S3E11: My Year of Magical Selfhood

Love Letters

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🗓️ 4 February 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Lisa was just 34 when her husband died suddenly of a heart condition. As she came to terms with her grief, she confronted questions she never thought she’d have to answer: How do you know when to move past mourning and date new people? How do you know you’re ready? … Have a story of your own? Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:02.0	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,
0:06.0	which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,
0:10.0	Navigating Mental Health.
0:11.0	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of
0:14.2	navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:18.3	Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.0	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.0	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.0	Hey there, just a note, there's some sensitive material in this episode
0:41.0	that deals with death and depression.
0:43.0	Lisa Kotion's husband and partner of many years, Sean, died suddenly of a heart condition.
0:50.0	One day not long after, she was in the car with the radio on and she couldn't believe
0:54.4	what she heard. Remember the Shaneed O'Connor song? Nothing compares to you? Yes. Okay so I
0:59.8	don't remember the lyric exactly but it's something like it's been seven hours and
1:03.5	15 days yes exactly.
1:08.3	It's been seven loud and fifteen days. I'm in my car and that song comes on and I'm listening to the lyrics
1:15.4	You took your love away and I start doing the math in my head and it had been
1:21.2	exactly that time since Sean died.
1:24.0	I don't believe in that stuff, but I don't not believe in that stuff.
1:28.0	Everything felt different to Lisa after Sean's death.
1:32.0	Songs took on an entirely new meaning,
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