Neets and Jaz are talking about something that started with a bout of sickness… and somehow turned into a much bigger conversation about family, independence, support systems and what happens when life doesn’t go to plan.

After being knocked around by illness and watching it affect the entire household, Anita found herself asking: how do people do this when they have even more on their plate? When you have work to get to, bills to pay, kids to care for and no partner who can be home fulltime to help… what happens when you’re the one who goes down?

It leads to a conversation about the culture we’ve created around independence. We’re often told we should be able to do it all ourselves, but are we actually meant to? And in a world where family and friends can be spread across cities, states and countries, how do we build the village we all seem to need?

We also dive into the realities of the sandwich generation; raising children while beginning to think about ageing parents and what the future might hold. Should we be having the uncomfortable conversations now about our parents’ wishes? And should we be actively planning for life to go wrong before we’re forced to figure it out in the middle of a crisis?

It sounds deep… and it is. But, as usual, there are plenty of laughs along the way.

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Hosts: Jaz Brierley ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@jazzy.b_official⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Anita Newstead ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@anita_newstead⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Production: Project C Studios ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@project.c.studios⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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