Inspired Caring

This important conversation was an opportunity for me be educated on  challenges facing the LBGTQ community during the aging process.  Heather  shares incredibly valuable insight!     

Heather Holmes, Outreach Manager for VidaNyx is passionate about impacting individuals Heather is an intrapreneur, community activist,  and sought after mentor who is encouraged daily by the strong women and  feminists in her life.    She believes in the transformative power of women in leadership. 

At  VidaNyx, Heather advances digital transformation for Child Advocacy  Center teams, protecting the stories of survivors of child abuse, and  supports outreach and advocacy efforts. Previous to her current role,  Heather excelled in a 16 year career in senior living and was an adjunct  instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.    

Heather spends her time advocating for inclusion and diversity, more  specifically for LGBTQ+ elders. She loves policy, politics and heartfelt  conversations. You can often find her dreaming of her next ritual bath  and vibing with the moons cycles.    

She is deeply grateful for her partnership with her wife Michelle.  Together they are exploring the world with their two sons.  Being a mom  is and will be the greatest joy and biggest life lesson for Heather.

Eventually, every body dies.  Also everybody, but our body, will eventually stop functioning.  In this episode, I discuss with a Hospice Nurse what you can potentially expect as the body shuts down.

Hospice is NOT a four letter word!  

This misunderstood service is a  wonderful opportunity for a person in their final months of life, to  continue to have dignity, grace and comfort.  Quality of Life is the  focus here.   

Allison helps us unpack: 

What is Hospice? What services do they provide? How much does it cost? What equipment will you bring?  Does Hospice accelerate the dying process?  How do I know when it's time?

Listen in as this industry expert shares her knowledge on what you need  to know about Hospice care.

In this video Joy and Clair, the other 2 sisters referenced in Part 1,  share their experience working with Hospice and each other in their  father's final days.  

Clair offers two hard discussion topics that are important to clarify  before the final days of someone's life.   

Joy shares some of her strategies that helped her have the strength to  show up for her family, when they needed her the most.  "And I was like,  OK, I need to go get a tattoo, because If I can get a tattoo, I can do  anything!"   

The teamwork dynamic and love between the sisters is inspiring.    There are some graphic details shared during this conversation so be  aware as you join us.

Work with Michele: www.InspiredSenior.com 

Emily, shares her whirlwind of a day with me, she sat by her father's side as he passed over.  This episode was recorded just hours after her father died and is full of emotion and beauty.  You may be triggered, as you listen to her process this experience.  Please be sure you are in a safe space (e.g. not driving).

I agree with you Emily, everyone should be so lucky to have the blessing of an ending this beautiful.

Work with Michele: www.InspiredSenior.com

Warning: Listening to this episode and doing the work will improve how you communicate with everyone in your life.

Having the chance to identify my core values helped me feel less sad, angry and attacked in my life.  Changing my THOUGHTS about what was happening, completely changed how I was feeling about things and how I showed up for the people that I love.

I'm so excited to hear how this work helps you.  Here's a site I used to help me drill down in to what my values are: www.minimalwellness.com/values (she has a worksheet within her description paragraph).

Meet my Mom!  Deborah Ferris, in her 60's started having allergic reactions to various foods she had eaten her whole life.

Two different doctors wanted to put her on 2 different life-time medicines.

She paid attention to what was and wasn't working for her body, finally had some help from an employee at Whole Foods and started to get her health on track.

At 75, she feels fantastic, is not on any prescription drugs and has started a food blog to share her delicious recipes.

Caring for someone else is hard enough, caring for them when you physically feel terrible everyday feels impossible.

Listen to this important conversation about how to listen to your body and honor what it needs!  Then go check out her Blog, The Curious Senior to find some incredible recipes that will have you licking your plate!  https://thecuriousenior.com/

Work with Michele: www.InspiredSenior.com

You are working so hard to care for your family member! In this episode Lisa Hamilton PT, has a background in Home Health and shares the must have tools to make caregiving at home easier for you and your loved one!

Work with Michele: www.InspiredSenior.com

You are working so hard to care for your family member! In this episode Lisa Hamilton PT, has a background in Home Health and shares the must have tools to make caregiving at home easier for you and your loved one!

It is hard enough when you are the one providing the daily care for your loved one, let alone trying to convince other family members it needs  to be done, or how it needs to be done!

Debbie shares her experience of navigating multiple family members as they moved through the process of caregiving and moving.

Work with Michele: www.InspiredSenior.com