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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Beth is sad that her relationship with her mother-in-law has changed for the worse. 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.
0:11.4	Beth, welcome to the program.
0:13.1	Yes.
0:14.1	Thank you.
0:14.9	You're welcome.
0:16.4	I'm struggling with getting closure.
0:19.8	My father-in-law died. Define closure. Okay, define closure.
0:29.8	For you, what it means to you. For me. Closure means that I can let it go, that I can be at peace with it, that, um, that I can just move on and accept, you know, what is.
0:53.1	Okay, let's not use the word closure because I don't believe in it.
0:58.2	Because closure is final.
1:00.3	Think about it.
1:01.8	When you have closure, it's closed.
1:03.5	It's final.
1:04.4	And we don't function like that.
1:06.6	We review things come up.
1:09.1	So acceptance means you're not fighting it anymore.
1:13.4	Right.
1:14.3	Okay.
1:15.5	Acceptance.
1:16.0	So what is it in one or two sentences that you have to accept that you're not going to fight anymore?
1:25.0	Okay.
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