PASSION PURPOSE AND POSSIBILITIES

Caught In The Middle: The Conversations to Have Before A Crisis with Shelly Grimm

Episode Summary

In this episode, I sit down with Shelley Grimm, author, speaker, resilience advocate, and founder of the Perpetual Caregiver Collective. Drawing from a lifelong journey of caring for her mother since childhood and raising a neurodivergent adult son, Shelley helps families navigate complex caregiving dynamics, difficult conversations, and legacy planning.

Episode Notes

In this episode, I sit down with Shelley Grimm, author, speaker, resilience advocate, and founder of the Perpetual Caregiver Collective.

Drawing from a lifelong journey of caring for her mother since childhood and raising a neurodivergent adult son, Shelley helps families navigate complex caregiving dynamics, difficult conversations, and legacy planning.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Growing up as a lifelong caregiver within a chronically ill family environment
• Addressing the unique challenges faced by the growing sandwich generation
• Initiating critical end-of-life and crisis conversations early before emergencies arise
• Setting healthy boundaries and separating caretaking responsibilities from love
• Building caregiver resilience through standard operating procedures
• Evaluating emergency preparedness with a 72-hour care continuity assessment
• Key lessons from her book Some Asses Just Need Wiping

About Shelly:

Shelly Grimm is an author, speaker, resilience advocate, and founder of The Perpetual Caregiver Collective. A lifelong caregiver who began caring for her mother as a child and later raised a disabled adult son. Shelly helps families navigate caregiving, difficult conversations, preparedness, and legacy with greater confidence and compassion. She is the author of Some Asses Just Need Wiping: Lessons on Holding It All Together as My Mother’s Lifelong Caregiver.

Book: Some Asses Just Need Wiping: Lessons On Holding It All Together As My Mother's Lifelong Caregiver
https://a.co/d/0jeJ7GyZ

https://www.theperpetualcaregiver.com
https://www.youtube.com/@perpetualcaregivercollective
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shellygrimm/
https://www.instagram.com/perpetualcaregiver/

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