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The Millennial Sandwich
A podcast for millennial women in the sandwich generation balancing motherhood, daughterhood and more.
Episodes
18 episodes
Is This a Podcast or a Therapy Session? Our Season 1 Recap & Finale
Season 1 of The Millennial Sandwich is officially wrapped! From the first episode we recorded (which, spoiler alert, has still never been released) to this season 1 recap, we've learned so much, felt so seen, and found ourselves ask...
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The Most Surprising Stat About the Sandwich Generation with Care.com's Naaz Nichols
Naaz Nichols is Care.com's Chief Customer Experience Officer. She's also a sandwich generation caregiver — and that lived experience gives her the tools to fully understand what other caregivers truly need.In this episode, Naaz joins us ...
How to Notice Your Parents' Signs of Aging Before There's a Crisis
If you're a millennial, there's a good chance you've noticed some changes in how your parents function. Maybe they're moving differently, or they're repeating themselves more, or they're simply just...not as confident as they used to be....
The Myth of 'Doing it All' with Multi-Hyphenate Hitha Palepu
Personally and professionally, Hitha Palepu wears a lot of hats. She's a mother of boys (but not a boy mom), a daughter of immigrants, and only child, a pharma CEO, a content creator, an author, a speaker...and that's not even an exhuastive lis...
Why is Everyone Still Treating Care Like it's Worthless? with Elissa Strauss
Care work has value, economically and beyond — yet both our systems and our culture refuse to acknowledge this. Nobody understands this deep devaluation better than Elissa Strauss, who (l...
What Will the Midlife Crisis Look Like for Millennial Women?
Millennials are preparing for their midlife era...and it's bringing up a lot of questions. For example...Does every generation feel this way at this age?Why do we feel so much younger *and* so much older than we...
Young Caregiving & Alzheimer's with Jessica C. Guthrie
Jessica C. Guthrie was your typical ambitious millennial. She had it all figured out: The big dreams, the Ivy League education, the clear path to the top. And then, when Jessica was 26, her mom's A...
Anxiety, Avoidance & Anticipatory Grief with Claire Bidwell Smith
Grief doesn't always follow the five stages that have become a fixture in cultural conversations about loss. The reality? Grief can show up in a costume...and it doesn't always begin when someone dies.
Undoing Generational Patterns Without Losing Your Parents With Dr. Mona Amin
One of the hallmarks of millennial parenting? Knowing so much (maybe...too much?) about raising kids, yet constantly feeling undermined by the people who raised you. Even the experts are experiencing this. See:
Radical Honesty, Ragebait Content & Cycle Breaking with Libby Ward
As a content creator and author of Honest Motherhood: Losing My Mind and Finding Myself, Libby Ward built h...
How We Realized We Were in the Sandwich Generation
There's no formal introduction to the sandwich generation. Chances are, you've been in it for longer than you realize — at least if your sandwich generation story is anything like our experiences.Anita and Zara, hosts of The Millennial S...
Is Marriage Supposed to be Hard? Partnership as Parents with Eli Weinstein
Having kids is going to change your relationship — that's inevitable. But that doesn't mean your partnership is doomed after you have kids. Eli Weinstein, LCSW therapist, host of
Are Millennials Financially Doomed? With Financial Advisor Bonnie Mangold
It's not in your head: Millennials really are fighting an uphill battle when it comes to finances. We're navigating astronomical childcare costs, an unstable job market, inflation, and more...and while still paying back our student ...
The Content-ification of Caregiving, 'Yesteryear' & 'Rugrats'
Anita and Zara discuss the evolution of media representation of caregiving. From 'Leave it Beaver' and other depictions of 1950's subu...
Everything You Think You Know About the Mental Load is Wrong with Leah Ruppanner
Leah Ruppanner, a sociologist and the author of Drained, joins Anita and Zara to discUss the complexities o...
What Does it Mean to be a Good Daughter? with Dr. Allison Alford
Dr. Allison Alford, PhD, a researcher and the author of
Guilt, Friendship and The Baby-Sitters-Club Series with Saumya Dave
Saumya Dave, psychiatrist, author, and mental health advocate joins Anita and Zara to discuss the complex emotions of guilt, the importance of authentic friendships, and the societal expectations placed on ...
Surprise, We're in the Sandwich Generation (and You Probably Are Too)
What happens when a journalist who covers parenting and a physician who cares for older adults enter the sandwich generation? If Zara Hanawalt and Dr. Anita Chandra's experiences are any indication, no amount of expertise can truly prepare you ...