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.
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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.
