Welcome to the People with Parents Podcast!

It's Never a Dull Moment at the Urban Shady Pines

"I'm a new mom. I have a 77 and an 84-year-old."
 
This is the joke I started telling on-stage (I'm a standup comedian) when I was blindsided by the whole role reversal/aging parents thing. It seemed like my parents were fine until one day they weren't.
 
My Mom was diagnosed with alzheimer's. (I know it's supposed to be capitalized, but passive-aggressively, I refuse to give it that power.) A few months later My Dad had a mild heart attack followed by a cascading set of medical issues. And then suddenly, they needed me. A lot. I wasn't prepared. It was a constant juggle struggle to look after them, maintain a comedy career, and still live my own life. That's how the People with Parents podcast was born. From heartache comes art.
 
It's a personal storytelling podcast. In micro-episodes I talk about, laugh about, and try to figure out the ever-changing relationship that can happen between adult children and their aging parents. How do you keep their dignity and your sanity? With comedy and candor. (And bourbon. So much bourbon.)

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P.S. I do a humor talk called Parenting Your Parents: Six Tips for Caregivers - When Your Empty Nest Smells Like Bengay & Mothballs. It's perfect for companies and organizations that have employees and members who are dealing with the work/life balance of caring for aging parents. Invite me to speak to your group.  LeighannLord@gmail.com.