Kimberly D. Scott also known as #That Kimberly

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In this episode of Industry Celebrities, Kimberly D. Scott, Podcast Practitioner, interviews Kristin Sizemore, Vice President at Bohannon Development Corporation.   Kristin has been in the multifamily industry for 32 years. She started with leasing apartments and after nine months of working part-time, she became a full-time manager. She shared that one of the main reason why she remained in the industry is that she loves connecting with people and have always appreciated the beauty of the business since she has an opportunity to make a difference in where someone will be moving and how people process that big change in their life. Kristin is a firm believer that if you enjoy people and working with people and also love the idea of you making a difference with people then the multifamily probably is a good business for you.  She also shared her piece of advice to her younger self and that is to learn how to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Because as things come about with your business, the things you haven't experienced before will create a little bit of fear, but that's part of the learning and decision-making process. It also best to remind yourself that you're not always going to get it right, but you'll know better the next time.    

Listen to the rest of the podcast for Kristin also shared her breast cancer journey. How she turned that chaos into a learning opportunity not just for herself but for everybody who is fighting and even those families with a loved one who is diagnosed with breast cancer. She hopes to spread awareness for everyone in the community to know more about the things that they can do and how much support they can get from the organization in their local area. El Paso Apartment Association and EPPA  is partnering up with Stand with Estela Fund and would want to invite everybody to wear pink on Wednesdays this coming October, to show support to everybody going through breast cancer.   

Learn more about Kristin:  

Connect: https://www.bohannondevelopment.com/aboutus/ 

Stand with Estela: https://payments.epcf.org/estela 

El Paso Apartment Association: http://www.epaa.org/ Email: [email protected]  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-sizemore-80b21511  

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In this episode of Caregiver Stories I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Nusbaum who's mother suffers from PCA (posterior cortical atrophy) a form of dementia. She begins by telling us the early signs of dementia that her mother displayed and how she was misdiagnosed.  As the discussion progressed Rachel dove into the details of how her mother's disease changed and affected her life drastically.  All while trying to maintain her own immediate family, which includes her husband and two young children. Through the pain she was able to find her calling by reaching out to others that have similar stories.  Listen to the entire podcast to learn more about her story and if you know someone that could use the information please share or tag them in the comments.

Learn more about Rachel and connect with her: 

Website: https://www.orchidstory.com/ 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/yourstoryisyourstrength/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel IG: 

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Kimberly D. Scott, a former Video Girl, and now Podcast Practitioner interviews Judy Cornish, a licensed attorney, author, and geriatric care manager who spent almost a decade working for families and people experiencing dementia on the care center she founded. Palouse Dementia Care was built to help clients live a wonderful life and help their families experience less stress.   

Before entering the dementia world, Judy was a psychosocial skills trainer for the mentally ill and practiced law in Portland Oregon. When she decided to semi-retire, she moved to Moscow, Idaho. On where she was renting, a neighbor came to see their landlord and stated that they planned to move their mother into a care facility for she was getting forgetful.  It was heartbreaking for Judy to hear, knowing that the mother lived there for 56 years. So out of pure kindness, she offered to look after their mother. Within two weeks a lot of families called, asking if she was also able to help them with their parents and after several months she found herself working for more hours until it became fulltime. She hired people to help her cater to everyone who needed their help. She wanted to help other families begin caring for their loved ones in the same way. After seeing the inconsistency and the chaos it brings if not everyone in the inner circle of the client knows how to handle the situation, she then began developing a training program that would help families provide truly strength-based care at home.  

Listen to the rest of the interview for Judy shared and discussed the tools of mindlessness, the dawn method, and her insights on how to fully understand and cope when a loved one is diagnosed with dementia.  She aims to let everyone gain a deeper and more meaningful connection when a loved one’s cognitive skills will begin to fade.   

Learn more about Judy: https://thedawnmethod.com/  

Email:  [email protected]  

FB: https://www.facebook.com/JudyCornishDAWN/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judycornish  

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In this episode of Industry Celebrities, Kimberly interviewed Ardem Keshishian, owner of Ardem James Custom Homes. 

Ardem shared his inspiring story on how he started his home building business. It all happened when he had an assistant program at his salon. One of his assistants had a rough time going through a divorce. This led him to a decision that changed his life course. He decided to buy a house, remodeled it, and made his assistant rent it.  Who would have thought that a simple act of kindness can bring him the best opportunity that life has to offer?   This turn of events eventually opened the doors for Ardem to know more about the construction process. He met a lot of wonderful people who helped him materialize his vision of helping those who are in need while creating the most beautiful homes.   One piece of advice that most entrepreneurs should take by heart is to always choose a team that you trust and who are you are like-minded with. This will not only yield good results, but it will strengthen the company as a whole.   

To know more about Arden’s company, check out their website at http://ardemjamescustomhomes.com   

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On this episode of TAAEF & Industry Celebrities collaboration, Brian Crawford, Director of Marketing at Maintenance Supply Headquarters is my guest.   Brian was sure with what he wanted before he entered college and that was why he took sports management because he wanted to be in the sports industry. He worked in several universities before moving to the multifamily industry. Handling events was fun for him but after working in his field for several years, he started to think about switching to a different job because he wanted to have a quality life.  While he was an assistant athletic director of development at the University of Houston he met the director of MSH. He shared that he did not know what MSH was at that time. Well, the great thing about life is we always meet people for so many different reasons, and for Brian, calling on the Founder of MSH and getting to know him, opened the door for him to start his marketing career at MSH.   

You will learn:  

7:22 the beauty of taking the leap of faith and venturing into a new career path 

9:29 what Brian loves most about his job 

12:39 the importance of improving one's self 

13:59 why seeking advice is important  

Connect with Brian: Email: [email protected] 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcrawfo2/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MSupplyHQ/  

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In this interview, Kimberly Scott interviews Rachel Nusbaum a Certified Genetic Counselor and founder of Orchid Story, LLC.  Rachel shared her story on what it is like to take care of her mom while taking care of her kids and the impact it had on their lives. Her mother was diagnosed 10 years ago with what is now called Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), also known as Benson's syndrome. It is a form of dementia which refers to gradual and progressive degeneration of the outer layer of the brain (the cortex) in the part located in the back of the head (posterior). She highlighted a moment where she and her mother had a talk about her 8-year-old son. It took her by surprise for her mother voiced out her pain about how her son was becoming distant to her. This was something she noticed too. Though the disease took a toll on her mother’s total well-being, what Rachel realized at that moment was her mother’s core and the truest essence of herself is still the same even if all the former capability is slowly get stripped away. This is what we often forget but we shouldn’t forget to remind each family member, including the little ones these little things. Though this might be a tough ordeal, especially with children as long as there are compassion and constant communication, a harmonious relationship can still be achieved.   Listen to the whole interview for Kimberly and Rachel talked so many things about how to handle the young members in the family. It will make you tear up a little for these two daughters who are both battling to maintain the life that they want to have for themselves and for the loved ones who are diagnosed with dementia.   

Learn more about Rachel by visiting her website: https://www.orchidstory.com/ or email her at [email protected]  

Connect with Rachel : IG: https://www.instagram.com/theorchidstory/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-nusbaum-67ab007b/ 

Podcast: https://www.orchidstory.com/podcast (iTunes)  

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On this episode of Industry Celebrities, I interview the owner of Mercy Wine Bar, Glen Agritelley. He shares his inspiration to start Mercy Wine Bar and where his other passion, tennis, led him.  Learn more about Mercy Wine Bar and T Bar M Tennis by visiting: 

www.mercywinebar.com  

http://tbarmtennis.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/mercywinebar/ 

https://www.facebook.com/MercyWineBar/  

Connect with Glen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenagritelley/    

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In this episode of Caregivers Stories, I interview Kate Hanley, who is a former caregiver (Old Forge, New York) and now, an author Breakfast Memories: A Dementia Love Story. Kate shares many things; one of the many, she answers my questions about what people should know when it comes to dementia or those with dementia? Kate says, "show up," be in the moment Kimberly, and I promise you I witnessed it myself Kimberly, yeah, is a memory there, if, in fact, your loved one doesn't know who you are. They can't say it because it's in their mind, but their heart knows it, there's some. There's a purpose behind their smile.   Yeah, Absolutely. And she's definitely, I think that was the hardest part for me. And being the child that wanted to take this on, she was the one who decided on saying she was the one that managed everybody so for her to be able to not totally give it up, but for the most part, that's very difficult so I had to find the kindness and the way to go about doing it without getting into a fight with her argument because it's not worth her time here. To do that, I definitely had to learn that very quickly that not to argue just to agree or redirect and move on, because otherwise we'd be fighting all the time and it's not worth being on this planet with her and not enjoying the time I have right

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I had the pleasure to interview and speak to Lisa B. Capp, a writer, an activist, and a dementia caregiving survivor. She shares a journey through being a caregiver to her mom Vera had dementia and passed away in 2015. 18 years ago, Lisa's mom moved in with her and her husband, after my dad passed away so half of the journey was spent living with her and then the last half of her journey on yours was in full memory care. At the time, Lisa was working with a Fortune 100 companies as an international consultant in the high tech and was traveling the world and trying to manage caregiving, with her husband playing boots on the ground through a lot of that. Now, Lisa is retired from being a family caregiver, and giving back, spending time with folks who are doing awesome things in this community helping others understand dementia and caregiving.  Learn more about Lisa B. Capp by connecting with her:

Website: www.lisabcapp.com

email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabcapp/

NCC19 (National Caregiving Conference hosted by Caregiving.com happened in November) recap: https://youtu.be/0BpAOb8_s38 

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We kick off Industry Celebrities & Texas Apartment Association Education Foundation collaboration for TAAEF's Room To Grow series have teamed up to share stories of industry professionals who have found not just a job but a career in the apartment industry.   

In this episode, Kimberly D. Scott, 15-year multifamily professional and Nicolle Block, a multifamily executive with 25 years of experience in this industry, have a conversation about why they love multifamily.   

Nicolle started her career at a very young age. She’s one of the lucky ones who fell into the industry. As a student, Nicolle needed something to help her with housing, and that was when she stumbled on the lane that took her to the industry that she has come to love after more than two decades now. She found her passion and worked her way up year after year. Not everybody is blessed enough to find out right away what sparks joy for them. For Nicole, it only took her less than a year after she started to see that she was on the right path because she saw a lot of movement and growth in the company that she worked for at that time.   With the years that she spent working for one company, she shared that for someone to fully have growth and development, one must not wait for someone to point it out. This misconception often leads to some people quitting and then wondering why the years that passed have been stagnant and unfulfilling. Although some who people who genuinely care for us might be able to point out the things that we can and should do, if we are wanting to have more or something different, then it should be our prerogative to raise our hand and say what we want to learn and do.  

Learn more about Nicolle Block and connect with her at:  IG: https://www.instagram.com/nicollebgb/?hl=en FB: https://www.facebook.com/nicolle.gaffney LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolle-gaffney-block-b28b797/  

Learn more at www.roomtogrowtx.org and even better, find your fit by taking a quiz at https://roomtogrowtx.com/apartment-jobs/#quiz and much more!  Learn more about TAAEF: https://taaef.taa.org/   

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