The Mindful Midlife Mom - Mindfulness Practices and Techniques for Mentally Exhausted Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Are you an overstretched midlife mom juggling kids and aging parents while feeling mentally exhausted and losing yourself in the process?
You're not alone in this overwhelming season. As someone currently living in the sandwich generation with my dad in assisted living while my kids are in school, I understand the unique burnout that comes from caring for everyone except yourself.
This show offers practical mindfulness tools specifically designed for moms navigating caregiving responsibilities while raising kids.
Tune in twice a week for:
- Sundays: 20-minute episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a featured mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
- Wednesdays: Short guided practice sessions to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique and reset your week
These bite-sized practices fit into your chaotic schedule and help you show up as the calm, present mom you want to be.
Start with our fan-favorite Episode 97: "Midlife Slump? You Deserve Better— 'I Am' Affirmations for Self Worth" to begin transforming how you see yourself today.
Episodes
160 episodes
135 | How to Be Present This Holiday Season: The P.A.U.S.E. Practice for Sandwich Generation Moms
This holiday season might look completely different than you expected. Maybe your parent is in a new care facility. Maybe their health has declined. Maybe you're celebrating in ways you never imagined—and the grief of that change threatens t...
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Episode 135
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17:36
The S.E.N.S.E. Reset Meditation Practice for Sandwich Generation Moms
Feeling scattered and pulled in every direction this week? This quick 10-minute practice is your emergency reset button.If you listened to Sunday's episode about managing two nests, you learned about the S.E.N.S.E. Reset Method...
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12:15
134 | Managing Two Nests: 5-Senses Meditation for Moms Pulled in Every Direction
Back from the holidays and immediately slammed with work deadlines, kids' activities, and your parent's care needs—all at once? If you feel like you're being torn apart by competing demands, this episode is your emergency reset button.
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Episode 134
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16:22
Trust Yourself Affirmation Practice to Avoid Decision Fatigue in the Sandwich Generation
Paralyzed by parent care decisions and can't think clearly anymore? This 10-minute practice gives you permission to stop searching for answers and simply breathe.When you're overwhelmed by options, drowning in research, and dec...
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8:59
133 | When Your Parent Needs More Care: The Affirmation That Carried Me Through
When your parent can no longer live independently and you're suddenly responsible for life-altering care decisions—but you don't have all the answers. What then?If you're paralyzed by the pressure to make the "right" choice for...
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Episode 133
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12:32
Midweek Reset: Return to Center Meditation Practice for Sandwich Generation Moms
Still feeling off-center days after the holiday? Your emotional pendulum is still swinging between the joy of family moments and the grief of witnessing your parent's decline. This midweek practice helps you slow it down.In thi...
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10:56
132 | Emotionally Drained After the Holidays—Grounding Meditation for Sandwich Generation Moms
The holiday is over, but you're still emotionally spinning—replaying moments, feeling the whiplash of joy and grief, unable to fully land back in regular life. If you witnessed your parent's decline while celebrating your kids' milestones, y...
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Episode 132
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15:49
You Don’t Have to Feel Grateful Every Second—Especially During a Hard Holiday for Midlife Moms
Feeling torn between gratitude and grief this Thanksgiving? If you're happy your kid is home but heartbroken that traditions have changed because of your aging parent's needs—you're not alone, and both feelings are completely valid.<...
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10:29
131 | Coping with Holiday Changes: Permission to Grieve & Be Angry for Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Struggling with holiday changes now that your parent can't be home or host like they used to? If this is your first holiday with a parent in assisted living or watching traditions disappear because they can no longer cook or plan like before, y...
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Episode 131
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15:50
When Life's Timing Really Sucks: Mindfulness for Midlife Moms in the Sandwich Generation
When life's timing just really sucks — how to release, reset, and reclaim your strength in this replay episode #118. Some weeks, it all hits at once—you miss your kid’s game for an appointment for your health-challenged parent, you...
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11:41
When Life’s Timing Feels Unfair—Sandwich Generation Disruption (REPLAY Ep. 118)
Life doesn't always go according to plan—including podcast publishing schedules! We're replaying this episode this week, and the timing is actually perfect as you head into the holiday chaos.When life’s timing feels painfully unfair….You...
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19:27
Future Self Visualization Practice for Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Feeling disconnected from your dreams? This quick 10-minute meditation and affirmation practice brings you back to Sunday's powerful Future Self Visualization, helping you reconnect with the version of you who has already made the change you...
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13:24
130 | Scared to Make a Change in Midlife: Future Self Visualization for Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Feel like you've survived the sandwich generation storm but now you're too afraid to dream about what comes next? What if the courage you built through caregiving has already prepared you for your boldest chapter yet?In this tr...
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Episode 130
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20:09
Is This All There Is in Midlife? A New POV in the Sandwich Generation
Ever find yourself wondering, "Is this all there is?" while juggling everyone else’s needs?You’re not disappearing—you’re just overdue for a moment to zoom out and remember: you have a future, too. In this short but powerful ep...
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9:40
129 | Feeling Stuck in Midlife: The Crossroads Advantage of the Sandwich Generation
Feeling caught between your kids' bright futures and your parent's steady decline?It can feel like you're frozen in the middle—unable to dream forward while holding so much in the present. But what if you’re not stuck at all? W...
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Episode 129
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14:15
When You're Feeling Broken by Caregiving in the Sandwich Generation
Having one of those days where caregiving, parenting, and everything else feels like too much?You’re not breaking—you’re stretching. And that tension you feel? It’s not proof of failure. It’s proof of growth. In this short but ...
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9:01
128 | You're Not Breaking—You're Expanding: The Hidden Gifts of the Sandwich Generation
Feel like sandwich generation caregiving is stretching you to the point of snapping?What if that stretched, overwhelmed feeling isn't you breaking—it's you expanding? In this powerful episode, you’ll reframe the chaos of caregi...
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Episode 128
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13:09
You’re More Than Just a Caregiver—Reset Affirmation for Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Having one of those days where you don’t even recognize yourself anymore?When caregiving, parenting, and working all collide, it’s easy to forget there’s a you beneath all the demands. This short mindfulness reset is your space to pause,...
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10:57
127 | Losing Yourself in Caregiving? Reconnection Affirmation for Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Ever go to bed realizing you took care of everyone but yourself today?You’re not the only one who feels buried under motherhood, caregiving, work, and everything in between. But here’s the truth: you don’t have to lose yourself to love y...
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Episode 127
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14:44
You’re Doing Better than You Think—Self Compassion Affirmations for Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Running late, forgetting things, losing your patience—and beating yourself up for all of it?You’re not alone, and you’re not failing. When life in the sandwich generation feels like a mess of missed appointments and chaotic schedules, wh...
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9:08
126 | Stop being so hard on yourself: Self Compassion Affirmations for Caregivers in the Sandwich Generation
Feel like you’re constantly dropping the ball between raising kids and caring for your aging parent? Like you're failing at everything, all at once?You’re not. You’re doing the best you can with what you have—and that is enough. In this ...
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Episode 126
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14:17
Feeling Alone in the Sandwich Generation? Mantras for Connection
Feeling like no one really gets what you're going through as a sandwich generation mom? Like your friends care—but don’t fully understand?You're not imagining it. Caregiving in midlife creates a unique kind of isolation that’s hard to ex...
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10:16
125 | Navigating Loneliness in Sandwich Generation: Staying Connected When Your Reality Feels Isolating
Dreading the “How are you?” questions because you're afraid your caregiving reality will bring down the mood?You're not broken for feeling isolated. Being a sandwich generation mom comes with a kind of loneliness most people don't talk ...
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Episode 125
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15:55
How to Say No to Your Aging Parent - Empowering Mantras for Challenging Conversations in the Sandwich Generation
Need to set a boundary with your aging parent today, but that people-pleasing voice in your head is making it feel impossible?You’re not failing—you're navigating a deeply ingrained pattern that many women share. When you’ve be...
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11:28
124 | Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents in the Sandwich Generation: A Mantra Toolkit for People-Pleasers
Do you feel like a "bad daughter" every time you say no to your aging parent's requests—even when you're completely maxed out?You're not alone. For many women balancing caregiving, kids, careers, and cultural expectations, sayi...
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Episode 124
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15:57