IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Caretakers Need to Care for Themselves with Seth and Lauren Rogen
Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Filmmakers Seth and Lauren Rogen join the show to answer a listener’s question about family upheaval caused by caring for an aging parent. Seth and Lauren open up about caring for Lauren’s mother after she received an early Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and Michelle and Craig share stories about the family caretaking that shaped their childhoods. Also find out how new hobbies and ceramic bongs could help you stay sharp as you age.Have a question you want answered? Write to us at imopod.com.Find additional resources at the Rogens’ Hilarity for Charity’s website: https://wearehfc.org/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: Who are the hosts and what is the episode about?
I come from a family steeped in talking about your feelings. My family can't stop talking about it. No, they cannot. As much as you would wish, they are incapable of that. I just knew I was completely incapable of dealing with this. And I was just like, this is like a professional level of grief and something that you need to have gone to school to understand how to navigate this kind of thing.
And... And that was very helpful.
Seth was the one that was like, I love you. I'm happy to, you know, hold you while you cry, but you need a professional. And I did. I really did. And it really helped.
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How are you, Michelle?
I'm doing pretty good.
Good. We're back at our nice Airbnb taping out here on the West Coast.
It's so beautiful out here.
I know.
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Chapter 2: What personal experiences do Michelle and Craig share about family caregiving?
And that really showed me community. Being with people who understand exactly what you're going through is so helpful and can really, really get you through a tough situation. So we made a lot of different support groups, made them accessible. We were doing online virtual support groups since 2014, long before the pandemic and Zoom. And so doing that.
And then, of course, we have a lot of programming for caregivers, symposiums. We do a large... A virtual event every year. All throughout the year, we do virtual learning workshops for people. Yeah. And created what we call like the five brain health tips. So it's getting good sleep, eating well, exercising, emotional well-being. So, you know, being active, being loved, doing therapy, meditating.
Um, and then, uh, learning new things, like being mentally fit. So new hobbies, um, being socially active, those types of things.
And they've talked that it's different from like, some people think puzzling and things like that, but they're, they're learning that that's not necessarily the same thing as learning a brand new skill.
Exactly. Yeah. Like they say crossword puzzles, look, probably better than staring at the television. Exactly. But, um, But, yeah, if you're doing a crossword puzzle, you're accessing what's already in your brain. You want to learn new things. So, like, we took up pottery. I'm now doing Duolingo.
And, you know, and just always trying to keep your brain, like, learning and growing as much as you can. And we created online coursework called HFC Universe. And the first level is taught by Seth and some other fellow celebrity professors.
Wow.
It is good to know. So whenever someone's like, why are you doing this? I'm like, because science has told me you will retain it better if you hear it from me.
The only thing, I wish that worked with voting. Yeah.
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