Topics discussed include recovering from online harassment, helping a friend who has fallen behind, addressing intense feelings about gift-giving, coping with the emotional burden of monitoring sex offenders, and a listener's experience of how the podcast saved his family from abduction.
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Interacting with sex offenders can cause guilt and cynicism, but reframing interactions and seeking support can help parole officers cope.
Being vigilant and trusting instincts can help prevent dangerous situations while traveling in unfamiliar environments.
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Supervising Sex Offenders
In this podcast episode, the speaker discusses their role in supervising sex offenders for a living. They provide insight into the challenges and responsibilities they face in this line of work.
Working as a Parole Officer for Sex Offenders
The podcast episode features a parole officer who interacts with sex offenders on a regular basis and discusses the mental toll it takes on them. The officer feels guilty for being polite to offenders after reading about their crimes, and it becomes difficult to interact with them. Additionally, the officer expresses a sense of extreme responsibility for preventing future crimes, which adds to the stress. To address these feelings, the podcast suggests reframing interactions as basic respect instead of approval, understanding the limits of individual responsibility in a broader system, seeking support from trusted individuals and professionals, and engaging in activities that provide a different perspective on life.
Escaping a Potentially Dangerous Taxi Ride
Another part of the podcast episode recounts a harrowing experience of a couple in India. They were provided with a trusted driver by their host family, but the driver's behavior raised suspicions. The couple kept an eye on the map app and noticed the driver deviating from the intended route. When they stopped at a roadside market and the driver asked them to get out of the car, they declined. The driver then changed his shirt and resumed the trip towards a darker and potentially dangerous neighborhood. Realizing the danger, the couple confronted the driver, threatened to expose his actions to their wealthy host family, and insisted on heading to the airport. Thanks to their vigilance, the couple managed to escape a potentially dangerous situation.
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On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:
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How do you get your life back on track after it was disrupted so thoroughly by a cyberbully's campaign to ruin your reputation?
What can you do to help your fallen-behind friend excel when it seems like he doesn't want to take the first steps toward helping himself?
You send your two brothers and their kids gifts each year for Christmas, but they don't want to exchange even rudimentary gifts with you. Is it unreasonable to experience inexplicably intense feelings about this?
How do you address the feelings of guilt, cynicism, and responsibility that accompany your work monitoring sex offenders and ensuring they don't re-offend?
Jordan got kidnapped twice so you don't have to! A listener shares how listening to this show saved his family from almost getting abducted in a land far from home.
Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!