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 Podcast. We’ve made some pivots through the years, but we’ve finally landed on the right path: producing content for moms seeking calm within the chaos of midlife changes.

New episodes drop on:

• 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

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.

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