Giving Back Podcast

Welcome to the 109th episode of Giving Back Insights! Insights are our solo show to celebrate how our guests and their charities serve others, explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and connect. Today we’re talking about the burden of expectations! Enjoy today’s episode and keep your comments and feedback coming. Key Takeaways: Meeting with my brother Tom for our first breakfast of 2019, we talked about re-connecting and how to best move forward. On the ride home from Lodi after I connected him and Mom on Christmas, she asked me“Did Tom tell you why he left?” He and I have never discussed that. I wanted to sort through my opinions and I thought about the best way I could serve her before I answered.  This is what I told her: Before he left, even before our father died, I thought that he felt: Expectations and disappointment from himself Expectations and disappointment expressed by others Expectations and disappointment of others that he perceives I sensed he needed to get away