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We’ve dealt with a lot of loss this past year. Many people have lost a loved one to COVID-19. All of us have lost daily routines and activities that brought us joy.

Host Angela Davis and her guests talk about a different type of grief that the pandemic has brought: the heartbreak of ending a marriage.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, divorce rates have been increasing around the world, 

. U.S. statistics on marriage and divorce during the pandemic won’t be available for a while, but the 

 — the pandemic is hard on relationships.

The challenges of the global health crisis have also drawn some couples closer together. Angela and her guests discuss the good and the bad of married pandemic life, and answer listener questions about their own marriages.

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During the pandemic, married couples have struggled to find balance between work, parenting and other responsibilities. Some marriages have ended in divorce. But the pandemic has brought other couples closer together. 

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