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The Power of Your Life Story with Richard Squires of Life Story Memoir
Agnes and Ryan interview Richard Squires of Life Story Memoir, who has written about 55 memoirs and is helping Agnes finish her own book. He explains how he interviews clients, writes love stories for couples and a photographer’s coffee table book, and why family stories are lost within a few genera
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Love Death and Taxes Jun 23, 2023 … Guest Erin Delfino
In part two of their grief conversation with a guest who writes a grief blog, Agnes and Ryan go through the well-meant things people say at funerals that hurt, such as ‘she’s in a better place,’ and what to say instead. They cover why there is no timeline for grief, the value of listening and…
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Exploring Grief’s Manifestations and Meanings
After a short run of tax tips about IRS scam calls, innocent spouse relief, passport restrictions and wage garnishment, Agnes and Ryan turn to grief. Agnes explains that grief follows many kinds of loss, not only death, and describes its emotional, physical, social and spiritual signs, how to suppor
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🎙️ Navigating Complex Grief: Loving and Letting Go
Agnes and Ryan talk with returning guest Erin Delfino, a grief blogger and fellow grief counselor, about complex grief: mourning someone you loved but also struggled with. They cover why everyone becomes a saint after death, anger and guilt, forgiving yourself, Ryan’s story of connecting with half-s
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Managing Grief: Bereavement Groups
Agnes, who facilitates peer bereavement groups on Long Island, explains how an eight-week group works, who can join and why grieving with people in a similar loss helps. She and Ryan discuss why there is no snapping out of grief, how faith, gender and the type of loss shape it, and how to handle ang
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Remembering 9-11 :: Love Death and Taxes Sept 11, 2023
In this special episode recorded on September 11, 2023, Agnes and Ryan share where they were on 9/11: Agnes driving to her Brooklyn office and watching the second plane hit, Ryan working in a Manhattan law firm and then walking downtown to bring his stepdaughter home from school. They talk about how
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Would You Rather…? with Love Death and Taxes 8-25-2023
Agnes and Ryan play a game of Would You Rather across love, death and taxes. Questions include under-the-table pay versus a regular job, meeting a soulmate early or late in life, knowing the date or cause of your death, a 100 percent inheritance tax versus gift tax, arranged marriage, and being audi
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The Five Stages of Grief Explained by a Bereavement Counselor
Agnes, a bereavement counselor at her church, and Ryan walk through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. They share personal experiences of losing parents, grieving while going through a divorce, and how men and women often express grief differently, and th
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Love Death and Taxes Jun 23, 2023 … Guest Erin Delfino
In part two of their grief conversation, Agnes and Ryan talk with a guest who writes a grief blog and runs a bereavement group at her church after her husband’s sudden death. They cover well-meant phrases that hurt, such as ‘she’s in a better place’, what to say or do instead, how friendships change
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Love Death and Taxes, with Special Guest Blogger Erin Delfino – Fri 6-2-2023
Agnes and Ryan talk with Erin Delfino, who writes the blog Being Grief Full, about their volunteer training as bereavement group facilitators at a local church. Erin shares how she lost her husband suddenly two years ago, how her blog turns everyday things like tacos and Thanksgiving mashed potatoes