Continuing on the topic of aging, Emily explores what grandparents can to to keep their minds working well, well into our later years. Her guest is Dr. Leslie Kernisan, a geritrician whose website Better Health While Aging, is all about doing all we can do, so we can keep doing all that we are able, for as long as we can. (https://betterhealthwhileaging.net)

EPISODE NOTES

Dr. Leslie mentions an article on her site that covers medications that may impair brain function as a side effect:   https://betterhealthwhileaging.net/medications-to-avoid-if-worried-about-memory/ 

She also has written a guidebook to help you care for your aging parents, https://www.amazon.com/Aging-Parent-Needs-Step-Step/dp/173615320X/ 

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Emily talks with a neurologist and a psychologist about why our brain works the way it works (or doesn’t work, sometimes!) and then what hope we can find in the science behind aging.

EPISODE NOTES

Dr. Francine Toder's book is "The Vintage Years: Finding Your Inner Artist (Writer, Musician, Visual Artist) After Sixty." She also has a website, doctoder.com.

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Did your grandparents have style? Emily asked her guests in Season 4 to recall what defined the styles they remember defining their own grandparents. Also, Emily invites Mike (husband and producer) to preview upcoming topics we'll cover in the rest of this season of The Grand Life.

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Emily sits down with New York Times columnist Paula Span, who has taken her reporting on aging and grandparenting and mixed it with her own experiences as a new grandmother (or Bubbe, as it is in Yiddish). The result is a fun new audiobook that shares what she's learned from a bunch of smart people, including her granddaughter.

Paula's audiobook The Bubbe Diaries is available on Audible. Her columns for the New York Times are called "Generation Grandparent."

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Can you start grandparenting before the birth? Absolutely, says Emily's guest Gail Root. She is a student, teacher, and advocate for practices both past and present that acknowledge a pre-born baby's ability to connect with the outside (the womb) world. Also, a check-in on a new web resource for first-time grandparents.

SHOW NOTES

Emily's guest, Gail Root, counsels new grandparents at her web site Root and Wings Parent Coaching.

DeeDee's website, More Than Grand, has released New Grandparents 101. This link applies the discount code GRAND, and you'll receive 10% off your purchase!

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Your relationship with your grands may allow you to spot problems before distracted parents may notice them. Emily talks with author Richard Capriola, who focuses on teens with addictions and gives advice to grandparents who may uncover or suspect addictions or abuse.

EPISODE NOTES

Richard's book is The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse. 

Emily also mentioned Fern Schumer Chapman's new book on sibling estrangement. If you'd like to learn more about the issues her new book addresses, Fern is recommending this recent story on the topic from broadcast television. Her interview with Emily is in Season 3, Episode 8, "Grandparent Caregivers." 

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Emily wraps up the third episode on "the power of stories" with a chat with an executive from Scholastic, Inc.--the source of all those books sold to grade-school students from newsletters and book fairs. Their conversation took place just before World Read-Aloud Day, which framed their talk about grandparents reading aloud to their grands.

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Continuing the theme from last episode, Emily speaks with a 93-year-old grandfather, author, and active advocate of capturing and then "unleashing" grandparent stories. His creative partner in their website adds helpful details about a program that helps grands become powerful and prolific story-makers.

SHOW NOTES

Jerry and Deanna's website is grandparentsunleashed.com, and  Jerry's book is The Grandest Love, available here.

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How well do your grands know your story? Emily travels (virtually) to Trinidad to speak with Felicia Chang, a professional in the area of capturing the personal stories of our families, with a special emphasis our elders. Your story has worth and power...and is of priceless value to your grands.

EPISODE NOTES

Felicia Chang's TEDx Talk about how the stories of our loved ones connect us all is here. Her business has a web site and a Facebook page. This is Felicia with her dear grandmother, the subject of her movie and the inspiration of her view on capturing stories.

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Continuing last episode's theme, this time Emily talks with a grandparent in the US and a parent in France whose extended relationships span oceans, languages, and cultures. Adventure seasoned with selflessness is the recipe.

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