Harvesting Happiness Podcasts

There are 40.4 million unpaid caregivers of adults ages 65 and older in the United States today. A high percentage of those caregivers are female adult children who have children of their own and are managing households and careers. There are few guidebooks on how to deal with the tender strain of the changing family dynamics. To discover how taxing the emotional, mental, and physical strain can be, Positive Psychology Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks candidly with author Maya Shanbhag Lang about love, legacy, and relational role-shifting. In Maya’s book, What We Carry: A Memoir, Maya shares the deeply personal story of the relationship changes that take place as we grow and age. She also touches on the expected role of women in certain families and how making self-honoring decisions changed her life, her daughter's, and her mother’s lives for the better. Maya Shanbhag Lang PhD — Relational Role-Shifting: ● Maya describes the predicaments caregivers often find themselves in when they are thrown into th