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My Life Is Not My Own: Multi-Generational Living and the Duty to Stay Close w/ Lucas Wollschlager

The Saint Kolbe Studios Podcast

Today, I sit down with Lucas Wollschlager—Catholic marketer, founder of Veritas Copy, and returning guest—to make the case that proximity to family isn’t something to be taken lightly. Lucas tells the story of a friend’s disappointing Easter visit to family, and that leads us into a wide-ranging conversation about the snowbird mentality, what everyone in a household has to believe for multi-generational living to actually work, and why the economic pressures of our moment may be forcing us back toward what human nature has always required. In This Episode, We Cover: * Why grandparents who relocate for retirement without regard for their children and grandchildren are neglecting a new phase of duty * The distinction between freedom for the good and freedom from obligation, and how modern American culture confuses the two * What everyone in a multi-generational household has to believe for the arrangement to work * Data on the quiet resurgence of multi-generational living in America—and why economic pressure is accelerating it * Why committing to a place, even when your family isn’t there, is the next best thing—and why you probably won’t live to see the fruit of it Chapters: * 00:00: Introduction * 01:12: The Easter Anecdote * 12:35: Should Grandparents Get to Enjoy Retirement? * 17:49: Who Has to Move? * 27:07: What Multi-Generational Living Requires * 34:01: Freedom For vs. Freedom From * 39:58: The Data on Multi-Generational Households * 47:02: Honoring Father and Mother * 1:07:20: St. Thérèse’s Family and Filial Duty * 1:10:44: Commit to Place and Play the Long Game Resources Mentioned: * Save Your Parish by Patrick Neve * Lucas Wollschlager on LinkedIn Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit saintkolbestudiospodcast.substack.com