Five Habits for Catholic Caregivers: Honoring Mom and Dad with Natasha Goodwin - 10/22/2026

Are you caring for an aging mom or dad while also juggling work, marriage, kids, and parish life? You’re not alone, and you are worthy of care too. Natasha Goodwin co-founded Catholic Caregiver with her mother in 2020 after watching her mom and her mom’s friends care for their aging parents. Drawing on her background in inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, Natasha built a ministry that helps sons and daughters navigate caregiving without losing themselves, now serving thousands of Catholic caregivers. In this episode: The Five Habits of Caregivers: Pursue Self-Care, Sharpen My Role, Lean into Faith, Unite with Others, and Meet the Moment Why you can’t pour from an empty cup. Caring for yourself emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically is part of caring well Caregiving as a role. Clarifying your priorities as a daughter, son, spouse, and caregiver, and protecting your marriage and primary vocation Handling guilt, anger, and fear. A simple pause: What am I feeling? What’s underneath it? What do I need before I respond? Sometimes 30 seconds of prayer or a three-minute walk is enough Catholic resources for caregivers. Scripture, the Catechism, papal encyclicals, and saints who were caregivers Meeting the moment at end of life. Questions to ask your parent before they die, and preparing together for a peaceful death Hope at the hour of death. Julie shares how a passage from St. Faustina’s Diary brought her mother peace Real stories. A retreat attendee thanks Natasha for “permission to be a daughter” again Plus: Julie and Chris share Truth, Beauty & Goodness, including the new Angel Studios film Daniel and the renewal happening in the Catholic Church. Sign up for Sunday Brunch, Catholic Caregiver’s free weekly newsletter: catholiccaregiver.substack.com Find a Catholic Caregiver retreat: catholiccaregiver.com/retreat Learn more at catholiccaregiver.com Catholic Women Now is produced by IowaCatholicRadio.com #CatholicCaregiver #CaringForAgingParents #Caregiving #CaregiverSupport #CatholicWomen #CatholicPodcast #FourthCommandment #SelfCare #CaregiverBurnout #ElderCare #CatholicFaith #IowaCatholicRadio Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKS You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website. If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio: Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & Devotions The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi The Daily Mass from St. Pius X The Daily Mass from St. Theresa Sunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint John Want to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.