I'm Nicole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand.

It's time for some money rehab.

When people ask me about my podcast, they say something along the lines of, so what's

your show about?

Money?

And I get the question, it's in the title.

But the thing is barely anything is really about money, even money itself.

Money is so tied up in our relationships, our emotions, our power, our choices, that

when we have a quote, money problem, money is rarely at the root of that problem.

Anyway, I got thinking about this because a sweet sweet listener DMed me about something

she struggled with on Father's Day and asked for strategies that could help her next year.

When she DMed me, she sent me a voice note.

Here it is.

Hi, Nicole.

This may sound super odd.

I love listening to your podcast.

I have learned so much.

My question is kind of odd.

I lost my dad during COVID.

He had COVID pneumonia.

And this will be my second Father's Day without him.

And last year and this year, around this time, I just get really sad and depressed and

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