Chapter
Encouraging a Loved One to Keep Going
26:15 - 30:06 (03:51)
A daughter shares how she motivates her father to keep pushing forward in his health journey and how her father's advice has helped her envision her own goals.
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The speaker recounts her experience of helping her father envision his goals as she believed it was important, but her father appeared disinterested due to his declining health.
26:15 - 27:24 (01:09)
Summary
The speaker recounts her experience of helping her father envision his goals as she believed it was important, but her father appeared disinterested due to his declining health. However, the unexpected reality of her father no longer needing assistance startled her.
ChapterEncouraging a Loved One to Keep Going
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The speaker shares her frustration and self-doubt in caring for a loved one's recovery, as they struggle to achieve their goals, and finding peace in acceptance and letting them be.
27:24 - 28:37 (01:13)
Summary
The speaker shares her frustration and self-doubt in caring for a loved one's recovery, as they struggle to achieve their goals, and finding peace in acceptance and letting them be.
ChapterEncouraging a Loved One to Keep Going
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The author reflects on her relationship with her dad and how she's learned to hold her tongue when it comes to small things, in order to love and respect him as he is.
28:37 - 30:06 (01:29)
Summary
The author reflects on her relationship with her dad and how she's learned to hold her tongue when it comes to small things, in order to love and respect him as he is.