We’re keeping the party going this week with Part 2 of the month-long 1-year podcastiversary celebration . . . although the topics this week may not quite feel like a celebration. 

This week I want to take it down a notch and focus on some topics that are weighing heavily on a lot of Gen X’ers:  caring for our aging parents, navigating their illnesses, and grieving their loss.  

The Casey Kasem-style countdown continues this week with highlights from two topics to support your shift through your watching your parents age or die: 

⭐️No. 6:  Forever Young:  Navigating Aging Parents, Dementia, Illness, and Death

→ Lizette Cloete

→ Christina Lord (Episodes 9 and 10) 

⭐️No. 5:  Tears in Heaven:  Losing Parents and Navigating Grief

→ Christina Lord (Episodes 9 and 10) 

My intention is that these episodes and their highlight reels provide you a sense of empowerment in navigating the caregiving journey with your parents, and in how you recognize and heal through the grief of losing them.  

Here’s how you can help celebrate the podcastiversary: 

👉🏻 Listen to the highlight episodes each week. 

👉🏻 Go back and listen to full episodes to catch up.

👉🏻 Make sure to grab the guest freebies and discounts from the guest episodes!

👉🏻 Sign The Gen X Shift birthday card:  Leave a comment where you listen, send me a comment at [email protected], and share your biggest insight from an episode.  I’ll take all of these comments and put them on a huge birthday card at the end of the month that I’ll post on social media and share through email.  

👉🏻 Send or post a picture of you listening to the podcast (make sure to tag The Gen X Shift and use #thegenxshift).  

So, let’s party like it’s the end of the world (because . . . you know) and settle in for Part 2 of this look back at The Gen X Shift’s first year!  

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🗝️Key Takeaways: 

[05:12] Lizette Cloete:  Navigating and Understanding Dementia and Dementia Caregiving

[11:51] Christina Lord:  A Journey Through Caring for Sick and Dying Parents

[19:11] Tears in Heaven:  Losing Parents and Navigating Grief with Christina Lord

[20:27] Recognizing Signs of Gen X Grief

[27:58] Reflecting on Your Own Grief

[29:13] Insights on Healing Through Grief of Parental Loss

[38:21] The Possible Gifts of Grief

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Stay Gold, Gen X’ers . . . .

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