Grieving Complicated Relationships: Finding Peace Amid Mixed Emotions

Agnes and Ryan talk about how to grieve or react when someone who died had a difficult reputation or a hard relationship with you, sparked by the online reaction to the killing of a health insurance CEO and a debate over a controversial cabinet nominee's past. They weigh honesty against the rule not to speak ill of the dead, remember the two young children who lost their father, and discuss finding a middle ground. They close with a note on the Beneficial Ownership Information reporting rule for LLCs and a plea to shop at local independent businesses.

Takeaways

• Grief for a difficult person can mix anger, guilt and love, and you can be honest about that without being cruel.
• Before joking about or cheering a death, remember the children and family who are left to mourn.
• If you own an LLC, check the current status of Beneficial Ownership Information reporting with a tax professional instead of assuming the rule has gone away.

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and holiday catch-up
• 1:38 Topic: speaking ill of the dead
• 2:43 Public figures with troubled pasts
• 6:23 The killing of a health insurance CEO
• 17:23 The suspect, revenge and the cameras
• 20:28 Two children lost their father
• 24:38 How do we process grief for a difficult person
• 27:48 Online reaction and why violence is never an answer
• 32:35 BOI reporting rule for LLCs
• 34:39 Closing: tax help and shopping local

Conversation and opinion, not medical, legal, tax or financial advice.