Grief Has Zapped My Motivation

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🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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If Lance wants to be an honorable person, he can't let his partner's death keep him from living up to his commitments. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Lance, welcome to the program.
0:14.8	Thank you.
0:16.9	So I became a widower about a year and a half ago, actually on Easter Sunday, which was May 30th of last year.
0:28.1	And this year, you know, slowly and surely getting better.
0:35.2	And I've made it through March 30th but when Easter came I don't know what
0:40.4	it was it two weeks later I it just like hit me with a like a ton of bricks and ever since
0:48.3	it was the year anniversary that's kind of normal yeah yeah I just I didn't think of it as having two anniversaries, I guess.
0:57.4	But ever since then.
0:59.5	You said it was last year, to this year is one year.
1:03.1	Right, for Easter.
1:05.5	Yes, that's one year.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:07.4	Are we talking about a he or she who passed?
1:11.0	My partner.
1:13.0	Yeah, you were, you know, just come right out and say it.
1:18.1	I guessed it from how you didn't say it.
1:22.4	Well, that's why you called to talk about it.
1:25.2	How long were you together?
1:27.3	25 years.
1:29.2	Well, that's a long time to be alone now.
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