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Only Child Problems
by Kimberly Page
Being an only child has its perks. But life gets REAL as an ADULT only child when you fully grasp the prospect of having to balance your own life with sole responsibility for assisting your parents as they age. Caregiving can place strains on your family, career, and mental and physical health. Siblings can tackle this as a team. But as an only child, how will you handle the stress of bearing sole responsibility for financial decisions, hospital visits and/or emergencies of aging parents? Join me every two weeks to discuss ways to create and maintain a prosperous, healthy life for yourself while adequately preparing for your parents’ lives at retirement and beyond.
Episodes
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Episode 24- Im Back
I've reactivated this podcast. Listen to here what's in store for 2023.
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Episode 23 - Estate Planning Lessons We Can Learn from the Late Princess Diana
In this episode, we discuss a few estate planning lessons we can take away from the Late Princess Diana. This week, Oprah Winfrey's interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dominated the news and social media. During the conversation, Prince Harry mentioned that he is living off of the...
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REPLAY of Episode 9 - Part 2 of Planning for Your Future With Your Adult Only Child In Mind
Replay of Episode 9, which is Part 2 of an interview Dr. Barbara Darby. In this interview, Dr. Darby discusses how she is planning in advance for her future as she ages, and how she's preparing her adult only child accordingly.
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REPLAY of Episode 8- Planning For Your Future With Your Adult Only Child In Mind
Replay of Episode 8, which is the first of a two-part interview with Dr. Barbara Darby. In this episode, Dr. Darby discusses advance planning for her own future as she ages, especially as the parent of an only child. We discuss how her own childhood shaped her views on and actions towards life...
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Episode 22 - The Habit You Should Develop Now To Be Best Prepared To Care For Your Aging Parents In The Future
In this episode, I discuss the importance of developing the habit of prioritizing yourself in order to be the best caregiver possible to your aging parents when it's time to step into that role. I bust what I consider to be a myth about self-care and discuss what I kind to be a better way to…
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Special Episode - Change in Plans for Today
A brief, special episode acknowledging the current events in the U.S. on January 6, 2021. I will be back next week with the first official episode of 2021.
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Episode 21- 2020 Reflections and 2021 Aspirations
In today's episode I share my reflections and learnings from 2020 and I invite you to reflect along with me! I also share my intentions for the last few days of the year and my plans for 2021.
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Ep 20: Who Exactly Is An Only Child?
Today I talk clarify who is an "only child" in response to questions I've received or comments I've heard in response to the purpose of my podcast. I also mentioned that those who are NOT only children but who anticipate being the sole or primary caregiver to aging parents are welcome to join my...
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Ep 19: Thanksgiving Thoughts-The Importance Of Traditions and Memories
My reflections on why, particularly in 2020, it's important to be intentional about creating traditions and memories for which we are grateful. I share my perspective on why this is especially important for adult only children to do, and the rewards of it for both you and your aging parents.
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Episode 18- Reminder-Don't Forget About Yourself
This a quick reminder to find balance in planning for your future role as caregiver to your parents. It's important to position yourself well in the present so that you are prepared for the transition in your role in your parents' lives. It's critical that you grow and maintain your own assets so...
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Episode 17- Why Debt Freedom Is Especially Critical for Adult Only Children and Strategies to Get There
While freedom from debt is beneficial to us all, it's especially critical for the adult only child. When we carry debt, we limit our ability to financially invest in our future. As only children, we will most likely become the sole caregiver to our parents one day, and we have to be prepared. It...
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Episode 16- How to Improve Your Financial Life and Help Your Parents Do the Same In the Last 90 Days of 2020
We have just under 90 days left in 2020. This is still enough time to substantially improve your financial life in order to better position yourself in the present, as well as for a time in which you'll take a more active role in your parents' lives in their post-retirement and senior years. I...
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Episode 15- Balancing Personal Priorities and Time With Parents
I talk about my recent and first visit home with my parents since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges with balancing working remotely and spending quality time with them. I discuss some pitfalls I ran into and my strategy for finding time to advance my work while also assisting...
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Episode 14 - What I Learned The Hard Way About Being an Executor to a Parent's Estate
I was named executor to my father's estate in his will. Upon his death, I learned the hard way the importance of understanding in advance all that the role entails, state-specific requirements, and when it's necessary to reevaluate your decision to take on this role.
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Episode 13 - What I Got Wrong And What It Taught Me
I discuss an unpleasant surprise I received while planning my father's funeral with respect to life insurance. I walk you through that discovery and how I navigated it, as well as what I would have done differently in terms of communications with my father regarding his affairs, estate planning…
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Episode 12 - Milagros Brown Onlies In Quarantine
In this episode, I chat with Milagros Brown on the ways in which growing up as an only child has benefitted her while we quarantined in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. We discuss many topics, most notably the pandemic’s impact on her roles as a parent, wife, child and entrepreneur. Milagros...
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Episode 11 - Quarantine? Only Children Were Built For This With April Preyar
There's been much talk about Gen Xers being able to handle the Coronavirus Quarantine well. But what about only children?! In this episode, I chat with April Preyar, a fellow only child, about how she tapped into our familiarity with "alone time" to thrive during this quarantine. We also discuss...
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Episode 10 - Addressing Racial Disparities in Wealth and Health Care
The international response to the death of George Floyd, and the statistics on COVID-19 patients in the United States by race have elevated awareness of racial inequalities in the U.S. In this episode, I discuss the need to address the racial wealth and healthcare gaps through estate planning, as...
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Episode 9- Planning Your Future With Your Only Child In Mind With Dr. Barbara Darby, Part 2
In the second of a two-part interview, Dr. Barbara Darby gives planning advice to parents of only children, as well as to adult only children. She shares the steps she’s taken to plan for her own future in an effort to position her only child be well-prepared to serve as her caregiver as she ages...
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Episode 8- Planning Your Future With Your Only Child In Mind With Dr. Barbara Darby, Part 1
In the first of a two-part interview, Dr. Barbara Darby discusses her advance planning for her own future as she ages, especially as the parent of an only child. We discuss how her own childhood shaped her views on and actions towards life planning. We also discuss her experiences as the…
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COVID-19 Got Personal
Those I know personally have been impacted by COVID19. So I'm doubling down on the need to have things in place such as a living will. I encourage you go listen or relisten to Episode 7 where Cameron Huddleston and I discuss living wills and other items we should have in place for our parents'...
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Ep 7: How To Have Effective Money Talks With Your Parents With Cameron Huddleston
On this episode I speak with award-winning personal finance journalist Cameron Huddleston about her book, Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk. We discuss why, when and how to talk to your parents about financial resources that will support them as they retire and age. Cameron shares what she did well…
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Coronavirus: Acknowledging and Reframing Our Concerns About Our Parents
In this special episode, we discuss how to acknowlege and then reframe our fears for our parents' health in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. I discuss my own concerns, and how I shifted the focus away from the things I cannot control toward actionable items that help me protect my parents.
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Ep 6: What's In Store For The Next Few Months
This episode provides a very brief overview on what's in store over the next few months with the podcast.
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Ep 5: One Simple Way to Learn Special Info About Your Parents
I shared a tip on how to obtain valuable information from your parents' about their lives based on a recent personal experience.
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Ep 4: Planning and Communicating With Parents
In this episode I share my own experience as an example of finding opportunities to have life planning conversations with your parents. I also discuss the helpful actions my father took to help prepare me for his future.
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Ep 3: Balance and Self-Care in 2020
Recap of my 2019 and the importance self-care and balance played in nagivating life after my father's death, and the importance it should play in 2020 for all adult only children seeking to build a life they love while preparing for their future role as sole caregiver to aging parents.
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Ep 2: Introduction Part 2
In this episode, a long-time friend and fellow only child, Worokya Duncan, interviews me about my journey and my "why."
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Ep 1: Introducing Only Child Problems
In this episode, I discuss my "why" for creating this podcast. I discuss my journey from initial concept through actual launch, and the personal life experiences that pushed me to stop procrastinating.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Being an only child has its perks. But life gets REAL as an ADULT only child when you fully grasp the prospect of having to balance your own life with sole responsibility for assisting your parents as they age. Caregiving can place strains on your family, career, and mental and physical health. Siblings can tackle this as a team. But as an only child, how will you handle the stress of bearing sole responsibility for financial decisions, hospital visits and/or emergencies of aging parents? Join me every two weeks to discuss ways to create and maintain a prosperous, healthy life for yourself while adequately preparing for your parents’ lives at retirement and beyond.
HOSTED BY
Kimberly Page
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Being an only child has its perks. But life gets REAL as an ADULT only child when you fully grasp the prospect of having to balance your own life with sole responsibility for assisting your parents as they age. Caregiving can place strains on your family, career, and mental and physical health....
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Only Child Problems is created and hosted by Kimberly Page.
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