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Caring for a parent with dementia

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Priya Nandakumar

Career transitions, life during illness, identity shifts

“A cancer diagnosis stopped my life in its tracks. By the end of recovery, the career I'd built no longer fit who I'd become.”

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Devon Okafor

Loss of a child, grief, marriage after loss

“I don't believe in moving on, but I've found a way to carry it that doesn't destroy everything else.”

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Sandra Kwiatkowski

Dementia caregiving, disrupted retirement planning, grief

“My husband's diagnosis changed the retirement we had planned and taught me about a version of grief nobody had prepared me for.”

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Theo Marchetti

Career transitions, midlife reassessment, identity shifts

“Walking away was slow, uncertain, and humbling. It took two years to feel steady again.”

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