Aging Parents: The Stuff, the Car Keys & Your Sanity with Kirsten Mau

Your group chats are blowing up about aging parents. The house full of stuff. The car keys. The "maybe we need some help at home" conversation nobody wants to start. In this episode of Butterfly Days, Tami Jorden sits down with Kirsten Mau, founder and creator of Who Gets the China?, the podcast, Substack, and website dedicated to helping sandwich generation women save their sanity while navigating life with aging parents. Kirsten shares the paradigm shifts that changed everything for her: asking what do you want to keep instead of what can we get rid of, getting real buy-in before you touch a single closet, and practicing radical acceptance when your parents simply are not ready. She and Tami get honest about the car keys conversation, how to offer in-home help as a gift to you rather than a verdict on them, the spoons theory, and why access to your parents' electronic health records is a must for anyone caregiving from a distance. If you are caring for parents while raising kids and trying to live your own life, Sister, this one is for you.   🦋 Connect with Kirsten Mau: Website: https://www.whogetsthechina.com/ Substack: https://whogetsthechina.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstenmau/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-gets-the-china/id1823264326 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7h3w2YWQyhMxwFIeiBH2BN   🦋 Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack, visit her website, and follow her on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube & Instagram 🦋