Liz O'Donnell is the founder of Working Daughter, a global community for women balancing eldercare and career. She's the award-winning author of Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning A Living, which is a brilliant book. She's a longtime marketing executive who's become a recognized expert on caregiving and in 2020, she created National Working Daughter's Day. We talk about: - Why Liz wrote the book, Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Your Aging Parents While Earning A Living - The importance of moving from resentment to acceptance - The power of unconditional love and showing up - Why Liz focused on daughters in her book - Why it's helpful to look forward to the time when you're no longer caring (even though that means your parents are not there anymore) - Flexibility and the cost of being flexible - How the Covid-19 pandemic put everything in perspective - Living through the caregiving - How workplaces can help carers - The expectation that it will always be the daughter - Judging your actions not your thoughts - Finding alternative solutions to a difficult situation And more!   If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers: UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast. Recommended by the Sunday Times. Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #14 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide. You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com. Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

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