S5E3: Let's Stay Together

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A vow renewal is a special breed of new beginning. It’s not just a restatement of original promises; it’s about a couple reaffirming their love and mutual commitment after years of lived experience. Which is exactly why Cindy Brown and Sharon McMahon chose to do it again and again. Plus, Meredith drops in on a (virtual) mass vow renewal ceremony organized by her alma mater, Syracuse University. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:01.8	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously, which
0:06.0	is why I want to tell you about season three of the podcast Turning Points, Navigating
0:10.2	Mental Health.
0:11.8	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of Navigating Mental Health and the Turning
0:16.2	Points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:19.3	Post Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, dualists, writers
0:24.5	and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.6	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.7	Find Turning Points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:43.2	So this season is all about new beginnings.
0:46.3	And there's one new beginning I've always been suspicious of.
0:50.0	Maybe that's because it's not really new.
0:52.5	I'm talking about Val Renewal Ceremonies.
0:55.8	When I hear that some couple had some big Val Renewal Ceremonie, sometimes it's celebrities
1:00.6	on a private island.
1:02.4	My first thought is pretty cynical.
1:05.0	Like, oh, one of them must have really screwed up really bad.
1:09.7	It often seems forced, but maybe the ritual is more complicated than that.
1:16.2	Maybe I've been wrong.
1:20.0	From the Boston Globe and PRX, this is Love Letters.
1:23.8	I'm Meredith Goldstein.
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