The High Achiever's Guide to Letting Go of Control | Kersten Weber Tatarelis | #50

Kersten Weber Tatarelis has led billion-dollar healthcare transformations. She could not stop her mother's dementia. This episode is about what happens when the most capable person in the room can't fix what matters most.

Kersten Weber Tatarelis spent more than two decades leading billion-dollar clinical and operational transformations across the country's largest health systems. She knows how to solve complex problems at scale. What she couldn't solve was watching her mother disappear to dementia while raising four kids and running enterprise teams. In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Kersten and Erin get honest about the sandwich generation, the specific pressure women in leadership face when elder care collides with career, and what it actually takes to stop running on empty when the people you love need you most.

What You'll Take Away

- Why women disproportionately carry the weight of elder care and what that costs them professionally, emotionally, and physically

- The early conversations to have with aging parents while they can still tell you what they want, and why most people wait too long

- How Kersten learned to set boundaries around caregiving visits so she could show up present instead of resentful

- What most organizations are still missing when it comes to supporting employees through elder care demands

- Why owning your caregiving story, especially in a job search, is more powerful than hiding it behind words like "sabbatical"

More About Kersten

Kersten Weber Tatarelis is a nationally recognized healthcare executive with more than 20 years leading large-scale clinical and operational transformation across major health systems. She is also a mother of four and a primary caregiver for her mother, who is living with an atypical form of dementia.

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Connect with Kersten:

💼 LinkedIn: Kersten Weber Tatarelis

Connect with Erin Coupe:

💫 Instagram: @authenticallyec

💼 LinkedIn: Erin Coupe

🌐 Website: ErinCoupe.com

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