Middle-Aged Lady Things with Anna Holmes

Anna Holmes joins Vanessa to talk about the unnerving overlap between having a parent with dementia and experiencing perimenopause brain fog, and the terrifying question that raises: is this just aging, or the beginning of something worse? It’s a candid, darkly funny conversation about how to stay present, even when we’re afraid. For more from Anna, you can read her New Yorker article, My Mother’s Memory Loss, and Mine or order one of her amazing books . Also discussed: read about the new AI dementia glasses . To connect with the team, find us on ⁠ Instagram⁠ and ⁠ Youtube⁠ , or shoot us an email at soyourparentsareold@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! Our production team is Shoshi Shmuluvitz, managing producer and editor; Lily Houston Smith, senior producer; Ashley Warren, production manager; Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan, studio recordist; and music by Mark McAdam and Amber Devereux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Middle-Aged Lady Things with Anna Holmes is an episode from Fallen Angel by Campside Media.

This episode is 00:31:42 long.

This episode was published on Mar 24, 2026.

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