Love Actually: Cheating, Grief Recovery, and Boundary Setting

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12/16/19 • 96 min

Jump for our love!! For our second Christmas episode of 2019, we are cozying up with the beloved holiday movie, Love Actually! While all the storylines in the movie are near and dear, we will be focusing on three: the Alan Rickman/Emma Thompson story and the slippery slope of infidelty, the Liam Neeson story and the theme of grief and the shifting of a parental role, and lastly, the Laura Linney story and the importance of setting boundaries. It’s a jam packed episode for a jam packed classic!
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