How to Talk to Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease
Have you ever tried to talk to someone with Alzheimer’s disease and ended up feeling awkward or frustrated? Communicating with someone with Alzheimer’s disease can be challenging especially if the diseases has progressed to advanced stages.
Alzheimer’s disease usually attacks the brain in a way that it makes it difficult for the affected person to communicate effectively as well as remember past events. This is challenging especially for caregivers because they have to adjust the way they communicate to their loved ones. The good news is that there are effective ways for dementia caregivers to communicate with loved ones impacted by this disease, as discussed below.
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Do you have someone in your family who just can’t seem to get their life together? You might have family members who won’t engage in healthy behaviors, are depressed, and are often addicts.
Do you find yourself worrying about them so much that it is taking away from your enjoyment of life? Do you feel compelled to help, yet frustrated, hopeless and helpless about the situation?
If so, you are not alone. I regularly talk with anxious caretakers who want me to help their loved ones. Some realize that they would be more effective as caretakers if
Read MoreThe Power of Releasing the Heart Wall with the Emotion Code
I had a client who had been single for almost 4 yrs., and never had been married. She really wanted to have a family, and felt like her clock was ticking. She asked me to check if she had a heart wall, and we discovered
Read MoreOne Mindset Shift that Could Change the World
Growing up, my parents valued hard work over everything else. One of my father’s favorite sayings was, “I don’t believe in having too much fun”. Having play dates was not encouraged or often allowed!
Therefore, I didn’t have a lot of practice making friends or developing healthy relationships. Without good modeling for what healthy relationships looked like, I had to figure things out the hard way, through a tons of trial and error. I suffered for decades, feeling like I was all alone and incapable of being loved!
That was why I was thrilled to learn 
about the Smart Couple podcast by Jayson Gaddis. Its purpose is to give couples the tools they need to have win-win relationships. As a single person, it helped me figure out what I needed to do to have healthy relationships, and what I would need from a future partner. But another key benefit is that what he shares can be applied to improving all of our relationships with friends, family, people we work with, and even ourselves!
I took a class with him to dive more deeply into the material, and got a lot out of it. But if I were asked to give you the most valuable tip I learned, this mindset shift would be it. I feel so strongly about this analogy, that I believe if it were spread far and wide, it could change the world.
What is this valuable mindset shift?
Read More3 Steps to Become Open Hearted
For most of my life, I was seen as indifferent, cold or standoffish. I always admired people who could be loving and open hearted the moment we met. But I never felt comfortable letting down my guard with people that quickly. I wondered, how could they trust someone so quickly? How could these people be so sure that they wouldn’t get hurt?
In those darker moments, I spent a lot of time in blame mode. I blamed my farther for his constant criticism, for making me feel never enough. I blamed my mother for her inability to defend me against his attacks or stand up to him. I labeled my dad as an angeraholic, and my mom as a victim, and I was so stuck in these thought patterns that I couldn’t change my relationship with them.
I’ve come a long way since then. Now when I think of my parents, I no longer harbor any of the long-standing resentment or blame. When I think of my friends, or people I’ve met, I can approach them with an open heart. Without any conscious intention of doing something differently, I’m smiling more, I’m happier to see people and I’m noticing more love coming my way as well!
So what have I done to become more open hearted?
Read MoreOne Mindset Shift that Will Help You Forgive
I spent most of my life hating my father. When growing up, he constantly criticized us or lectured us about how or who we should be. Because he had so much anger, and insisted that we were responsible for not making him angry, I felt like I was constantly walking on eggshells. I never felt like I could be myself. The constant striving to please him to avoid his anger was exhausting!
I remember being told more than once as a young adult that I needed to forgive him. That just deepened my despair, because I just couldn’t figure out how. So much of his criticism left me feeling anxious, unlovable and unacceptable, and I blamed him for his role in making me feel that way.
I remember the day when my perspective shifted.
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