Your Life Your Way

Caring for a loved one with Dementia, Alzheimers, Parkinson's or other form of memory loss is filled with challenges, fears, joys and love. This is Part 3 in the series. Deb Compton Founder of The Purple Vine, LLC and author, is back to talk with us about the late stage of memory care.

Communication challenges, activities, recognizing non-verbal cues, handling eating along with, should your loved one remain at home or is facility care necessary, are all discussed in this episode.

Our wish is for you to know that you are not alone. There are resources, guidance and tools to help you navigate this difficult journey.

Please take steps to care for YOU, too. I know there are days when it must feel impossible but your health matters.

www.thepurplevine.com Deb Compton

www.kmyourlifeyourway.com Kathleen McDermott

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The journey of a Caregiver for a loved one with Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or other form of memory loss, can feel quite lonely and scary.

In this series Debbie Compton, Owner/Founder of The Purple Vine, is sharing her own journey, expertise, knowledge and support through the 3 stages. In Part one we talked about the Diagnosis. Here in episode 2, we are talking about being right in the thick of caring for your loved one.

How do you manage the challenges for them and you? How do you still offer yourself care?

Debbie has written 12 books and has partnered with other authors to bring you much needed and wanted advice to navigate this journey. See her website info below.

For information on how you can access tools, resources, methods to reduce your stress and bring yourself back to calm and a sense of control anywhere, anytime reach out to me at:

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www.kmyourlifeyourway.com

The journey of being a Caregiver for a Loved One with Dementia can feel very lonely. It comes with many emotions, love, guilt and exhaustion.

You never know what it is like until you are actually wearing the shoes of a Caregiver. What are the questions, answers, solutions, tips and resources to keeping some balance, peace, joy and laughter on this journey that is filled with fear?

Deb Compton, Owner/Founder of The Purple Vine, LLC, is with us sharing her expertise, advise and personal experience being a 3x Caregiver to her loved ones.

This is Part 1 in a series of 3 episodes. We did an original episode for the holidays that also has great information for any time there is a gathering of family and friends.

www.thepurplevine.com Reach out to Deb for a consultation, resources and support.

Have you or do you feel overloaded and overwhelmed as if you're stuck in the spin cycle?

Every experience we have throughout our life, bits and pieces are stored in our subconscious. We have old beliefs no longer serving us well, old hurts, stress, fesrs about life.

Marnel Hesterman is an Emotional Wellness Specialist, Tapping Practitioner and Certified Life Coach.

She share with us here in this episode, how Tapping might be your missing link to relieving your stress and getting you out of the spin cycle of life.

She is the founder of InciteInspirations and you can gather more information at inciteinspirations.com You can sign up for her INCITES with conten for continued emotional health and wellness.

You can find Marnel on Facebook.

Are you a Caregiver of a loved one with Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s or another cause of memory loss?  If you are, or think it could be in your future, listen in as Debbie Compton owner and The Purple VIne offering Caregiver support, resources & encouragement, shares her journey and how you can still find joys along the way.

This is the prelude and there will be 3 more episodes coming. This episode offers tips to make the holiday season less stressful and a better experience for you and your loved one.  

The journey of being a Caregiver can feel very lonely at times but it doesn’t mean you must put your own health, mental, emotional and spiritual, at risk.  Debbie has walked this path with more than one of her loved ones and she is a bright light for others who don’t necessarily see a light at the end of the tunnel.

After the show you can find Debbie at www.thepurplevine.com

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When life feels like it is coming at you like a charging locomotive what do you do? How do you handle the curves that life throws at you. I had to curb my expectations, accept and surrender to what was out of my control. I expected one thing and the Universe said "hold my beer".

In this solo episode I share my thoughts on 2024 and how we can be curious, embrace possibilities and to never say never.

Questions on how you can create your go to kit of tools, methods and techniques for reducing stress, regulating your nervous system to return yourself to a state of calm and sense of control, email me at [email protected]

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Join Marci Rossi and I as she shares her journey of chooosing an alcohol-free life. Why she did, how she did it and what is her life like now.

This is not an episode to try and convince you to remove alcohol from your life. Marci offers candidly her experience and how, if you have been feeling you might want a change, you too can make different choices without guilt or pressure.

If this is something you have been questioning, Marci helps other women pursue their dreams and live their best life alcohol-free, too.

Wendy Ng talks with us about navigating parenting and determining what is best for your family beyond societal, generational and cultural conditioning. There are beautiful things to continue to share through each generation and there are things to release. How can you decide what is best for your family?

Wendy Ng is a Coach who guides Chinese Canadian women to overcome overwhelm and self-doubt so that they can live authentically and confidently express themselves. 

A second generation Chinese Canadian, Wendy has experienced the challenges of growing up as a banana. Stepping into motherhood propelled Wendy to find her own voice and start living aligned to her own beliefs and expectations. Wendy uses her personal experience and professional knowledge to help her clients shift their thinking, reconnect with their intuition, and build their confidence to live life on their own terms.

Wendy is a trained occupational therapist, with over 15 years experience helping clients adapt to change and live independently doing the things most important to them. Her recent focus has been in the field of mental health. In her free time, you can find Wendy hanging out with her 3 kids and husband, practicing yoga, or dancing. 

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I am talking again about these 2 of the 4 Bad Seeds. If you are stuck in these you are not alone. It is learned behavior and it can be unlearned. It is not easy, I won't deny that but you deserve to be free!

In tis short episode I remind you of the generational and societal conditioning that is playing a huge role in your life.

Comments, questions, if you'd like to have a consultation (free) and talk about how you may break these cycles please email me at [email protected]

It's never to late to bring your dreams to life or to break free from the experiences in life that are holding you back. Susan Glenney is the Author of 16 Men and The Bowtie.

Join us as she talks about the books' character overcoming trauma.

You may reach out to Susan at linktr.ee.susanglenney

www.susanglenney.com/newsletter

Your Host: Kathleen McDermott

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