Sandwich Support Co
support and resources for the sandwich generation: busy parents who are supporting an aging parent
You're a doer. A problem-solver. You've built a career and a family. But when it comes to your aging parents, you feel completely out of your depth.
You see the signs: the memory slips, the subtle physical changes. A knot forms in your stomach every time you think about it. You're stretched thin, juggling your own life while feeling this silent, growing worry and anticipation. You want to help, but you have no clue where to start. You feel like you're just waiting for a crisis.
But what if you didn't have to wait?
Imagine you’re out in the ocean. Each wave represents a new challenge with your aging parents—a health scare, a difficult conversation, an unexpected need. You could keep floating, letting each wave cascade over you with overwhelm and anxiety. Or, you could pick up a surfboard and learn to navigate the waves.
We can’t get rid of the waves; they are part of life. But we can learn the skills to approach them with confidence and clarity, so you can find moments of calm and even joy, no matter how big the swell.
Go from Overwhelmed to Confident
Imagine feeling:
Clarity on what you need to do, and how to do it
Confidence in your ability to handle whatever comes next, and accept the unknown
Less stress and more peace of mind, allowing you to focus on the present moment, and what is most important to you
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6 Session Coaching Package
Here's How It Works:
6 Individual Coaching Calls: We'll join together to tackle your specific challenges, create clear action steps, and ensure you're on the right track. Coaching sessions focus on initiating difficult conversations, engaging a system of support, and identifying your needs and the needs of your aging parent.
Interactive Resources and Focus Areas: Custom resources focused on equipping you with the knowledge and skills to put what we discuss in coaching sessions into practice.
24/7 Access: Have a question between calls? Simply send a message for quick, asynchronous support.
All coaching support and resources are delivered by Lissy, a Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience in the field.
Proactive, individual coaching for the sandwich generation delivered by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who spent over a decade helping individuals manage stress, anxiety, grief, and family dynamics.
Blending supportive, action-oriented coaching with interactive tools, resources, and asynchronous support, this 6 session coaching package is built to support you in finding a clear path forward.
2 Hour Coaching Consultation Session
If you know there is an issue that needs tending to when it comes to your aging parent, but you aren’t sure if you need a full 6 session package, start with this 2 hour intensive coaching consultation session. This session provides an opportunity to assess for the systems that are already in place, troubleshoot around what isn’t working, and identify ways that you can make changes to improve the ease and flow of your caregiving journey.
Sandwich Generation Workshops
Live or virtual workshops held by Lissy, providing information, tools, and real-time troubleshooting on how to manage being in the sandwich generation. Perfect for Parent Teacher Associations, organizations, focus groups, and group therapy practices. Client facing workshops can be either general or tailored to a particular topic, such as difficult conversations. Employee facing workshops focus on supporting employees who are in the sandwich generation, or considerations for those providing therapy or other direct services to individuals in the sandwich generations.
The Conversation Starter: How to Talk with Aging Parents (and Siblings) About What Comes Next
A 30-minute, step-by-step mini course that gives you the scripts, tools, and confidence you need to start productive conversations with your aging parents—and the siblings who share the load.
Stress & Love: Interviews with the Sandwich Generation
Heartfelt interviews between real people in the sandwich generation and Lissy (the therapist and social worker behind Sandwich Support Co).
These interviews aim to amplify and share the experience of people who are currently in the sandwich generation and are learning as they go, as well as people who who are on the other side of their caregiving journey, and can reflect back with the clarity and wisdom that only time and space can provide.
Interspersed throughout the interviews is a growing library of resources and tools that create a framework for people in the sandwich generation on how to navigate challenging family dynamics, engage in difficult conversations with aging parents and siblings, and tend to the emotional and mental demands of being in the sandwich generation.