What happens when life flips the script—and you’re called to become the parent to your parent?

In this deeply moving episode of Balance & Breakthroughs, host Wil Singleton sits down with former Hollywood actor turned author Mark Steven Porro, whose life took an unexpected turn when he became the full-time caregiver for his 90-year-old mother.

After nearly three decades in Hollywood and building a successful snack food business, Mark traded his bachelor lifestyle for something far more demanding—and meaningful: caring for his aging mother through dementia, physical decline, and the emotional complexities of end-of-life care.

What followed was a 3.5-year journey of humor, heartbreak, patience, and profound love—one that inspired his award-winning memoir, A Cup of Tea on the Commode.

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