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New York Girl Again - The After

New York Girl Again

When caregiving ends, who are you? New York Girl Again helps former caregivers rediscover their identity, strength, and joy after profound loss. Join host Thérèse for honest conversations about navigating grief, healing, and courageously building a vibrant new life. You deserve your next chapter.Connect with us at NewYorkGirlAgain.com, and on Instagram @NYGirlAgain and Facebook at New York Girl Again. Subscribe now and let"s rise, together.

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15:22

The 'After' Still Deserves Honor

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2025/11/02

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...

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17:54

The Heart That Hears What the World Ignores

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2025/10/27

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’...

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17:35

Why Is Starting Over So Hard in the 'After'?

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2025/10/20

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 t...

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25:36

Your Peace Is Not Up for Negotiation: Boundaries in...

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2025/10/13

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 he...

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22:17

A Shadow Friend Called Fear — In Caregiving and Beyond

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/10/05

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 ...

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17:06

Giving Again: How Volunteering Helps Heal the...

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/09/29

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 ca...

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13:43

The Ripples of Gratitude

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/09/21

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 ...

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19:13

Unfinished Stories, Unshackled Souls: Forgiveness in...

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/09/14

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 forgi...

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14:54

Echoes of 9/11: The Cost of Holding It All Together

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/09/07

September 11th will always be etched in the nation’s heart—not only as a day of collective tragedy, but as a reminder of what it means to be human together. In this episode of New York Girl Again – The After, host Thérèse shares the story of losing her best friend, Linda Anne Luzzicone, who was working for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of the North Tower. She takes listeners back to that morning —caring for her father after a near-death hospitalization—when the unimaginable unfol...

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9:03

Goodbyes Before Goodbye

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2025/08/31

Grief doesn’t just arrive after a loved one dies. For caregivers, it begins long before the end. In this episode of New York Girl Again – The After, Thérèse opens up about the often unspoken layers of grief caregivers carry: The anticipatory grief of losing a loved one in pieces along the way. The hidden grief for the parts of ourselves that caregiving cost us. The complex grief of moving forward once caregiving ends. With compassion and honesty, Thérèse speaks to t...

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18:26

Starving for Touch in the ‘After’

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/08/25

What happens when the one who gave all the hugs… suddenly has no one to hold? In this deeply human and emotionally honest episode, Thérèse explores the science, psychology, and soul-level ache around the absence of touch in the aftermath of caregiving. From the healing power of oxytocin to the unseen grief of “touch starvation,” she weaves personal stories—including the quiet comfort of her little dog Coco, a spontaneous embrace from her doctor, and the unexpected bear hug from a local prie...

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14:43

From Overwhelmed to On Track: Goal Narrowing in the...

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/08/17

In this emotionally powerful and neuroscience-informed episode, Thérèse opens the door to the often unspoken reality of life after caregiving—a space filled with longing, confusion, and emotional exhaustion. For those who gave everything to someone else’s survival, the aftermath can feel like being dropped into a vast ocean with no map, no compass, and no strength left to swim. Freedom? It doesn’t feel like freedom. It feels like freefall. But healing doesn’t require doing it all....

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12:36

You’re No Cat… But You Do Have 9 ‘After’ Lives

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/08/11

They say cats have nine lives — but former caregivers get nine lives too. Theirs just happen in the 'after.' In this episode of New York Girl Again – The After, host Thérèse walks listeners through the Nine 'After' Lives that unfold once caregiving ends — from raw survival to rediscovering joy, building legacy, and everything in between. She shares: 💔 The truth about the memories etched into caregivers forever 🧠 The science behind each stage — and why the brain and body react the ...

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22:36

Wired to Rise: The Science of Resilience in the 'After'

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/08/03

What if resilience wasn’t something you lost—just something you were never taught to build? In this transformative episode, Thérèse dismantles the myth of “bouncing back” and redefines resilience as something wired into us all—especially those of us navigating life after caregiving. With powerful storytelling, lived experience, and science-backed insight, she reveals how the brain heals, rewires, and grows stronger after grief, exhaustion, and loss. 🎧 You’ll learn: Why resil...

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10:07

Dreaming Forward: The Life You Put on Hold

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/07/28

Caregiving asks everything of you—your time, your energy, even the parts of yourself that once dreamed boldly. And when it’s over, you might find yourself standing in the quiet, wondering… What now? In this episode of NYGA – The After, Thérèse explores the science of hope, why visualizing your future actually rewires your brain to believe in it, and how to take small, guilt-free steps to begin reclaiming joy, rewriting bucket lists, and leaning into possibilities—whether that means trav...

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17:38

Angels Borrowed, Not Kept

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/07/20

Some people show up in your life exactly when you need them most. They pull you out of the quiet, heavy “after” of caregiving… breathe life back into your soul… and remind you—sometimes with nothing more than kind words—that you are still here. That you still matter. That joy is still possible. I call them earth angels. But sometimes they don’t stay. Some are only borrowed for a moment—just long enough to light a spark before moving on. And when they leave, it can feel like another ...

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18:41

The Ghosts in the Closet: What We Keep, What We Let Go

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/07/14

What if the grief we carry isn’t just in our hearts—but folded in closets, stored on shelves, or tucked in kitchen cabinets? In this deeply personal and emotionally resonant episode, Thérèse opens the doors—literally and figuratively—to the everyday objects that hold extraordinary meaning after caregiving ends. From a winter coat and a teacup to a 20-year-old car with 310,000 miles, she shares how the things we keep can hold both comfort and complexity. Blending storytelling with the science ...

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15:35

When Your Body Breaks Before Your Spirit Does

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/07/06

What happens when caregiving ends… but your body is still carrying the weight of everything you’ve been through? In this raw and revelatory episode, host Thérèse peels back the layers of what really happens to a caregiver’s body—not just during the journey, but in the aching, silent after. From sleepless nights and emotional eating to back pain so intense she could no longer lift her father on her own—this is the truth few are brave enough to tell. You'll learn the science behind how ca...

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19:49

Still Haunted: Living with Caregiving PTSD in the...

New York Girl Again - The After ·

2025/06/30

What happens when the caregiving ends… but you are still haunted? In this soul-shifting episode of NYGA – The After, Thérèse opens up about the hidden trauma many former caregivers carry long after their loved ones are gone—what researchers are finally naming Caregiving PTSD. Through raw, personal stories—including the night her father with PSP induced dementia vanished into the dark while she slept and the harrowing 8-day search for her missing uncle—Thérèse invites listeners into the heart-...

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