There Are Four Characters in Each of our Life Stories: Victim, Villain, Hero, & Guide

Dr. Dan presents his recent show on the Dr. van Ingen Clinical Psychology and Parenting Show with a feature on his upcoming webinar on the Top Ten Best-Ever Anxiety Treatment Techniques. He references a book by Donald Miller who identifies four characters in each of our life story: victim, villain, Hero, & Guide. There are some good and rich ideas that can be discussed with families on when these characters emerge in our lives. Dr. Dan is a clinical psychologist who works as an anxiety specialist, a parenting author, a national speaker on anxiety and neuroscience [for 10 years], and one who is passionate about Sports Psychology. He has worked with olympic training athletes, cross fit National Champions, world champion power lifters, professional baseball players, college swimmers, tennis players, D1 football players, soccer athletes, gymnasts and lots of youth athletes in all kinds of sports. Dr Dan has combined his unique interests in parenting, overcoming fears, excellence in sports and preventing burnout and produces value for every parent and for every individual who want to face their fears head on. See his anxiety and parenting work at Amazon with his latest books on parenting. For more information on his sky diving therapy group or therapy for anxiety, see his practice website at

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There Are Four Characters in Each of our Life Stories: Victim, Villain, Hero, & Guide is an episode from Parenting Doctors Podcast by Dr. Daniel van Ingen.

This episode is 9:42 long.

This episode was published on May 27, 2022.

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