How to start the caregiving conversation
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Family caregivers in the United States are increasingly under mental and financial stress. Elizabeth Miller, founder of the caregiver resource platform Happy Healthy Caregiver, is here to help. On today’s show, Miller joins Kimberly to talk about prioritizing self-care and how you start caregiving conversations with family. Plus, we’ll get in the holiday spirit with a round of This or That!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- "New Report Reveals Crisis Point for America’s 63 million Family Caregivers" from AARP
- "How To Prepare To Be A Caregiver And Manage The Costs" from Today
- "5 Powerful Tips to kick off “the Talk” with Your Loved Ones" from Happy Healthy Caregiver
- "How to Make a Caregiving Plan (So It’s Ready When You Need It)" from The New York Times
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| 0:00.0 | Programming is supported by prescription landscape, serving commercial clients across the Twin Cities since 1980, with grounds care, hardscaping, interior scoping, and tree care. |
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| 0:19.9 | Hello, everyone. I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense. Thank you for joining us, whether you're watching the YouTube live stream or listening in our podcast. Welcome to our weekly happy hour episode, Economics on Tap. This is our last economics on tap of 2025. So I had to keep it festive. |
| 0:40.3 | I'm joining you from the National Press Club where there's a lot of people hanging out for the |
| 0:44.8 | holidays. But we wanted to bring you an extra special conversation today. As many of you know, |
| 0:50.8 | this week, Make Me Smart has been focusing on the care economy in the United States. |
| 0:55.8 | And, of course, families take on a significant portion of the care work in this country. |
| 1:00.8 | And it can often take a mental and financial toll on folks. |
| 1:05.5 | So our guest, Elizabeth Miller, created Happy Healthy Caregiver, |
| 1:10.0 | a caregiver resource platform and podcast to help other |
| 1:13.9 | caregivers navigate the tough job and to make sure that they're caring for themselves as well. |
| 1:20.7 | So thank you for joining us, Elizabeth. |
| 1:22.7 | Thank you for having me, Kimberly. |
| 1:24.6 | And I see your happy, healthy caregiver logo in the background. I really |
| 1:29.3 | appreciate your time. We are going to be chatting a bit. And if you all in the audience have |
| 1:34.6 | questions for Elizabeth about caregiving or taking care of yourself as a caregiver, drop them into |
| 1:40.2 | the chat and we are going to answer some of those later on. But before, of course, we get to |
| 1:45.6 | the topic at hand, we have to get to the topic of Happy Hour, which is what are you drinking, |
| 1:50.0 | Elizabeth? Well, I'm drinking something that's close to home. Let's see. It's called the Good |
| 1:55.7 | Days Classic Cocktails. This is a company that my husband co-founded. And there's a bunch of different classic |
| 2:02.1 | cocktails, but the one that I've chosen tonight is called Porch Swing, which is a vodka |
| 2:06.6 | cranberry. So mind if I crack it open? No, go for it. Love it. You love that good audio opening |
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