Are you beginning to feel the squeeze of the sandwich generation?
We may be helping our kids find their feet to venture out into the world while just beginning to be tugged in the other direction with our parents needing our help too.
We are still bringing up our own kids while taking on the care of our parents.
In this interview we discuss how to have challenging conversations with our parents.
In some situations, it’s hard to know how to ask sensitive questions to our parents while not insulting them or making them feel like they are a child and you are now their parent.
What you will learn in this episode:
How to ask challenging questions to keep your relationship with your parent in balance
To remind yourself to put yourself in their shoes
How to introduce a third party to help navigate tough situations/discussions
How unresolved emotions can help contribute to diseases later in life
How to set boundaries so we have enough energy to help our parents
How we allow our emotions and feelings from past hurts dictate how we help our parents now