Coming November 13, 2026: Dr. Judith Pilla joins Isabel Melgarejo on A Time to Care: The Caregivers Podcast for a conversation about caregiver shame and guilt, and the emotional weight that can come with caring for someone you love.
Caregiving can bring a steady stream of questions about whether you are doing enough. When expectations feel impossible to meet, those questions can become a difficult inner conversation. Episode 158, Caregiver Shame & Guilt: How to Stop Carrying the Emotional Burden, makes space to talk about that experience.
Meet Dr. Judith Pilla
Judith is a psychotherapist. In this conversation with Isabel, she explores how shame differs from guilt, how messages from others can become part of the way we see ourselves, and why noticing those messages matters.
What the upcoming conversation explores
- The difference between shame and guilt in a caregiver’s experience.
- How repeated negative messages can influence self-perception.
- The distinction between shame that harms and feelings that help us recognize boundaries or learn.
- The roles of self-awareness, family patterns, and social media in the emotional burden caregivers carry.
These are themes from the episode description, offered as an introduction to the conversation. The episode invites caregivers to reflect on their own experiences without expecting themselves to handle every part of caregiving perfectly.
Save the date: November 13
Episode 158 is on Tum Coeur’s podcast calendar for Friday, November 13, 2026. Visit the Podcast.co episode page for details. Return to Tum Coeur for the YouTube recording and follow-up post when available.
In the meantime, explore Tum Coeur’s caregiver resources or watch Glenna Hecht’s conversation about finding connection in dementia care.
If someone you know is carrying the emotional weight of caregiving, share this upcoming conversation with them.
