{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"M.E.S.H.","title":"Caregiving, Identity, and the Life That Changes Around You","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1369,"description":"Dr. Pamela Brewer welcomes Janette Burke to M.E.S.H. for a candid, practical, and deeply human conversation about caregiving, identity, disability, work, and the emotional cost of caring for an aging parent. Janette is a women’s leadership mentor, speaker, podcast host, mental health advocate, and online TV host whose life changed dramatically when caregiving became central to her daily reality. Together, Dr. Brewer and Janette explore what it means to become “a mother to your mother,” how caregiving reshapes time, health, business, friendship, and independence, and why caregivers need support, structure, and permission to care for themselves too.\n🌟 Topics Covered:\nThe daily reality of family caregiving\nCaring for an aging parent while managing work\nHow caregiving can change identity and independence\nHow caregiving affects sleep, health, and social life\nWhy caregivers often put their own needs last\nThe guilt and loneliness caregivers may carry\nKey takeaways:\nCaregiving is love, labor, planning, and emotional endurance all at once.\nCaregivers often need support long before they feel comfortable asking for it.\nSelf-care is not separate from caregiving; it helps make caregiving sustainable.\nLosing flexibility, social time, sleep, and independence can affect emotional health.\nA caregiver’s body, schedule, and relationships need attention too.\nSmall supports, like help with cleaning or transportation, can make a meaningful difference.\nCaregiving requires flexibility, but it also requires boundaries and realistic expectations.\nNaming the strain honestly can be the first step toward getting help.\nLearn more about our guest:\nGuest: Janette Burke\nWebsite: www.janetteburke.com\nOnline TV: Janette’s TV\nSocial media: DM Janette Burke or Janette’s TV on social platforms\nEmail: janettestv@janetteburke.com\nPhone/Text: 416-802-0655\nWork mentioned: Janette is a women’s leadership mentor, speaker, podcast host, mental health advocate, online TV host, correspondent, red carpet event...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e7pnn_S1e5w4QA_uOr9X-tzVE63EXYX4_dYhFyWj_a8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZWQz/MjA4ODk1YWEwMjRk/YmI4YzhmNjBiYWZh/MTJkNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}