daily with weights and practices martial arts.

"I approach everyday dilemmas wherein your moral choices are challenged by your ego, whim, mood, prejudices, feelings, desires and the pressures of others. I challenge you to rise above your self and aspire to heights that inspire you and those around you to taste a deeper purpose and meaning of life," she says.

Dr. Laura will be published every Tuesday in the Star-Bulletin's YMW section.