Ep. 395 Let's talk about midlife: parenting our parents & life in the middle

Sorta Awesome

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Education, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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We know you’ve been hoping Mindy Brouse would be back on Sorta Awesome soon, and your wish has been granted! The Midlife with Mindy and Meg series returns today, and Meg and Mindy are opening the conversation that many, many of us are needing right now - how do we make the transition to caring for our aging parents? And HOW are we supposed to do all of that while our own children are navigating brand new territory as adults, too? There are no easy answers, but there is compassionate conversation to be had! Looking for a summer podcast binge! It’s a great time become a Super Star and get access to HUNDREDS of hours of exclusive, never-heard-before episodes! It’s super easy to sign up at patreon.com/sortaawesome and bonus - get our texting number so you can send us your thoughts anytime! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Truebill: Don’t fall for subscription scams. Start cancelling today at truebill.com/AWESOME Organifi: Go to organifi.com and use code AWESOME for 15% off any item in the store Hiya: Go to hiyahealth.com/AWESOME and receive 50% off your first order LinkedIn: Post your first job for free at linkedin.com/AWESOME SHOW NOTES: Mindy’s AotW: The Change by Kirsten Miller Amazon | Bookshop Meg’s AotW: Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree Mindy’s notes: Wizard for Hire by Obert Skye Amazon | Bookshop Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett Amazon | Bookshop The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Amazon | Bookshop The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher Amazon | Bookshop A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Amazon | Bookshop Bookend Homeschoolers: Hanging Our Hat on How Our Kids Turn Out S2E24 Parenthood TV Show CLICK OVER TO SHOW NOTES to read Mindy's article! You can find Meg on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Find Mindy at bookendhomeschoolers.com and on Instagram! You can also find her as a co-host on the Currently Reading podcast! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook or @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.1	It's June 17th, and I am utterly delighted to have my wonderful and wise friend,
0:42.7	and sort of awesome regular Mindy Browse here with me today. Hi Mindy.
0:47.5	Hi Meg, so glad to see you.
0:49.5	I'm so glad to see you. You are coming to us post-surgery. You're recovering from some stuff,
0:54.4	and then you're like putting together all of this wisdom to help us continue in our
1:00.2	midlife with Mindy and Meg series, and I'm so thankful for you taking time out of your schedule
1:05.6	and out of your recovery to come and talk to us again.
1:08.6	Oh, it's my favorite thing. I love doing this with you. I love hearing back from our, you know,
1:13.4	sisters walking this life, and it's just a real boost to my week. I love it and my mom, so yeah,
1:20.9	I've been looking forward to it. Well, you guys know that if Mindy is here,
1:24.3	we are going to be talking all things midlife. Now, so far in our midlife series, Mindy and I
1:31.1	have talked about brain fog, and about that special amount of chaos that Perry Menopause brings
1:38.0	to our cycles. We've also talked about how crazy, crazy hungry we are, which I'm like starving right
1:46.7	now. I could totally eat as well as the just absolutely horrifying like history of how women
1:56.4	have been treated through history when it comes to Menopause. But today, we wanted to talk about
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