Caretakers Need to Care for Themselves with Seth and Lauren Rogen

Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast

Higher Ground

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.4 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Filmmakers Seth and Lauren Rogen join the show to answer a listener’s question about family upheaval caused by caring for an aging parent. Seth and Lauren open up about caring for Lauren’s mother after she received an early Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and Michelle and Craig share stories about the family caretaking that shaped their childhoods. Also find out how new hobbies and ceramic bongs could help you stay sharp as you age.

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0:00.0	I come from a family steeped in talking about it.
0:02.7	Talking about your feelings.
0:04.1	My family can't stop talking about it.
0:06.3	No, they cannot.
0:08.3	As much as you would wish, they are incapable of that.
0:12.2	I just knew I was completely incapable of dealing with this.
0:16.2	And I was just like, this is like a professional level of grief.
0:20.2	You are, and something that you need to like
0:22.2	have gone to school to understand how to navigate this kind of thing and and that was very helpful
0:28.8	that was yeah that was the one that was like i love you i'm happy to you know hold you while you
0:33.2	cry but you need a professional and and i did. Yeah. I really did.
0:38.8	And it really helped.
0:49.1	This episode is brought to you by Colagard and Pinesol.
0:51.2	Hey, you?
0:52.3	Hi, Craig.
0:53.6	How are you, Michelle?
0:55.7	I'm doing pretty good.
1:00.5	Good. We're back at our nice Airbnb taping out here on the West Coast.
1:02.4	It's so beautiful out here.
1:03.0	I know.
1:03.9	Good weather.
1:09.2	Coming from, it's like, East Coast doesn't, you know, weather's a little chilly. In the Midwest, it was, we had our coldest week and it hit down into the 30s, which isn't
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