EP 95: When They Could No Longer Speak: Lessons Learned from 2 Older Adults I’ve Known

Oct 23, 2025

Ep 94: The Best Time to Celebrate Your Aging Parent/Grandparent

Oct 16, 2025

Ep 93: One Practical Step to Honoring Elders

Oct 9, 2025

EP 92: The Evolution of the Grandkid Investigator Concept: Then and Now

Oct 2, 2025

EP 91: The Grandkid Investigator Concept: The Spark that Started It All

Sep 25, 2025

Ep 90: Bringing Kids together with Assisted Living Residents – Is it a bad idea?

Sep 6, 2025

Ep 89: 6 Tips for Managing Kids in Intergenerational Senior Living Programs

August 28, 2024

Ep 88: Where Are the Children? Why Kids Rarely Visit Senior Living Communities

Aug 14, 2025

Ep 87 - Why Updating Your Older Loved One Matters: From Summer Camp to Sourdough Starters

Jul 31, 2025

Ep 86: How Different Experiences Build Stronger Grandkid/Grandparents

Jul 24, 2025

Ep 85: Another Side of the Story: My Cousins Jeremy Reflects on Our Grandparents

Jul 17, 2025

Ep 84: Helping Neurodivergent Kids Connect with Grandparents (Part 2 with Kim Botto)

Jun 26, 2025

Ep 83: Helping Neurodivergent Kids Connect with Grandparents (Part 1 with Kim Botto)

Jun 20, 2025

Ep 82: How Grandkid Investigator Missions Helped My 8-year-old Learn What Grandma Really Want

Jun 13, 2025

Ep 81: The Daughter Penalty - Is It Real?

Jun 06, 2025

Ep 80: The Best Time to Schedule Visits with Grandparents/Aging Parents

May 29, 2025

Ep 79: Grandkid Investigator Missions: What Kids Have Learned About Grandparents

May 23, 2025

Ep 78: 3 Tips for Celebrating (Not Dreading) Your Next Birthday

May 15, 2025

Ep 77: What Younger vs. Older Moms Want for Mother’s Day

May 08, 2025

Ep 76 - When Grandparents are not Kid-People

Apr 24, 2025

Ep 75: Tired of Meeting Together with Family

Apr 16, 2025

Ep 74: Thinking About Working in Senior Care? Next Steps Explained

Mar 27, 2025

Ep 73 - The Truth About Working with People with Dementia—w/ Becky Donahue

Mar 20, 2025

Ep 72 - What You Didn't Know About Funeral Directors: Inside the Industry w/ Jamie Arthurs

Mar 13, 2025

Ep 71 - How I Went from Business Major to Senior Care and 5 Things I Learned

Mar 05, 2025

Ep 70 - Why Some Grandparents Don't Want to Share Their Story

Feb 27, 2025

Ep 69: 100th Day of School: Are We Teaching Kids to Celebrate Weakness or Embrace Respect for Older Generations?

Feb 11, 2025

Ep 68: My Mom's Journey, 75, A Walk in My Shoes

Feb 03, 2025

Ep 67: How the Grandkid Investigator Kit is Supporting Nonprofits

Feb 01, 2024

Ep 66: Why You Should Visit Your Parents in January

Jan 22, 2024

Ep 65: The Passage Pastors Need to Share About Grandparents

Jan 09, 2024

Ep 64: RESOURCES for Celebrating Grandparents Day in Your Church

Aug 24, 2023

Ep 63: (Q+A) How do you deal with parents who are really difficult?

Aug 17, 2023

Ep 62: Why I'm Shy About Sharing my Prepare to Care Digital Course

Aug 03, 2023

Ep 61: RESOURCES for Homeschool Families with Grandparents

Jul 27, 2023

Ep 60 (Q+A): Did you Ever Have to Say Farewell to Someone Who Was Passing On?

Jul 20, 2023

Ep 59: The Q+A Episode and Why I'm Doing It

Jul 14, 2023

Ep 58 (Behind the Scenes): Grandkid Investigator Camp

Jul 13, 2023

Ep 57: FREE Resources I offer & Why You Need Them

Jun 22, 2023

Ep 56: What to Do When You Don't Know Where to Start

Jun 20, 2023

Ep 55: Making Grandparent Time Fun This Summer with Author Roxy Wiley

Jun 01, 2023

Ep 54: How to Celebrate Your 40th Birthday

May 24, 2023

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What the listeners are saying..

      Inspiration - not guilt!

"Listening to Isabel talk about loving our older, aging parents is encouraging and inspiring...After listening to her I feel inspired to love my parents more- not guilty for not doing a better job."

      Valuable perspective

"As a new grandparent I really appreciate the advice to be intentional about spending time with grandkids and not letting the time slip by."

      Encouraging and empowering!

"It is one thing to encourage others to care well for their elders. It is quite another to joyfully empower them to love and care for their elders...Isabel's love and insight into the older generation isn't just helpful, it's contagious."

      Valuable and Practical

"What a valuable and practical resource about caring and learning from our older generations. Isabel's show include actionable advices on ways to show love and care for our aging loved ones. It is also sprinkled with personal anecdotes from her childhood which really contextualizes themes from the show. I have made my way through a few episodes and can't wait to listen to the rest."

      Unique and important podcast

"The content Isabel shares in this podcast is so valuable. We are starved for ways to learn how to love and engage our older generation and she gives us practical ways on how to do this. I love listening to her voice!”

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      Hard but good and needed topics

“Topics that we typically don't think about or have no clue on are easily and clearly
explained. Insightful perspectives from the podcaster and her guests give valuable
experiences and lessons learned regarding getting older and how to care for those who
are aging.

The stories from guest Jon Arensen are especially interesting for those who like wildlife
adventures. 

The value of this podcast deals with topics that will make each of us a better caring and
understanding person especially when the literal and figurative wrinkles in life come.
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“Everyone...EVERYONE should listen to this podcast and grab a copy of her book. Everyone has an older person in their lives, and Bel has very valuable insight in the area of connecting with the older people. Listen and Share share share. Thanks Bel for this message.”

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