When a Man Loves a Woman

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Evan's wife is stressed out by the needs of her elderly parents and wonders if there's anything he can do to bring some joy back to their lives. 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. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Evan, welcome to the program.
0:13.7	Hello, Dr. Sussinger. Thank you for you for giving a call. Hi, Evan. How can I help? Sure. So my wife and I are both experiencing kind of parents that are in their, you know,
0:24.3	final years of life and they're starting to experience kind of mental decline.
0:28.6	And, you know, on my wife's side, we're having a number of difficult situations with relatives
0:35.1	trying to exploit, you know, they've got Alzheimer's.
0:37.3	They can't remember
0:37.9	things. And there's very difficult things happening on her side. And on my side, I've got
0:42.5	parents in decline. And I think we're approaching very differently. And I see the impact on my wife's
0:48.8	emotional state and it's starting to affect our relationship. So I'm calling this to see how is it affecting your
0:55.5	relationship? How is it affecting your relationship? Yeah. So, you know, it's occupating, I'll say
1:02.0	90% of her mind share a little time for us time, you know, whether it's affection, whether it's
1:07.5	talking about the good things in our life. It's, we're, she's completely preoccupied.
1:12.5	Help me understand this.
1:13.9	What time does she get up in the morning, your wife?
1:17.3	She gets up around 5.30.
1:19.9	And what does she do?
1:21.1	Give me her, give me her daily.
1:22.8	She's a teacher.
1:23.3	She's doing to be, well, that.
1:26.4	Okay.
1:27.0	What I'd like you to do is take me through her day because I'm trying to understand the 90%.
1:32.5	All right.
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