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Trailer: A Podcast for Black Caregivers Caring for Family · My Best Caregiver Life

• 0:08
  Speaker: Hello and welcome to My Best Caregiver Live.
• 0:11
  Speaker: I am Christy Moore, a registered nurse, certified caregiving consultant, speaker, coach, and founder of National Black Family Caregivers Day, which we will be celebrating for the first time on October 15, 2026, and the annual Black Family Caregivers Summit planned for October 2027.
• 0:32
  Speaker: This show is for Black Family Caregivers, whether you're still in the workforce like me, or you can't be because of the care you're providing.
• 0:39
  Speaker: It's for those of us whose head is on a swivel, somehow holding it down, keeping it together with a smile on our face.
• 0:48
  Speaker: It's for the ones who say, I'm fine, but deep down they're really angry, resentful, or just plain tired.
• 0:55
  Speaker: Completely understandable for this season of life.
• 0:58
  Speaker: It's for the ones trying to manage caregiving from a distance or dealing with the day-to-day of everyone living under one roof.
• 1:06
  Speaker: It's for the smart one, the organized one, the strong one, and the responsible one.
• 1:12
  Speaker: I see you, and I'm right there with you.
• 1:15
  Speaker: I'm taking care of my husband with early onset dementia, and with my sister, we are taking care of our parents who are still able to live in their home with the support of caregivers.
• 1:27
  Speaker: There are a lot of podcasts, books, blogs, and influencers teaching you how to be a better caregiver, which is absolutely necessary and important.
• 1:39
  Speaker: But this podcast has a different focus.
• 1:43
  Speaker: This podcast isn't about that at all, even though we'll touch upon some of those topics.
• 1:48
  Speaker: This podcast is about you, the person you were before caregiving, and the person you still are, and the person who still has a life to live ahead of them.
• 1:58
  Speaker: There's an old saying you may have heard or you may have said it yourself, this is the hill I'm willing to die on.
• 2:04
  Speaker: When you hear it, it means that the person has a really strong belief or an opinion or point of view that cannot be changed.
• 2:14
  Speaker: They are willing to defend it to the very end.
• 2:16
  Speaker: Well, I have strong opinions too, and a viewpoint and a belief.
• 2:22
  Speaker: I've got a hill to stand on, but I'm not willing to die on it.
• 2:25
  Speaker: What I am willing to do is stand and thrive on it.
• 2:29
  Speaker: Here, hill means something else altogether.
• 2:32
  Speaker: H stands for health, I stands for identity, and the two L's stand for the life you still have to live ahead of us.
• 2:39
  Speaker: And they are all connected to each other.
• 2:41
  Speaker: Well, here's what you can expect from this podcast: real talk, not performance, amidst those solo episodes and conversations with other caregivers and experts, centering you, centering what actually supports you and this chapter of life that you're in.
• 2:57
  Speaker: The first three episodes drop October 15th, National Black Family Caregivers Day.
• 3:02
  Speaker: Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
• 3:07
  Speaker: And please share this with a sister, an auntie, a coworker, a cousin, a sour, a friend, any sister friend who's in a caregiving season or about to be.
• 3:18
  Speaker: And finally, I'll close with this.
• 3:20
  Speaker: Something I want you to remember and take to heart.
• 3:23
  Speaker: Caregiving is something you do.
• 3:25
  Speaker: It's not who you are.
• 3:26
  Speaker: It's a chapter in your story, but it's not the whole book.
• 3:29
  Speaker: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you on October 15th.
• 3:34
  unknown: Take care.