Overcoming Caregiving and Relationship Problems with Barry Jacobs
Happy Healthy Caregiver
Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Our guest is Barry J. Jacobs — he’s a clinical psychologist and author based just outside of Philly who has a real heart for supporting family caregivers. And that passion is personal. Barry’s caregiving journey started young — when he was just 14, his dad was diagnosed with brain cancer and sadly passed away the following year. That experience shaped the direction of his life and career. Later, from 2010 to 2017, Barry stepped into the caregiving role again — this time for his stepfather, who had Alzheimer’s, and his mom, who was living with vascular dementia. He truly understands the emotional rollercoaster that comes with caregiving and has spent his career helping others navigate it with more support and less guilt.
In this episode, we discuss two of his books, co-written with his wife, one on love and relationships after 50, and one focused on addressing common family caregiving questions. We delve deeper into the topics of guilt, family dynamics, and self-care. Barry has much personal and professional wisdom to share, especially when it comes to self-kindness, using more honey and less vinegar, balancing ‘me time’ and ‘we time,’ and spreading ‘You Got This’ confidence throughout the caregiving community.
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| 0:52.6 | The way you treat one another during this very difficult time, and how you talk with one another, |
| 0:59.6 | how you make choices together, how you respect one another's ideas, that that is going to |
| 1:04.9 | affect your relationship forever after. And because people remember exactly what was said and how it was said. |
| 1:11.1 | Are you caring for others while working and trying to live your own life? |
| 1:15.0 | Wondering how to find the time for your own health and happiness. |
| 1:18.1 | Well, you're in the right place. |
| 1:19.6 | The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, which is part of the Whole Care Network, |
| 1:23.2 | is the show where real family caregivers share how to be happy and healthy while caring for others. |
| 1:28.7 | Hello and welcome. I'm your host, Elizabeth Miller. I'm a fellow family caregiver, a care |
| 1:33.8 | advocate, a professional speaker, author, certified caregiving consultant, and certified senior |
| 1:39.1 | advisor. If this is your first time listening, thank you for being here. This is a show produced |
| 1:44.0 | biweekly to help family caregivers integrate self-care and |
| 1:47.8 | caregiving into their lives. |
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