Chat with Nat: Caregiving, Money, Finances, and Support for Caregivers
Caring for aging parents or loved ones while managing your career, finances, and your own life can feel overwhelming, isolating, and financially stressful. balancing work, and feeling overwhelmed by financial decisions, Chat With Nat is your trusted resource. Chat with Nat, a caregiving podcast focused on caregiver support, financial planning for caregivers, and navigating the real-life challenges of balancing care, money, and well-being. Nat dives into the caregiving topics that matter most, caregiving strategies, emotional support, financial planning, budgeting tips, and real‑world solutions that help you care with confidence without sacrificing your own future. From practical episodes on how to pay for care, plan ahead financially, avoid burnout, and navigate family caregiving challenges, to honest conversations with experts, caregivers, and advocates — this show gives you the clarity, community, and tools you need to protect your money, your time, and your wellbeing. Whether you’re newly caring for a loved one or have been at it for years, Chat With Nat is here to help you care smarter, not harder. Hosted by Natalie (Nat), this show brings honest conversations and practical guidance to help you manage caregiver stress, avoid burnout, and feel more confident in both your caregiving role and your financial decisions. Each episode explores: Caregiver support and strategies for everyday challenges Financial planning, money management, and the cost of caregiving Caregiver burnout, mental health, and setting boundaries Balancing caregiving with work, family, and personal life Supporting aging parents and navigating complex family dynamics Whether you’re a family caregiver, supporting an aging parent, or planning for the financial and emotional impact of care, you’ll find relatable stories, expert insights, and actionable advice you can actually use. If you’re looking for guidance on caregiving and finances, without the fluff, this podcast will help you feel supported, prepared, and less alone.
Episodes
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In this episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie is joined by her niece Aspen, a registered nurse who became one of Natalie’s most important lifelines during the final months of her mom’s caregiving journey.
Aspen experienced Nana’s decline from two perspectives at the same time. She was a nurse who understood the medical language, changing symptoms, medications, an...
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There can come a moment in adulthood when the person who spent their life taking care of you suddenly needs you to take care of them.
You are holding the medication, scheduling the appointments, making decisions about safety, considering whether they can remain at home, and trying to determine how much help they need.
Somewhere in the middle of all of that, you may find yoursel...
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There is a question millions of families eventually ask, and many ask it too late:
How are we going to pay for our loved one’s care?
Not groceries. Not prescriptions. Not one doctor’s appointment.
Actual ongoing care.
What happens when someone needs help bathing, dressing, eating, taking medications, or getting safely through the day? What happens if they cannot be le...
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You can love someone with your entire heart and still feel completely exhausted because you are caring for them.
You can be grateful they are here and still wish you had one day when nobody needed you. You can choose caregiving and still have moments when you think, “I can’t do this today.”
Then comes the guilt.
In this first episode of Natalie Kime’s thr...
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“What if I give her the medicine and she doesn’t wake back up?”
It is a terrifying thought that many caregivers may have when someone they love reaches the end of life.
In this deeply personal episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime talks about the fear and guilt that can surround comfort medications during hospice care. She is not approaching this conversation...
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Do you remember the first time you realized the roles had changed?
Maybe it was the first time you reminded your dad to take his medication. Maybe it was when your mom called because she could not figure out a bill. Maybe it was when you had to take away the car keys, or when you sat in a doctor’s office answering questions for the person who used to answer all the quest...
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We talk a lot about the primary caregiver.
The person managing appointments, medications, decisions, sleepless nights, and the emotional weight of watching someone they love decline.
But caregiving often has a supporting cast.
Sometimes it is a spouse, a sibling, a neighbor, a friend, or a child stepping in to help care for their grandparent.
In this deeply personal episode of Ch...
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What if one of the biggest expenses you face in retirement is something Medicare was never designed to pay for?
In this episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime breaks down one of the most important financial planning conversations families need to have before crisis hits: the Medicare gap.
Many people reach retirement believing that Medicare and retirement savings mean they are ...
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Everyone talks about being a caregiver.
They tell you how to organize medications, advocate at doctor’s appointments, survive sleepless nights, prepare for hospice, and maybe even how to say goodbye.
But almost nobody talks about what happens after.
In this deeply honest episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime talks about the other side of caregiving, the place she has been...
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Today on Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime is talking about something most families do not want to talk about: dying.
More specifically, what happens financially when someone passes away?
After walking through her mom’s funeral, burial, travel, cultural traditions, family meals, flowers, death certificates, and unexpected expenses, Natalie shares what she learned about the real...
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After nearly four years of caring for her mom, caregiving had become more than something Natalie did. It had become part of who she was. There were doctor’s appointments, medications, hospital stays, sleepless nights, hard decisions, laughter, heartbreak, and thousands of ordinary moments most people never saw.
But then there were the people who walked into their home.
Th...
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Grief is not the end of love. It is love learning how to live in a different form.
In this deeply personal episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime returns to share the episode she always knew would come, but never knew how she would find the words for. Four weeks after her mom went home, Natalie opens her heart and shares the talk she gave at her mom’s service.
This ...
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This week on Chat with Nat, we are re-releasing Episode 100 with Shelley Martinez, a life coach, licensed psychotherapist, and certified hypnotherapist. In this conversation, Natalie and Shelley explore imposter syndrome and the way it can quietly impact confidence, finances, decision-making, career growth, relationships, and the ability to fully own your accomplishments.
This...
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This week on Chat with Nat, we are re-releasing a meaningful conversation from Natalie’s original show, Nickels and Dimes: Finding Financial Freedom.
This episode features Natalie’s conversation with AnnMarie Entner, a certified life coach who supports women living with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic pain. AnnMarie brings both professional insight and deeply pers...
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Natalie is taking time away from the podcast following the passing of her beloved mom.
While she gives herself and her family space to grieve, we are sharing this special re-release that brings together two meaningful conversations Natalie recorded about caregiving, planning ahead, and protecting the people we love.
Thank you for holding Natalie and her family in your thoughts ...
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This week, we are re-releasing one of the most personal episodes of Chat with Nat.
Natalie originally recorded this conversation while caring for her mom through dementia progression and living through the complicated experience known as anticipatory grief: grieving someone while they are still here.
Since this episode first aired, Natalie and her family have said goodbye to he...
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Nobody trains you for caregiving. Most family caregivers learn through exhaustion, trial and error, online research, caregiver groups, and doing the best they can in the moment.
In this practical and deeply personal episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime shares the caregiver hacks, routines, shortcuts, and sanity savers that have helped her care for her mom through dementia pr...
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People often see the emotional side of caregiving, but they do not always see the systems that help caregivers survive the day to day. The carts, wipes, medications, spreadsheets, adaptive equipment, feeding tools, hygiene supplies, alarms, labels, and routines all become part of a caregiver’s world.
In this practical and deeply personal episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie...
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How do you plan a funeral for someone you love while they are still here?
In this deeply personal episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime shares the emotional story of gathering four generations of her family together and having one of the hardest conversations many families avoid: pre-planning her mom’s funeral.
This conversation was not about giving up. It was about love...
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What happens if your loved one can no longer speak for themselves and no legal documents are in place? Who gets to make medical decisions? Who gets access to the money? Who gets locked out completely?
In this episode of Chat with Nat, Natalie Kime breaks down the estate planning documents every family should have before a crisis happens. This is not just a conversation about d...
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