Parenting UP! Caregiving adventures with comedian J Smiles

About Parenting UP! Caregiving adventures with comedian J Smiles

Get engulfed in the intense journey of a caregiver who happens to be a comedian. J Smiles use of levity reveals the stress and rewards of caregiving interwoven with her own personal journey. Over 10 years ago, she was catapulted into caregiving overnight when the shock of her dad's death pushed her mom into Alzheimer's in the blink of an eye. A natural storyteller, her vivid descriptions and impressive recall will place you squarely in each moment of truth, at each fork in the road. She was a single, childless mechanical engineering, product designing, lawyer living a meticulously crafted international existence until she wasn't. The lifestyle shift was immediate. Starting from scratch, she painstakingly carved out useful knowledge and created a beneficial care plan for her mom. J Smiles will fly solo and have expert guests. You will get tips, tricks, trends and TRUTH. Alzheimer's is heavy, we don’t have to be. All caregivers are welcome to snuggle up, Parent Up!

Publisher

J Smiles

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 May 2020

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 151 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Dementia Deserves Dignity: A Conversation With Pastor Jeanette

   Host J Smiles interviews Pastor Jeanette Jordan about navigating dementia caregiving, sharing insights on protecting dignity and learning essential skills.

2. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Filmmaker, A Family Caregiver. Susie Singer's Story

   Host J Smiles interviews filmmaker Susie Singer about her profound caregiving journey with Alzheimer's and the quiet realization of its overwhelming impact.

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   24 Aug 2026

   CAREGIVER STRESS & CAREGIVER RELIEF; THE HIDDEN CRISIS IN DEMENTIA CARE

   Caregiving can feel like a private struggle, but the numbers and the lived reality say it’s a hidden crisis. We sit down with Diane, a nurse with 53 years of experience and the founder of CaregiverRelief.com, to talk about what dementia caregiving really does to families and why so many caregivers feel like they’re carrying the whole load alone. Diane traces her “why” back to her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s journey and the kind of moment every family hopes for: connection that still breaks thr...

Inside a recent episode

Dementia Deserves Dignity: A Conversation With Pastor Jeanette

Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You don't have any training in dementia or dementia-related diseases. And all of a sudden, somebody that you love a lot is suffering. And what in the heck am I going to do? I want to say this, Jane. I don't like to say that the person with the disease is suffering because they don't know. It's the caregiver that's suffering. I received that. I received that. They don't know that. They don't even know that. We're looking at it and we're saying, but they're not suffering. They're not in pain. But we, the caregiver, we're suffering. We're suffering double. We're suffering for them, for us, for what we thought we might have. […]

Who has been a guest on Parenting UP! Caregiving adventures with comedian J Smiles

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jeanette Jordan
• Susie Singer
• Dan Phillips
• Dr McNeill
• Detroit caregivers

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

85,587

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

45 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

85

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