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Caring For Parents Crisis, Grief, & Comfort on OPEN MIC
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Today, Caroline Shelby from Grief Clarity Labs joins our host, Lori La Bey. Caroline dives into the effects of grieving a parent while still caring for them. Caroline cared for her mother through Alzheimer’s for 15 years, and what stayed with her the most wasn’t just the progression of the disease, but how much of the grief happened while her mother was still alive. Quietly, and often without language.
Her journey caring for her mother now informs her work as a grief educator, where she supports caregivers in understanding what they are carrying in real time, mentally, emotionally, and in their daily decision-making.
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The Ladies Talked About
- Anticipatory grief and what it actually looks like during caregiving
- The invisible mental load caregivers carry day to day
- How to respond when roles begin to reverse
- The emotional complexity that often goes unspoken (including anger, guilt, and relief)
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Living Beside the Leaving coming May of 2026
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