Musings

Finding Your Authentic Self After Caregiving: Reconnecting with Who You Are Caregiving for a loved one with dementia is a full-body, full-heart experience. It asks everything of you—your time, your energy, your patience—and when it's over, it can leave you standing...

Hey friends — I’m so glad you’re here. Today, I want to dig into an important topic that’s often misunderstood: pain in people living with dementia. There was once this wild (and totally wrong) idea floating around that folks with dementia didn’t feel pain. Some...

Understanding Dementia Behaviors: Seeing the Person, Not the Diagnosiset’s dive into something I see a lot when working with folks living with dementia: uncharacteristic behaviors. These behaviors — whether confusing, frustrating, or sometimes even funny — are often a...

What Is Art Therapy? Let’s start with the basics: art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses creativity—like drawing, painting, sculpting, or even simple mark making—as a way to explore emotions, express yourself, and improve mental well-being. To be art...

Hey there, badass caregiver and dementia care pros—let’s talk about something big today. Depression. Specifically, how depression can show up in people living with dementia—and what you can do about it. If you’ve ever noticed your loved one feeling down, withdrawing...

When we think about mental health treatment, older adults don’t always get the spotlight. Let’s be honest—society tends to focus on the younger crowd when it comes to therapy. But here’s the truth: mental health care is just as important—if not more—for older adults....