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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Amy and Margaret honor National Caregiving Month with an honest, compassionate look at the realities of caregiving. From raising kids to caring for aging parents—or both at once—they explore the invisible labor, emotional toll, and financial strain that caregivers face every day. They share personal stories, research-backed insights, and practical advice for managing burnout, compassion fatigue, and family dynamics. Whether you’re part of the “sandwich generation” or just beginning to navigate caregiving, this conversation offers solidarity and tools to help you find support and protect your own well-being. Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Parkinson's Foundation blog: Finding Balance: 8 Tips for Avoiding Caregiver Burnout Guardian Life blog: Standing Up and Stepping In: A Modern Look at Caregivers in the US Mayo Clinic: Caregiver stress: Tips for taking care of yourself Single Care blog: Caregiver’s guide to self care & avoiding caregiver burnout We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ Get 50% Off Monarch Money, the all-in-one financial tool at ⁠www.monarchmoney.com/FRESH Ready to raise money-smart kids? Start now with your first month FREE at acornsearly.com/FRESH! Head to GigSalad.com and book some awesome talent for your next party, and let them know that What Fresh Hell sent you. caregiving, caregiver burnout, sandwich generation, National Caregiving Month, mental load, aging parents, elder care, motherhood, self-care, compassion fatigue, invisible labor, family stress, emotional labor, parent care, What Fresh Hell podcast, mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8	She was like, miss me with the hospice clown.
0:34.8	What fresh hell.
0:36.5	Laughing in the face of motherhood. You have to have a PhD in something you didn't know anything about a week ago. With Margaret Ables. And Amy Wilson. I hope you're taking care of yourself. I'm like, yeah, when would I be doing that? A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas. So you don't have to. You're not necessarily getting, oh, thank you, you're the
0:55.3	most wonderful person in the world for bringing me dinner.
1:01.2	Hey, everybody. Welcome to What Fresh Hell, laughing in the face of motherhood. This is Amy.
1:05.6	And this is Margaret. And did you know that November is National Caregiving Month?
1:12.7	Oh, a month just for us.
1:14.7	A month just for us.
1:15.3	That's so nice.
1:17.1	We're going to be talking about caregiving.
1:22.1	But first, we're going to give care to our mailbag.
1:22.6	Okay.
1:23.0	All right.
1:23.9	I'll allow that segue.
1:26.1	Yeah, it was not my best work.
1:27.4	Not my best work, guys.
1:29.2	I'm sorry. Mailbag.
1:37.2	So I was talking on a recent episode about the battle for bar chargers in my house and how I can never find a bar charger. And I said, what's a bar charger? And it's, you know, like a battery pack for your
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