Deep Dive: The Benefits of a “Between Now and Dead” Mindset

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Any given day on my SiriusXM radio program, you’re likely to hear me ask a caller, “Is this how you want your life to go ‘between now and dead?’” It’s probably my favorite “Dr. Laura-ism” because it really puts life into perspective, don’t you think? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:16.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:18.0	Deep dive.
0:20.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive podcast.
0:24.2	Any given day on my serious XM radio program, you're likely to hear me ask a caller.
0:29.0	Yeah, listen up.
0:30.9	Is this how you want your life to go between now and dead?
0:35.4	It's probably my favorite Dr. Lauraism
0:37.9	because it really puts life into perspective, don't you think?
0:43.5	It makes it more clear that there's only so much time.
0:47.2	We forget that.
0:48.5	It's gotten many a Dr. Laura listener to stop and think,
0:52.0	like Doreen who told me,
0:54.1	those words made me start analyzing my life.
0:58.4	So she sent an email. After nearly 59 years of marriage, I became a widow. In my 78 years, I had
1:06.1	never lived on my own. So I moved in with my daughter and son-in-law, and that worked great for me for a while.
1:13.4	But one day I was listening to your program and heard you ask a caller, how do you want to live
1:18.1	between now and dead? Wow, wow, and wow, that really got me thinking. Was this what I wanted?
1:27.1	Was I afraid to be on my own and what
1:29.7	could I actually financially afford to do fast forward and my day-to-day life has changed
1:35.7	dramatically I now live in a 55 plus community in another town I have activities
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