The Other Side
"Nadine sure likes to talk" - every report card she brought home
Nadine has been talking for 47 years, and en route to pickleball can be overheard asking "So, what's your deepest wound?" Not known for her subtleties, she's a born story-collector and learned storyteller who decided to mic-up and take you along for the ride.
Listen in as Nadine chats with folks about their lives, zeroing in on those messy parts as we get ourselves from one point to another. Covering things like friendships, careers, deaths, and divorces. There's nothing she won't ask in hopes that other people's experiences can help you through your own.
We're not experts; we're just humans having a human experience we think you can learn from. Or relate to. Or laugh at. Or cry over.
So hit download, dive in, and hear how folks found themselves on THE OTHER SIDE.
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The Other Side
TOS of a 50+ Year Love Story
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Mom and sis are back, and this week we asked mom how she managed to stay in love with the same person for over 50 years - our dad <3
Though she says there's no magic formula, she tells us of the importance of trust, mutual respect, being in-tune with one another, and having a deep love that supersedes those days when you don't like each other very much.
As mom reflects on the reality of raising kids and working - the exhaustion, the uneven load mothers can carry, the moments of resentment - she tells us how a marriage can survive those all consuming years by perseverance and finding time, even small moments, for your relationship in-between everything else.
This conversation also highlights the importance of friendship and community in our lives, along with Lorraine’s belief in independence, including the secret bank account she kept for decades “just in case,” (you'll have to listen to hear the details on this!).
At the heart of this episode is mom’s certainty that love is a feeling you can't control, make-up, or ignore. You either feel it or you don't. And if you're lucky to come upon it, you will keep choosing each other over life's constant changes.
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