Giving Yourself Permission To Feel Conflicted

You love your parent. You're also exhausted by them. Resentful of them. Maybe relieved when you walk out the door — and then immediately ashamed of that relief. If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you. Esther and Laurie talk about ambivalence: what it actually is, why caregivers carry so much of it in silence, and why feeling conflicted doesn't make you a bad daughter. It makes you an honest one. This is the conversation no one is having at the family dinner table — and the one that might finally help you breathe.