The Wicked Daughter

Lori
  • 5.0 (1)
  • Mental Health

This podcast is for every daughter, son, spouse, partner, friend, and caregiver who has ever sat in a doctor's office taking notes, answered a call from the emergency room, argued about a walker, searched for the missing phone, or cried in a parking lot before pulling themselves together and walking back inside. Here you'll find stories, dark humor, hard-earned lessons, and the occasional reminder that you're not losing your mind. You're just doing one of the hardest jobs there is. So welcome. Pull up a chair. Hide your emergency chocolate. And join me as we navigate aging parents, impossible decisions, and caregiving chaos one meltdown at a time.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    It Shouldn't Be Much Longer

    "The doctor will be with you shortly." "It shouldn't be much longer." If you've ever waited in a hospital, you know those words can mean absolutely anything. In this episode of The Wicked Daughter, surgery is scheduled... then mysteriously canceled... after the cafeteria apparently gets the memo before the nurses. Between endless waiting, another day without food, and the quiet fear of anesthesia, I learn that sometimes the hardest part of caregiving isn't doing something... it's waiting to do anything at all. And when Mom finally returns from surgery, nothing could have prepared me for the sight of an external fixator holding her shattered leg together. It's a story about hospital time, impossible waiting, and discovering that "normal" means something very different inside a hospital. If you've ever spent hours in a waiting room wondering what happens next... this one's for you. Send us your comments! Before you head back to medication schedules, insurance paperwork, and explaining to your parent for the fifteenth time why they can't climb on a chair to change a lightbulb... Grab your free Caregiver Emergency Checklist at TheWickedDaughter.com. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review. It helps another unsuspecting caregiver find us. Then come join The Wicked Daughter Community on Facebook, where we swap stories, share practical tips, and prove that a slightly twisted sense of humor is sometimes the best medicine. https://www.facebook.com/wickeddaughter And if you'd like to help support the show, you can always Buy Me a Coffee. It helps keep the stories coming, the microphone on, and my caffeine levels high enough to survive another week of caregiving chaos. https://buymeacoffee.com/wickeddaughter Thanks for being here. It really does mean the world.

    5 min

  2. 1d ago

    Hospital Time

    The sheriff said Mom was alive. That was the good news. Everything after that...got complicated. In this episode, I take you inside the emergency room, where fear, uncertainty, and "hospital time" collide. If you've ever waited hours for answers that never seemed to come, replayed worst-case scenarios in your head, or discovered that every medical update somehow creates three new questions, you'll understand exactly what happened next. This is the beginning of the hospital journey that would change both of our lives forever. In this episode: The frantic drive to the hospital after the sheriff's callWhat it's really like waiting for answers in the emergency roomWhy time moves differently in hospitalsHow your brain fills in the blanks when no one has answersThe first hints that this was going to be much bigger than a broken boneThe sheriff's phone call was only the beginning. The hospital had its own story to tell...and we were just getting started. Welcome to The Wicked Daughter. Managing your aging parent...one meltdown at a time. Send us your comments! Before you head back to medication schedules, insurance paperwork, and explaining to your parent for the fifteenth time why they can't climb on a chair to change a lightbulb... Grab your free Caregiver Emergency Checklist at TheWickedDaughter.com. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review. It helps another unsuspecting caregiver find us. Then come join The Wicked Daughter Community on Facebook, where we swap stories, share practical tips, and prove that a slightly twisted sense of humor is sometimes the best medicine. https://www.facebook.com/wickeddaughter And if you'd like to help support the show, you can always Buy Me a Coffee. It helps keep the stories coming, the microphone on, and my caffeine levels high enough to survive another week of caregiving chaos. https://buymeacoffee.com/wickeddaughter Thanks for being here. It really does mean the world.

    7 min

  3. 1d ago

    How Caregiving Made Me The Wicked Daughter

    One phone call changed everything. One minute I was just a daughter. The next, I was navigating hospitals, impossible decisions, and a role nobody ever prepares you for: caregiver. In this first episode, I share how I became The Wicked Daughter—not because I was mean, controlling, or bossy...but because loving an aging parent sometimes means becoming the person who takes away the car keys, argues with doctors, worries about falls, and somehow ends up discussing bowel movements before breakfast. If you've ever hidden in your car for twenty minutes just to hear yourself think... If you've ever been told to "just let them live their life"... Or if you've discovered that caregiving is equal parts love, guilt, exhaustion, and dark humor... You're in the right place. This isn't a polished caregiving podcast full of perfect advice. It's an honest look at what really happens after the phone call—the one every caregiver knows is coming, but hopes never will. In this episode: Why I became "The Wicked Daughter"The moment my life changed foreverWhat I wish someone had told me before caregiving found meWhy laughter sometimes becomes survivalNext episode, I'll tell you what happened after the sheriff called...and why that was only the beginning. Welcome to The Wicked Daughter. Managing your aging parent...one meltdown at a time. Send us your comments! Before you head back to medication schedules, insurance paperwork, and explaining to your parent for the fifteenth time why they can't climb on a chair to change a lightbulb... Grab your free Caregiver Emergency Checklist at TheWickedDaughter.com. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review. It helps another unsuspecting caregiver find us. Then come join The Wicked Daughter Community on Facebook, where we swap stories, share practical tips, and prove that a slightly twisted sense of humor is sometimes the best medicine. https://www.facebook.com/wickeddaughter And if you'd like to help support the show, you can always Buy Me a Coffee. It helps keep the stories coming, the microphone on, and my caffeine levels high enough to survive another week of caregiving chaos. https://buymeacoffee.com/wickeddaughter Thanks for being here. It really does mean the world.

    8 min

  4. 2d ago

    Welcome to the Right Waiting Room

    Nobody hands you a manual for becoming a caregiver. They just hand you a clipboard. No one prepares you for the waiting. The worrying. The impossible decisions. Or the moments so completely absurd that you can't help but laugh. The Wicked Daughter is an honest, darkly funny podcast about the real life of caring for an aging parent. Because no one should have to navigate this journey alone. You're in the right waiting room. Send us your comments! Before you head back to medication schedules, insurance paperwork, and explaining to your parent for the fifteenth time why they can't climb on a chair to change a lightbulb... Grab your free Caregiver Emergency Checklist at TheWickedDaughter.com. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review. It helps another unsuspecting caregiver find us. Then come join The Wicked Daughter Community on Facebook, where we swap stories, share practical tips, and prove that a slightly twisted sense of humor is sometimes the best medicine. https://www.facebook.com/wickeddaughter And if you'd like to help support the show, you can always Buy Me a Coffee. It helps keep the stories coming, the microphone on, and my caffeine levels high enough to survive another week of caregiving chaos. https://buymeacoffee.com/wickeddaughter Thanks for being here. It really does mean the world.

    2 min
  • 4 Episodes

About

This podcast is for every daughter, son, spouse, partner, friend, and caregiver who has ever sat in a doctor's office taking notes, answered a call from the emergency room, argued about a walker, searched for the missing phone, or cried in a parking lot before pulling themselves together and walking back inside. Here you'll find stories, dark humor, hard-earned lessons, and the occasional reminder that you're not losing your mind. You're just doing one of the hardest jobs there is. So welcome. Pull up a chair. Hide your emergency chocolate. And join me as we navigate aging parents, impossible decisions, and caregiving chaos one meltdown at a time.

Information

  • Creator
    Lori
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Wicked Daughter