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.
The Mindful Midlife Mom - Mindfulness Practices and Techniques for Mentally Exhausted Moms in the Sandwich Generation
Mindfulness Moment: Affirmation for Caregiving Guilt and Resentment in the Sandwich Generation
Do you ever catch yourself caring for your aging parents purely out of obligation—handling the logistics, managing appointments, making decisions—while your siblings go about their “normal” lives? If resentment or guilt has crept in, you’re not alone…and you’re not a bad daughter for feeling this way.
In this Midweek Mindfulness Moment of The Mindful Midlife Mom, Valerie guides you through a short but powerful affirmation practice that shifts your perspective from I have to do this to I choose to do this from love. This isn’t about ignoring the reality of your responsibilities—it’s about transforming how you experience them.
You’ll learn:
- Why it’s normal to feel resentment when caregiving falls mostly on you
- How the simple reframe, “I choose to care from a place of love over obligation,” can help you release heaviness and guilt
- A guided meditation to anchor this mindset so you can approach caregiving with more clarity and peace
“The goal isn’t to erase obligation—it’s to bring intention and love into how you meet it.”
Press play to reset your caregiving energy and walk away feeling lighter, calmer, and more connected to the reason you show up in the first place.
You’re listening to the right show, formerly known as the Mindful Life Changes or Mindful Career Change. We’ve pivoted through the years, but finally landed on the right path: content for moms in the ‘Sandwich Generation’, because midlife disruption doesn't have to break you.
New episodes drop on:
- Sundays: 20-min episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
- Wednesdays: Bite-sized episodes to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique & reset your week
More from The Mindful Midlife Mom:
Discover Valerie's articles on ohhellomidlife.com or watch her videos on YouTube @ohhellomidlife
This podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.