When caregiving ends, something unexpected begins —
a quiet unfolding of all the love, wisdom, and strength they left within you. 

In this powerful third installment of the Month of the Unsung Heart for National Family Caregivers Month, Thérèse guides you through the emotional landscape of legacy — not the kind written in wills or possessions, but the kind etched into your heart, your spirit, and the deepest layers of your soul. 

This episode explores: 

💙 The Imprint They Leave Behind 
How their voice, their laughter, their quirks, and even the smallest daily rituals continue to speak to you long after they’re gone. 

💙 The Lessons You Carry Forward 
The profound truths caregiving plants in you — patience, presence, steadiness, compassion — and how they rise to the surface in The After. 

💙 When Their Love Becomes Your Compass 
The moment grief softens just enough for you to realize their love never left… 
it simply changed form and began guiding you from within. 

💙 Turning Their Legacy Into Your Life 
How to use everything they gave you — their courage, their tenderness, their belief in you — to build a life that honors them and yourself in the most beautiful way. 

This episode is a soft landing place for anyone navigating loss, love, and the strange new identity that emerges once caregiving ends. 
It’s a reminder that you’re not starting over — 
you’re moving forward with a heart shaped by devotion. 

✨ Because the Legacy of Love doesn’t fade. It evolves. And it continues through you. 

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Last week, we honored the strength that carried you through caregiving — the quiet heroism that too often goes unseen. 

This week, we take the next step forward.  Because once you’ve honored where you’ve been… you can finally begin to rediscover who you are. 

In this second installment of The Month of the Unsung Heart, Thérèse invites you into the gentle rediscovery of you — 
the person who existed before caregiving, 
and the version still waiting to emerge in its aftermath. 

Through powerful reflection and moments of stillness, she reminds us that: 

💫 Healing isn’t about going back — it’s about arriving.
💫 Your purpose didn’t end when caregiving did — it’s evolving.
💫 The After doesn’t just deserve honor — it deserves you. 

If you’ve ever felt lost in the quiet after of caregiving, unsure of who you are now, 
this episode is your invitation home — 
to your peace, your purpose, and your becoming. 

Because you mattered before caregiving. 
And you matter after. 

If you know or love a caregiver whose journey has ended, please share this episode with them. 

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When caregiving ends, the world goes quiet — but your heart doesn’t.

In this opening episode of The Month of the Unsung Heart, Thérèse explores what it means to honor the season after caregiving — not as an ending, but as a continuation of love in a new form. 

Through raw truth and reflection, she shares how devotion leaves echoes in the body, why sensitivity is not weakness but brilliance, and how the strength that carried you through someone else’s pain can now rebuild your own healing. 

This episode is a love letter to the caregivers in The After — the ones who carried, endured, and are still finding their way back to themselves. 

💙 Because caregiving doesn’t end when the care does — it changes you forever.  And The After Still Deserves Honor. 

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A love story between empathy and endurance — inside the caregiver’s heart.

There’s a rare kind of heart that doesn’t just beat — it listens. 

•  It hears pain that isn’t spoken. 
•  It recognizes exhaustion hiding behind a smile. 
•  It feels hope even in the quiet. 

In this milestone 20th episode, Thérèse takes you inside the extraordinary biology and emotional brilliance of the caregiver’s heart — where empathy becomes endurance and love itself transforms.

You’ll hear how neuroscience explains why caregivers feel so deeply, why compassion can drain as much as it heals, and how the same heart that once carried others can learn to carry itself again.

Because this isn’t just a story about caregiving, it’s a story about what it means to be human. 

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When caregiving ends, your brain doesn’t simply “turn off.”
 It’s still wired for crisis, vigilance, and someone else’s needs — even when the world tells you to just relax. 

In this deeply insightful episode, Thérèse breaks down the science of starting over — exploring how caregiving reshapes the brain, why peace can feel unsafe, and how small daily choices can literally rewire your mind for calm, safety, and joy. 

You’ll learn:
 🧠 Why your brain resists rest — and how to teach it to trust peace again.
 🌿 The neuroscience of “the after” — hypervigilance, habit loops, and neuroplasticity.
 💫 Five simple, science-backed ways to rewire your brain for healing.
 💗 Why resilience isn’t about bouncing back, but bouncing forward. 

This episode is for every caregiver learning to breathe again — to rebuild, to rediscover, and to believe that joy is safe. 

🎧 Listen now, and share it with someone who’s learning to start over too. 

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Are you struggling to say "No" now that your caregiving journey has ended? You are not alone. This episode is for the caregiver who survived the hardest chapter of their life, only to find that their instinct to over-give is still leaving them depleted and vulnerable. 

Host Thérèse takes a deep, empathetic dive into the vital importance of setting and holding boundaries in the "After." Drawing on her experience as a behavioral health nurse and former caregiver, Thérèse reveals why the heart of a caregiver is uniquely susceptible to self-sacrifice—and how that instinct, once noble, can become an obstacle to true healing. 

In this transformative episode, you will learn: 

• The Caregiver's Paradox: Why the pattern of over-giving doesn't start with caregiving—it simply magnifies it. 
• The Science of Self-Respect: A look at Dr. Daniel J. Siegel’s "Window of Tolerance" and the psychology behind why boundaries are not walls, but lifelines for your nervous system. 
• Breaking the Guilt-Loop: Practical steps to overcome the "empathy-guilt loop" that makes saying "no" feel like betrayal. 
• A Six-Step Guide to Boundaries: Simple, actionable tools for setting and holding your ground, including how to "Practice the Pause" and use direct language. 
• The Revelation: Why some people will resist and abandon you when you set limits—and why their discomfort is a revelation of their true intentions. 

Boundaries aren't about building distance; they're about building dignity. Join us to learn how to reclaim your peace, honor your energy, and ensure that your next chapter is one of sustainable love—starting with yourself. 

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Fear has a way of slipping in quietly and making itself at home. 
Through caregiving. Through loss. Through the “after.” 

In this deeply personal episode, Thérèse explores the many faces of fear that accompany the caregiving journey. She reflects on sleepless nights, difficult medical decisions, and the heightened vigilance of caregiving alone during COVID. She speaks candidly about the fear that lingered after her caregiving journey ended — fear of the future, identity, and how to begin again. 

This isn’t a clinical conversation. It’s a real and heartfelt one.
Because fear often becomes a shadow friend for caregivers—constant, quiet, and rarely spoken about. 

If you’ve ever felt that silent weight and wondered if you were alone, this episode is a reminder that you’re not. 

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In this powerful episode of New York Girl Again – The After, host Thérèse explores a beautiful and often unexpected path to healing after caregiving: volunteering.

Through moving storytelling and psychological insight, Thérèse guides listeners through the emotional void caregivers face when the journey ends — and how volunteering can become a bridge back to purpose, community, and self.

She shares how service helped her rebuild her life after the passing of her father, how volunteering can honor the legacy of loved ones, and why boundaries are essential for caregivers whose hearts give differently.

✨ Key moments include:

The emotional void after caregiving and why it’s so disorienting 

How volunteering can gently redirect love and purpose 

The neuroscience behind why service heals 

Practical, heartfelt ways to begin volunteering again 

Protecting your giving heart through boundaries 

This episode is a warm, honest companion for caregivers navigating life in the "after,” reminding them: your story didn’t end with caregiving — it’s just beginning. 

Whether you’re standing in the quiet of the “after” or slowly stepping into a new season, this episode will remind you: your story didn’t end with caregiving — it’s just beginning. 

🎧 Listen now and rediscover how love can keep moving forward. 

On National Gratitude Day, Thérèse delivers a raw, soul-stirring reflection on gratitude as a force for healing. From caregiving to the ‘After’, she explores how thankfulness can anchor us in grief, reconnect us to purpose, and reignite joy. This episode is a lifeline for anyone learning to live again. 

This episode explores gratitude in three deeply personal chapters:
 • Gratitude during caregiving — how it sustained Thérèse through moments of heartbreak and love
• Gratitude in the After — where silence, grief, and disorientation make “thank you” feel almost unreachable
• Gratitude in life itself — where ordinary moments carry extraordinary healing 

Rooted in lived experience, grounded in positive psychology, and illuminated by spiritual insight, Thérèse invites listeners to see gratitude not as a cliché — but as a radical, restorative act of healing and becoming. 

✨ This one’s for the ones still standing. The ones still healing. The ones still becoming. 

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Forgiveness is one of the hardest steps in the 'After' of caregiving—especially when the wounds are deep. In this heartfelt episode of New York Girl Again – The After, host Thérèse explores what it truly means to forgive without forgetting, to release without reconciling, and to move forward without hardening your heart. 

Drawing from lived experience and grounded in psychology, she unpacks why betrayal cuts so deeply, how unforgiveness weighs on the body, mind, and spirit, and why forgiveness is ultimately one of the most powerful acts of self-compassion. 

Listeners will hear about: 

• The “unfinished stories” caregivers carry—empty chairs, ghosted friendships, and apologies that never come. 
• The science of how betrayal impacts the brain, body, and soul. 
• The five faces of forgiveness in the 'After'—from forgiving loved ones to forgiving yourself. 
• The NYGA Forgiveness Framework: a step-by-step path to forgive without losing yourself. 

Thérèse reminds caregivers—and anyone who has carried the weight of betrayal—that forgiveness is not about excusing the past. It’s about unshackling yourself so peace, joy, and new beginnings can finally take root. 

💜 If this episode speaks to you, share it with another caregiver in the After—or with anyone holding on to the weight of unforgiveness. 

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