In this caregiver spotlight episode, meet Liz O’Donnell. Liz provided care for both of her parents while juggling a demanding full-time job. An expert on balancing work and family, Liz writes and speaks frequently on these topics. Her passion for working daughters is evident throughout this episode where we talk about integrating all our competing responsibilities and creating time for self-care.
Listen to the show: Caregiver Spotlight – Liz O’Donnell
Due to length of show, this Caregiver Spotlight is divided into two parts.
Part 1
Part 2
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Words of Encouragement
Each episode starts off with a few words of inspiration or motivation that is pulled from the Happy Healthy Caregiver Jar.
Links & Resources Mentioned
- Liz is the author of Mogul, Mom & Maid: The Balancing Act of the Modern Woman, a book that picks up where other books leave off – understanding the impact women’s personal lives have on their careers and the ways business can support working women. Look for second book, Working Daughter, to be published this summer.
- Liz parallel’s today Caregiver Jar quote with caregiver guilt since comparison is the thief of joy.
- While I didn’t self-identify as a family caregiver, Liz definitely did.
- Listen to Liz as she tells the story of how she learned both her parents were sick on July 1 – Mom with ovarian cancer and dad with dementia.
- Check out Elizabeth’s Day in a Life of being a working daughter on the Working Daughter blog.
- Check out Liz’s Caregiver Bill of Rights and you can download a printable to post it where you can see it. Here’s just one of the Rights we mentioned on the show.
- Liz and Elizabeth discuss how they both had a mindset shift related to caregiving.
- Learn more about the resources that may be available to you in your Employee Assistance Program
- Listen to Liz’s tips on how we as working daughters can help encourage the work caregiving culture (e.g. Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell and other ways to build trust at work)
- Skills working daughters learn while caregiving skills actually enhance our portfolio of skills.
- Elizabeth’s dad wrote a ‘drop’ in his book A Drop in the Bucket about how it is an advantage to give work to a busy person.
- Elizabeth shares some tips to integrate self-care into your workday in this blog post.
- Liz is also planning to launch a podcast this year (note: she launched it and I updated the link).
- Liz rocked the lightning round of the show where she answered some of the prompts that are listed in the Just for You: a Daily Self-Care Journal – we talk about a day trip she wants to take, an unexpected blessing, her potential karaoke song, and her natural gifts and talents.
- Update: Liz also published another book called Working Daughter:
- Check out Liz’s website Working Daughter – here you’ll find a community for women balancing caring for an aging parent and their career. Working Daughter offers caregiver coaching services, a membership program with access to tools, resources, webinars, and more!
Favorite moments & quotes from the episode
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