{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Build Your Own Boat","title":"What Happens When Caregiving Interrupts Your Midlife Business? A Conversation with Wendy Green","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2325,"description":"Episode SummaryWhat happens to your business when an aging parent moves in and needs your care? Wendy Green, founder of Hey Boomer and host of the Boomer Banter Podcast, faced exactly this — and instead of powering through, she made a deliberate choice to scale back her podcast and refocus her energy on the work that gives her the most fulfillment for the least burnout. In this episode of Build Your Own Boat, Wendy shares how she built a \"fleet\" of ventures — coaching, a podcast, a Substack newsletter, group coaching, travel experiences, and in-person classes at continuing care communities — and how she used a simple return-on-investment framework (time, energy, fulfillment, not just money) to decide what to keep, pause, or let go when caregiving for her 96-year-old mother became her new full-time responsibility. This conversation is a candid, practical roadmap for the millions of women who are simultaneously entrepreneurs and family caregivers — a reality the entrepreneurship world rarely discusses honestly.\nKey TakeawaysCaregiving is a business risk that deserves real planning, not silent sacrifice. According to AARP, the majority of family caregivers are women, many in the same 50+ age range building or running businesses — making caregiving a mainstream entrepreneurial challenge, not an edge case.You don't need every credential before you start. Wendy earned a coaching certification and change leadership credentials, but she stresses that certifications gave her confidence, not permission — waiting for \"one more course\" is often just delay disguised as preparation.Evaluate ventures using time and fulfillment, not just income. When caregiving demands increased, Wendy assessed each business activity by asking what it gave her versus what it cost her in time and energy, then cut the parts (like heavy podcast promotion) that drained her most for the least return.Solopreneurship is lonely — collaboration fixes it. Wendy co-founded the Age-Wise Collective, a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bQsbNia0IsmMmK-_EAZWTPLH0_5ooXLhZABkhXi9Cis/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMjY3/NTllZmQ4ZTljNzVj/NTZmNzZiZTMzMmIy/ODBlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}