EP35 The Precious Gifts a Caregiver Receives :: Gregor Collins

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Join Bobbi & Mike as they talk with Gregor Collins, author of “The Accidental Caregiver”, about his life-changing experience of caring for Holocaust refugee, Maria Altmann.

“We’re all caregivers at the deepest part of ourselves. The moments you have in life where you can take care of somebody else are the ones that are going to change you forever,” Gregor Collins.

About a decade ago I'm pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles when my friend Tom answers an ad on Craigslist to be a caregiver for a 92-year-old woman. He gets the job, moves into her house, and tells me about this "amazing" woman he's living with. One day he says they need another caregiver and asks if I'm interested. The answer is easy: no. I tell him I came to Hollywood to be an actor, not a caregiver, and besides, I'm not even remotely qualified, I'm medically challenged, and, like any actor, self-obsessed. But "You're the only person I trust to do it," he insists. I agree to meet her. But that's it. No promises.

Thirty seconds into the meeting and my life was never the same again.

You can find his book , The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann on amazon.

Starting his career in Los Angeles producing reality TV, Gregor eventually shifted gears to acting, performing on stage, on television, and in independent feature films. His writing and acting have been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Cinema Editor Magazine and many others, as well as on Off-Off Broadway stages across New York. Gregor travels around the world as a keynote speaker for his books, “The Accidental Caregiver” and "The Accidental Caregiver Part 2".

You can visit Gregor’s website to find out more about him.

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