Caregiving can change nearly every part of your life, including how you see yourself. But what happens when caregiving ends and you’re left wondering, "Who am I now?"

In this episode of Honestly Aging, we're joined by Margo Ewing Woodacre, MSW, former Delaware State Senator, educator, author, speaker, and former caregiver. Margo shares her experience caring for her husband, Ernie, for eight years as he lived with Alzheimer's disease and the profound shifts in identity she experienced both during caregiving and after his death.

Margo reflects on losing pieces of the life she once knew as caregiving became her primary role, the grief and uncertainty that followed when that role ended, and the process of rediscovering who she was and what she wanted next.

Drawing from her own journey and her forthcoming book, Beyond the Crossroads: Reclaiming Identity When Life Changes Everything, Margo shares the four-step process that helped her move forward and explains how those same questions can help anyone navigating a major life transition.

From caregiving and grief to purpose, identity, and new beginnings, this conversation explores what it means to honor who you were while making space for who you are becoming.

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