The Wicked Daughter - Caring For Your Aging Parents, One Meltdown at a Time

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. It's for the people who suddenly find themselves managing medications, appointments, paperwork, insurance, doctors, family dynamics, and decisions they never expected to have to make. It's for the person who loves their aging parent deeply... and occasionally wants to scream into a pillow. Because caregiving isn't just the big moments. It's the endless little things. The phone calls. The questions. The research. The waiting rooms. The "Did you take your medication?" conversations. The arguments over whether Mom really needs that walker. The guilt when you go home. The guilt when you don't. And the constant wondering: Am I doing this right? Here you'll find real stories, dark humor, hard-earned lessons, difficult decisions, and the occasional reminder that you're not losing your mind. You're just doing one of the hardest jobs there is. And sometimes the best thing you can do is laugh at the absurdity of it all. I'll share what I've learned from the trenches of caregiving—including the things I wish someone had told me sooner—while figuring out how to advocate for someone you love without completely losing yourself in the process. We'll talk about aging parents, medical crises, role reversal, caregiver guilt, family dynamics, impossible decisions, patient advocacy, recovery, independence, and all the wonderfully messy moments in between. There won't always be an easy answer. I'm definitely not a perfect caregiver. I've gotten frustrated. I've made mistakes. I've second-guessed myself. I've had moments when I wanted to crawl under the covers and pretend I had never heard the words "care plan." But I've also learned that sometimes the best we can do is make the best decision we can with the information we have—and then keep showing up. That's what this podcast is about. The messy middle. The moments nobody prepares you for. The things we laugh about because if we didn't laugh, we'd probably cry. And the little victories that somehow become the biggest ones. 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.