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Meet the Village 💙 This week on the blog, my de Meet the Village 💙 This week on the blog, my dear friend and writing partner Michele Bender shares something powerful for caregivers: how just seven minutes of writing can ease stress, lift your mood, and help you feel a little more grounded.
While working on The Unexpected Journey, @mbender878 helped me find my voice even on the days I felt stuck. Some of the best breakthroughs came when I gave myself permission to pause, reflect, and write freely. That’s exactly what she’s offering you in this post.
You don’t need fancy tools or lots of time - just a pen, some paper, and a few quiet minutes for yourself.
💙 Tap the link in my bio to read Michele’s post. I hope it inspires you to take seven minutes today for you.
A dementia diagnosis can suck all the air out of a A dementia diagnosis can suck all the air out of a room. I felt it.
But it took me some time to realize that I did, in fact, have some agency. I didn’t want Bruce’s FTD diagnosis to take all of us with it, because dementia is a family disease. So I made a choice to pump air back into our lives for the sake of our daughters, for Bruce, and for myself.
For me, one path has been advocacy. Supporting other caregivers and families living with dementia has given me purpose and connection, which I desperately needed.
If you’re in the thick of it, I know this might sound impossible. But I want to gently offer this: in time, you too will find something that feels purposeful. Something that breathes a little life back in.
Just consider that possibility for a moment. 💙
The words from @katiebrandt6 ‘s mother, Diane, continue to stay with me and fuels my commitment to this work. Katie is also one of the experts featured in my book, The Unexpected Journey, and I can’t wait for you to learn from her.
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This week on the blog, I’m so grateful to share the words of Barri Leiner Grant. She’s a grief specialist, writer, and founder of @thememorycircle.
Barri’s piece is deeply personal. She writes about caring for her dad through memory loss and what it looked like for her family to show up with love, creativity, and a lot of learning along the way.
It’s tender, real and full of the kinds of things we don’t hear often enough: what to ask, what to expect, and how to stay present through it all.
I started this blog so we can learn and grow from experts and fellow care partners walking a similar path. Our experiences may look different, but we’re connected by a shared thread and I want you to know that others truly want to support us and help us feel seen.💙 Head to the link in my bio to read her post.
It started with one. Now we’re at thirty 🔥 Th It started with one. Now we’re at thirty 🔥
Thirty FTD awareness resolutions and proclamations have been passed across the U.S., bringing visibility, validation, and hope to families who are so often overlooked.
This progress is no accident. It’s the result of tireless work by advocates, @theaftd, and leaders like @michellehincheynysenate who believe in the power of awareness to drive change.
FTD is often invisible, misunderstood, and underfunded but that’s starting to change.
These resolutions might seem small from the outside, but they’re the beginning of something bigger: a future where FTD is recognized, researched, and better supported.
And to the FTD advocates who keep showing up, who write the emails, make the calls, share their stories, and fight through their own heartbreak to help others, you are the force behind this progress. Thank you 💙

To Care Partners, From

I’m honored to announce my first book, The Unexpected Journey, which is dedicated to my fellow care partners. The book will be published by Maria Shriver’s imprint, The Open Field at Penguin Random House.

Out September 9th. Preorders available now.

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