About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of living with aging parents and the dynamics of returning home as an adult.

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans in their late twenties and early thirties are living with a parent or grandparent right now, the highest level ever recorded. And it's not just the kids who never left. It's millennials moving back in to care for aging parents. It's college students walking in the door for break and instantly renegotiating a curfew. It's parents quietly stretching their own retirement to keep everyone afloat. Different rooms, same question: whose house is this, really? This week we get into why home has a way of turning grown adults back into their teenage selves in about twenty minutes flat, and how the old roles, the old dynamics, the guilt that shows up the second you try to set a boundary with the people who raised you. We dig into the money side (who's actually paying for what), the roles side (who's the adult in the room), and the harder truth underneath it all: loving someone doesn't always mean agreeing with them. Along the way, we break down what the week's astrology is doing to make all of this feel so loud right now including a Mercury retrograde in Cancer finally clearing up, a Scorpio Moon dragging old wounds into the light, and a Saturn station that says…

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie

Topics covered

• boomerang kids
• aging parents
• family dynamics
• boundaries
• financial impact
• astrology

Keywords

• boomerang kids
• family roles
• boundaries
• financial costs
• astrology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Immersive Spirit LLC

Places: America

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