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Innocent Spouse Tax Relief: Could it Save Your Family?
Agnes explains innocent spouse relief: how one spouse’s unpaid taxes on a joint return can lead to liens on both partners’ accounts and home, and how the other spouse may qualify for relief. She also covers injured spouse relief, relief for new partners in a business, how slow IRS processing has bec
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Agnes Has some Questions for Ryan
In a lighter episode, Agnes surprises Ryan with three “would you ever” dating questions inspired by reality TV: would he marry someone in prison, marry a stranger sight unseen as on Married at First Sight, and stay with a partner who has an unusual habit or fetish. Ryan’s answers lead into what coup
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Hot Takes – Love, Death and Taxes :: October 20, 2023
In a news-driven episode, Agnes and Ryan react to the war in Israel, the death of actress Suzanne Somers, and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s public discussion of their marriage, with Agnes giving a relationship-coach view of drifting apart and rebuilding trust. Agnes also describes waiting mont
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Building Strong Relationships with your Adult Children
Agnes and Ryan talk about building good relationships with adult children: when kids should move out, how to give grown children freedom and respect while living under your roof, curfews, and handling conflict. They also cover holiday traditions when children marry, why constructive criticism should
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Relax and Rejuvenate with Massage featuring Gennaro Ferraro, LMT
Agnes and Ryan talk with licensed massage therapist Gennaro Ferraro about why regular massage is a form of self-care, how he blends Eastern techniques with medical massage, and how to prepare for a session. He explains deep tissue work, how often to book, his membership and package options, and his
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In-Laws Matter: The Impact of Extended Family on Marital Life ~ Love Death and Taxes
Agnes, drawing on her work as a wedding officiant and counselor and her own experience as a mother-in-law, and Ryan discuss how in-laws affect a marriage. They cover putting the marriage first, setting healthy boundaries, wedding-eve confrontations over ceremony choices, having no expectations when
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Love Death and Taxes, ft Dr. Stephen Dini, DPM
Agnes and Ryan talk with Long Island podiatrist Dr. Stephen Dini about how high heels and narrow shoes lead to bunions, hammer toes and a tight Achilles tendon, and what newer bunion surgeries such as lapiplasty and minimally invasive techniques involve. He also explains how a small cut can turn int
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Relationship Communication Tips From a Coach: Trust and Fighting Fair
In this communication episode, Ryan shares his own relationship mistakes and Agnes explains, from her coaching work with couples, why partners who say the same thing still end up arguing. They cover differing communication styles, lack of trust, treating each other as teammates against the problem,
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Love Death and Taxes – Ryan’s Rules on Love Pt 2: Coming and Going
In part two of his “rules of love”, Ryan covers the “coming and going” category with Agnes weighing in: reading the mood, building romance across the whole day, dancing and massage as a prelude, and putting effort in rather than relying on porn expectations. They then turn to the “going” side with t
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Ryan’s Rules of Love: Balance of Power and Vetting a Partner
Ryan opens his “rules of love” list, framed as things he has learned do not work, and Agnes pushes back. They debate the balance of power when a man is the stay-at-home parent or earns less, then move to romance and what women look for, why vetting a new partner matters, and whether to stay…