Year One Rewind: The Sandwich Years

Aging parents. Adult children who still need you. And you somewhere in the middle, holding all of it together. If that is your life right now, you already know that nobody handed you a manual. This is part of the one year anniversary of Butterfly Days, and it is the most practical hour this show has produced. Nicole J. Smith describes becoming a caregiver as learning four new languages at once, under duress, with life and death consequences. Kirsten Mau gives you the sentence that actually gets a parent to accept help. Abbe Large has a golden idea for how to think about dealing with parental finances & arrangements. Anna Giannone names what our children really need from us. And you will learn exactly what to say to a friend who is drowning in it, instead of the useless let me know if you need anything. And Lauren Bayne reminds us the power of honoring your parents.  Tami Jorden is a certified death doula, and she will tell you plainly what she sees at the end: the families who talk early are not spared the grief. They are spared the regret. Those are two different things, and only one of them is optional. Sister, if you are living the sandwich years right now, or you are about to be, this one is for you.   🦋 Connect with Nicole J. Smith: Website, Book, LinkedIn, Instagram & Daughterhood 🦋 🦋 Connect with Kirsten Mau: Website, Substack, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & LinkedIn 🦋 🦋 Connect with Anna Giannone: Website, Books, Instagram, LinkedIn & YouTube 🦋 🦋 Connect with Lauren Bayne: Website, Instagram & LinkedIn 🦋 🦋 Connect with Abbe Large:  Lenox Advisors, Linked In   🦋 Subscribe to Tami Jorden's Substack, visit her website, and follow her on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube & Instagram 🦋