What YOU Need As a Caregiver with Yvette Nicole Brown

90210MG

iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Yvette Nicole Brown returns with Jennie to offer permission, perspective and practical tools for caregivers everywhere. She opens up about her 11-year journey caring for her father, the emotional and logistical realities of caregiving, and why love ... not heroism ... is at the heart of it all.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.6	You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Girl.
0:12.4	Welcome back to I Choose Me, the podcast about the choices we make.
0:17.3	And you know what?
0:18.0	Many of us are in the sandwich generation facing those tough choices with and for our aging parents.
0:27.4	My guest, Yvette, Nicole Brown, has made it her mission to support caregivers.
0:32.0	In this bonus episode, she shares encouragement and practical tips for me and for you.
0:38.7	Here's more of our conversation.
0:40.7	So, Nicole, I wanted to talk to you a little bit more about something that I know.
0:46.1	You just call me Nicole.
0:47.4	Oh, my God.
0:48.0	Sorry.
0:48.6	People do it all the time.
0:49.5	Let's leave this in because I need.
0:51.5	Wait, your name is Yvette, Nicole.
0:54.0	Right. But no, I need to point this out. Leave this in because I need, your name is Yvette, Nicole. Right. But no, I need to point this out. Leave this in
0:56.7	because I get called Nicole all the time. And I really want to talk to a linguist or someone that
1:03.8	understands words or names because I think it's because Yvette is not a strong, I think Nicole's a stronger name.
1:09.8	It comes out first. It does. It more naturally comes out first. Yeah, they hear Yvette Nicole Brown. I'll go, what's your name, Yvette is not a strong, I think Nicole is a stronger name. It comes out first.
1:11.0	It does.
1:11.4	It more naturally comes out first.
1:12.4	Yeah, they hear Yvette Nicole Brown.
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