Ep 45: Aging parents and the duty of care

<p>I'm joined by Ann Cavlovic to discuss her novel, Count On Me. </p><p>The novel follows the story of Tia and her brother Tristan, who, alongside his girlfriend, proceeds to take financial advantage of their parents when they're ill. It’s a story of broken trust and the duty of love.</p><p>Ann's novel explores the realities of elder abuse and the systems that continue to perpetuate it. It is a tribute to health care professionals who care for the elderly but also an expose on those who profit from this vulnerable group.</p><p>Ann and I talk about dysfunctional upbringing and its impact on the relationship between adult children and their aging parents. And we zoom into the internal struggles and physical and financial demands of being in the sandwich generation—a generation of adults caring simultaneously for their dependent children and aging parents. </p><p>In the end we wanted to know: what makes a person do the things they do? What do you think?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>2:25 - Origin story</p><p>5:16 - What makes one child cruel and another kind?</p><p>8:42 - Breaking the cycles of childhood pain </p><p>12:50 - The eternal consequence of a dysfunctional family</p><p>15:12 - When the legal system perpetuates elder abuse</p><p>19:36 - A tribute to nursing home staff</p><p>22:16 - Shame that acts irrationally</p><p>25:35 - Obsessions and transactions </p><p>28:35 - The table of contents and accounting terms</p><p>32:07 - Perspectives and volume control</p><p>34:28 - A strict writing schedule </p><p>36:50 - The secret to staying on the journey of the art </p><p>_____________________</p><p><strong>Listen on YouTube</strong>: <a href="https://youtu.be/0xyANJyZ0yE">https://youtu.be/0xyANJyZ0yE</a></p><p>_____________________</p><p><strong>Guest’s links</strong></p><p>Buy Count On Me: <a href="https://guernicaeditions.com/products/count-on-me?srsltid=AfmBOor0wrvJrg8XweO4YHCJwuhPRV-FoFSfhISC42uCknPcLrJ3tBvI">https://guernicaeditions.com/products/count-on-me?srsltid=AfmBOor0wrvJrg8XweO4YHCJwuhPRV-FoFSfhISC42uCknPcLrJ3tBvI</a></p><p>_____________________ </p><p><strong>Host’s links</strong></p><p>Find out more about the show: <a href="https://www.journeyoftheart.com/">https://www.journeyoftheart.com/</a></p><p>Follow Journey of the Art on Instagram: ⁠ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheartpod/">https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheartpod/</a></p><p>Book a one-on-one with Lola: <a href="https://wordca