Episode 59 - Parenting Aging Parents: Engaging Curiosity and Humor

From The Curiosity Solution Podcast by Beverly Biehl

April 16, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 60

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and strategies of caring for aging parents, featuring insights from Kim Barnes on her transformative journey in caregiving.

We had such a great conversation, spanning the range of the newsroom, helping people refine their zoom presence and skills, to working with sorority rush intro videos, to the final gift we can give to our parents: making sure they are taken care of during their later years. Kim and Mike are true gifts to the community at large. I know you'll enjoy this show! Kim Barnes spent more than 30 years as an award-winning television news anchor, journalist, TV, commercial and film actor. She taught television news reporting at The University of Texas and runs Barnes Team Media, a communication training firm. But her most transformative work began when she and her husband started navigating care for their parents in their 80s. What started as her own caregiving journey became Parenting Aging Parents in 2021, a platform now supporting over 37,000 families nationwide. Kim & Mike have conducted 120+ expert interviews and built a comprehensive resource library to help adult children manage one of life's most demanding transitions. She brings her decades of communication expertise and personal experience to help adult children balance caregiving responsibilities with personal and…

People in this episode

Host: Beverly Biehl

Guest: Kim Barnes

Topics covered

parenting
caregiving
aging
communication
family support
humor

Keywords

aging parents
caregiving
communication skills
family support
humor in caregiving

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barnes Team Media, The University of Texas, parentingagingparents.com, The Intuitive Interior