When Caring for Everyone Means Losing Yourself | Amy Lokken

How do you keep showing up for everyone else without losing yourself?How high-performing women can navigate caregiving, burnout, and life transitions without sacrificing themselves.If you're caring for aging parents, supporting a spouse through illness, balancing work, family, and everyone else's needs, you know how easy it is to put yourself last.In this episode of Aging With Purpose and Passion, Beverley Glazer talks with Amy Lokken, founder of The Amy Factor, about caregiving, burnout, self-respect, and what happens when high-performing women quietly begin disappearing beneath the weight of responsibility.Amy's insights come from lived experience. She cared for both of her parents until their final breath, supported her mother through dementia, and years later found herself caring for her husband through serious health challenges—all while leading a business and trying not to lose herself in the process.Together, we explore:• Caregiving and the sandwich generation• Dementia and caring for aging parents• Supporting a spouse through illness• Burnout in high-performing women• Self-respect versus self-sacrifice• Leadership through life's hardest seasons• Identity after caregiving• Life transitions and reinvention after 50• Resilience, boundaries, and emotional wellbeingAmy shares why caregiving is one of the highest forms of leadership, how small daily compromises quietly erode self-respect, and what it takes to care for the people you love without abandoning yourself.If you've ever felt exhausted, overwhelmed, invisible, or wondered where you went while taking care of everyone else, this conversation will remind you that caring for yourself isn't selfish—it's essential.Because the people who depend on you need the healthiest, strongest version of you.✨ What's Next for You?If you've outgrown the life you've built and want a private space to think through what's next, let's have a conversation.Learn more about Beverley's work and schedule a conversation at ReinventImpossible.com.ResourcesFor similar episodes to help you further, check out Finding Your Voice episode number 154 and Success, Burnout, and what Really Matters, episode 184. And if you're going through difficult times, the Dementia Decoded Podcast with Jennifer Fink is a masterclass for working family caregivers. That's podcast.show Fading Memories.Amy Lokken – Founder, The Amy Factor™🌐 Website: https://theamyfactor.com/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amylokken/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.lokken.3📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theamylokken/Beverley Glazer, MA, CCC – Work and Life Transition Coach, Reinvention Strategist & Host🌐 Website: https://reinventimpossible.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleyglazer/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beverley.glazer👥 Women Over 50 ROCK! Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenover50rock📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beverleyglazer_reinvention/Send us Fan Mail 🎁 The Gift of a Safe Space: A private, non-judgmental zone away from work and family to focus entirely on your needs, your journey and what's next for you. If you are feeling stuck in your transition, this is your space to exhale.Have feedback or a powerful story that's worth telling? Contact us at [email protected]