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Madonna Searches for Softer Side

Pop queen is in therapy

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2009 11:20 AM CST

(Newser) – The Material Girl is in therapy, reports the Daily Mirror. Madonna has started counseling sessions with—of course—a Kabbalah center rabbi, in an effort to “tweak her tikkun.” In English? The famously controlling pop star wants to be “less domineering.” Along those lines, she had ex Guy Ritchie over Tuesday after daughter Lourdes begged them, “Please don’t be mean to each other,” the New York Daily News reports.

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Madonna recently started counseling sessions to help her be less controlling, and she is also trying to give her kids more leeway, the Daily Mirror reports. (AP Photo/Shavawn Rissman, file)

Madonna had ex-hubby Guy Ritchie over to her apartment this week in an effort to have an "amicable" divorce, the New York Daily News reports. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Madonna has daughter Lourdes to thank for her recent friendly get-together with ex-hubby Guy Ritchie, the New York Daily News reports. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

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Madonna and Guy aren’t reconciling. They’re working very hard to have an amicable divorce. - A source

Madonna is working desperately hard to try and change herself from a control queen into someone who steps back. She is fighting her demons. - A source

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Madonna Searches for Softer Side