The Updraft

The Updraft

By Lisa M RandolphSociety & Culture
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The Updraft episodes

  • Caring for Aging Parents-It takes a Village

    The Updraft is designed for women age 45+ by women age 45+. We talk about our unique opportunities, frustrations, challenges, triumphs, and wisdom that comes with aging. Some of the topic areas include Health, Wellness, and Self-care | Relationships | Career and Entrepreneurship | Financial and Legal | Leaving A Legacy.

    We take a deep dive into each of these areas with our amazing guests who are all women age 45 and over. So they "get" you, because they are you!

    The Updraft is part of the Take Flight Summit live event for Women like us as we intentionally create our best phase of life!

    This episode is focused on serving as a caregiver for parents while taking care of oneself.

    Deidra Kindred is a registered nurse specializing in cardiovascular intensive care, a certified legal nurse consultant, owner of affordable assisted living and services, CPR instructor, faith community nurse and now founder/owner of Your Nurse Advocates.  

    Timestamp 

    1:30 Introducing Deidra Kindred 

    2:45 Deidra's Story

    5:30 When is Google not your friend?

    7:45 Siblings Working together and self-care 

    11:00 The only child as the sole caregiver

    13:20 Hospice help 

    15:10 Respite care services and advocacy 

    16:15 What to look for when seeking assistance 

    20:15 Proactive actions and long term care insurance 

    24:40 Recommended resources and events 

    27:00 Finding help when you need it 

    31:15 Adult daycare 

    33:15 Get an assessment 

    35:15 What is a Nurse Advocate?

    39:30 What does a Nurse Advocate do? 

    42:35 First stop to find what you need (advoconnection.com)

    45:30 How to find Deidra  www.yournurseadvocates.com or advoconnection.com or call for a free 30-minute consultation 817-854-3240 

    46:30 What's next you, Deidra? 

    48:00 How do you plan on "catching the updraft"? 

    Resource Links:

    1. Your Nurse Advocates   
      2. www.yournurseadvocates.com
    2. AdvoConnection
      3. www.advoconnection.com
    3. Texas Health and Human Services
      4. https://hhs.texas.gov/
    4. Alzheimer’s Association
      5. www.alz.org
    5. Tarrant Area Gerontological Society
      6. www.tagstarrant.org
    6. Parkinson’s Support Group
      7. https://www.psgtc.org/
    7. Guardianship Services Inc.
      8. https://www.guardianshipservices.org/ 
    8. Arthritis Foundation
      9. www.arthritis.org
    9. Meals on Wheels
      10. https://mealsonwheels.org/
    10. Cancer Care Services
      11. https://cancercareservices.org/
    11. American Diabetes Association
      12. https://www.diabetes.org/
    12. Youtube channel :Deidra Kindred RN, Your Nurse Advocate
      13. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZl8GNjGh2RAR0RKFtfNOA?view_as=subscriber

      Learn more about Take Flight Summit, an event by and for women 45 and beyond focused on specific needs for this phase of life. You can learn more and subscribe at http://www.takeflightsummit.com.

      52 min
    13. Parenting Your Parents

      The Updraft was designed for women age 45+ by women age 45+. We talk about our unique opportunities, frustrations, challenges, triumphs, and wisdom that comes with aging. Some of the topic areas include Health, Wellness, and Self-care | Relationships | Career and Entrepreneurship | Financial and Legal | Leaving A Legacy.


      We take a deep dive into each of these areas with our amazing guests who are all women age 45 and over. So they "get" you, because they are you!
      The Updraft is part of the Take Flight Summit live event for Women like us as we intentionally create our best phase of life!

      This episode is focused on parenting your parents with award-winning and renowned author Charlotte Canion.

      Charlotte Canion is an Author, Speaker, Inventor, Texas SuperStar Specialist, and Master Gardner. Through Skype interviews, she has become known around the world. She has been published through a variety of articles, both national and international.

      Charlotte has been recognized by the Spirited Women Magazine, Alzheimer’s Association, EWTN and KDKR radio, Timeless Family, Women of Worth, Hospice PLUS and many others.

      Her book, YOU HAVE TO LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING, is based on her own personal experiences assisting her parents with dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Inside, she shares anecdotes and advice to help other “parenting parents” build and reinforce happy memories by remembering to find humor during an otherwise arduous and often overwhelming end-of-life journey.

      Timestamp

      1:10 Introduction to episode

      1:50 Introducing Charlotte
      3:10 Charlotte's Story
      4:10 Denial happens
      7:30 Taking Away the Keys
      8:40 Triple diagnosis
      9:10 Siblings to Share the Load
      12:40 Access to important papers
      14:20 Legacy and Destiny
      16:20 4 Golden Rules
      17:30 End of Life Treasures
      18:25 Other illnesses & life histories
      20:40 Fact 1
      22:00 Fact 2
      23:00 Alzheimer's is not necessarily hereditary: active living is key
      26:20 There is no normal.
      27:30 More about End of Life Treasures & a different kind of Time Capsule
      29:00 Sharing Stories
      30:00 Keep Talking with Them: The Power of "What if ..."
      30:40 Charlotte's Book
      33:00 Exercise Your Brain and 5 minute Brain Breaks
      35:20 Create Your Treasures
      37:25 Fact 3
      38:00 Take Care of Yourself
      39:10 A new book coming, The Guilt Syndrome
      41:15 Why I wrote my book
      44:30 How to get more stories from them
      48:00 What else?
      49:10 The Nine Hug Rule
      50:40 Where to Find Charlotte online
      53:05 Charlotte's Updraft Plan 

      You can learn more about Charlotte and her work on her website Parenting Your Parents and on Facebook.

      57 min
    14. Dating after 45: Breaking Out the Etch-A-Sketch

      Welcome to the second episode of The Updraft, a podcast for women age 45 and over, looking at life from a whole different perspective than ever before. 

      Our guest today is Amy Jones. Amy is a personal growth visionary, author, and international speaker who lives and breathes one simple philosophy: live in the moment.  Amy's books include Better for Being Broken:  How to Put Yourself Back Together When Your World Has Been Shattered and Breakthrough, a collection of powerful stories from global authorities that guaranteed to equip anyone for real-life breakthroughs. You can learn more about Amy at www.theamyjones.com and you can find her on Facebook.  

      Amy speaks from the voice of experience in getting back into the dating scene after 45. The world isn't the same place as it was in our teens and the rules of the road are entirely different. Amy helps you navigate the scene and make good, intentional choices. She is about to embark on a year in Mexico so be sure and sign up on her website to follow her journey. 

      Timestamp

      2:30 Meet Amy

      4:50 Thinking about dating again 

      6:45 What did you discover when you first started dating again 

      8:45 Online/Offline dating 

      11:52 Date more than 1 person at a time 

      12:28 What are the rules? 

      16:28 Wants and Needs 

      17:28 Know Your Dealbreakers

      18:16 Outsourcing & managing expectations

      21:00 Long-distance dating 

      21:40 How to meet 

      25:00 Dating yourself 

      25:50 Use the etch-a-sketch

      29:00 Structure Your Profile

      36:12 Meeting Offline 

      39:52 Meet Ups 

      40:00 New direction for Amy 

      42:20 Finding Amy 

      Find out more about Amy Jones at www.theamyjones.com and on Facebook 


      46 min
    15. Shining the Light on Menopause
      Hi, I'm Lisa Randolph your host for The Updraft and this is our inaugural episode is on the topic of Menopause. This podcast is for women age 45 and over, looking at life from a whole different perspective than ever before. Our guest is Rochelle Weitzner with Pause Well Aging (www.pausewellaging.com). Rochelle tells her story about how she came to be creating products for women experiencing the changes that happen as we enter menopause. She discusses the three stages of menopause, surgical menopause,  IVF and chemo menopause, the many symptoms of menopause and what we can do about it -- beginning with dropping the taboo and simply talking about it. We hope you enjoy this first episode with many more to come.
      Timestamp
      0:00 Introduction to the episode
      2:10 Introduce Rochelle
      3:45 The story of Pause Well Aging
      8:05 Three stages of Menopause
      11:10 IVF, cancer treatment, and menopause
      12:00 Menopause symptoms
      12:45 How your skin changes during menopause
      13:40 Formulating products
      15:10 Products and ingredients
      20:30 Other Pause Well Aging products
      27:15 Other things we can do
      36:25 How Rochelle "catches the updraft" in her life
      37:45 Closing: Where to find Pause Well Aging
      www.pausewellaging.com. At checkout use the promo code: takeflightsummit, for a 15% discount. Products are also available on Amazon
      Instagram @pausewellaging
      42 min
    16. What is The Updraft all about?

      The Updraft is a podcast designed specifically by women and for women age 45 and over. We talk about the unique opportunities as well as the frustrations,  challenges, and especially the wisdom that comes with aging.  Topics include:

      • Menopause
      • The empty nest
      • Caregiving for aging parents 
      • late-life divorce
      • widowhood
      • finances, wealth or debt 
      • Ageism in the Workplace
      • Burnout
      • Becoming an entrepreneur
      • Midlife dating
      • Self-care
      • Telling your life story
      • Creating your Legacy
      • and more

        • There is no need for you to go it alone or suffer in silence and invisibility.  We believe these can be the best years of our lives, so catch The Updraft and take flight with your Host, Lisa Randolph.

        Produced by LaDonna Coy, 7th Generation Labs

        2 min

      About The Updraft

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      The Updraft was designed for women age 45+ by women age 45+. We talk about our unique opportunities, frustrations, challenges, triumphs and wisdom that comes with aging. Some of the topics areas include: Health, Wellness, and Self-care | Relationships | Career and Entrepreneurship | Financial and Legal | Leaving A Legacy.