Redefining Being a Provider with Chris Punsalan
So Your Parents Are Old
Vanessa Grigoriadis
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Musician and caregiving influencer Chris Punsalan talks with Vanessa about going straight from college to becoming his grandmother’s full-time caregiver. He explains the schedule, strength, and tenderness it took—and why gratitude became his North Star. Learn more about tendercare at trytendercare.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Thank you so much for listening to this show. I hope you're getting something out of it because I definitely am getting something out of making it. So if you'd like to join our community, the so your parents are old community, please head over to join campside.com. That's C-A-M-P-S-I-D-E. |
| 0:21.3 | You'll find behind-the-scenes content there, bonus content for all of our hit shows. |
| 0:26.8 | So join campside.com. |
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| 0:57.2 | Adobe.com. You know, she was bedbound and she wasn't able to do the things that she wanted, |
| 1:06.6 | but she was so grateful for everything. And I tell this story all the time, and I hope that she's not upset for me telling it. |
| 1:13.6 | But there was one time where I was swiveling her out of bed |
| 1:16.6 | to get her ready to put into the wheelchair, |
| 1:18.6 | and she let out a fart. |
| 1:20.6 | And we both laughed. |
| 1:21.6 | But after what she said was so surprising, |
| 1:23.6 | she said that, wow, I am so grateful that I'm able to pass gas because that means |
| 1:29.3 | I will no longer have a stomach ache. And I know that I know, she said I have many friends |
| 1:33.8 | who are, who have stomach problems because they're not able to pass gas. And I thought it was |
| 1:39.6 | so hilarious at the time and it still is. But she was so grateful for the smallest things in life. |
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