It's Hard to Let Go of a Deceased Parents' Things

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Lori can't decide what to do with the belongings that her mother left behind after her death. 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.
0:02.4	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	Lori, welcome to the program.
0:14.1	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.8	Hi.
0:16.9	What can I help you?
0:19.1	I need you to help me stop being so indecisive about getting rid of material items that were mine when I was a child or things that my mother had accumulated for me as a child.
0:32.8	She had passed away seven months ago, and I'm the only child
0:37.7	and I need to get rid of these things.
0:41.3	Why do you need to get rid of these things?
0:44.0	What's the urgency?
0:46.5	Well...
0:46.9	To get rid of these things?
0:49.0	Just because
0:50.0	I don't need another household
0:53.1	full of
0:53.8	items. Okay. I don't need another household full of items, I'll call them.
0:59.2	They're just
0:59.6	stuff. I know it's all just stuff, and I've been saying that.
1:04.1	I'm going to have...
1:04.7	No, it's not just...
1:06.9	Why are you saying it's just stuff?
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