S4E3: No Ghosts Allowed

Love Letters

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Monica grew up an Air Force brat, moving with her family from base to base in Europe, Asia, and the United States. She never stuck around long enough to make meaningful connections. It wasn't until her 20s that Monica learned an important lesson: Relationships matter, and when they end, you must honor them with a proper goodbye. 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.
0:34.3	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.1	Monica was in her 20s and living in Washington, D.C.
0:40.4	when her best friend decided to move out of state with his boyfriend.
0:44.4	Monica was still finishing her graduate work in psychology, but she was thrilled to
0:48.9	see her friend embark on his next adventure. I remember the morning that he left, he called me over,
0:54.6	and I got up and went over, and I was there
0:57.0	when they like locked their U-Haul.
0:59.3	And I remember giving him a hug and being like,
1:01.6	I'm so excited for you guys have a safe trip.
1:04.3	On her way home she stopped at a video store and a high-end Vodega.
1:08.6	I got like these two romcoms and I got all of this food like I remember getting like an opera cake and like chips and dip and all this stuff.
1:19.2	It was beautiful summer day too right but I remember going back to my apartment, changing into
1:24.6	PJs, closing the blinds, taking this food, basically and getting into bed and
1:29.1	like just having the food around me and I watch these DVDs and I just
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