In this episode, Jessica reflects on a transformative conversation she had with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, the author of Shameless Parenting and a leading expert in sex therapy, feminism, and social justice. Through a poignant personal anecdote, Jessica explores the challenges of navigating societal shame and sexual expression in the context of dementia. Dr. Tina's insights resonate as Jessica grapples with the profound impact of cultural taboos on personal autonomy and well-being, highlighting the importance of embracing shameless human responses amidst adversity. Join Jessica as she revisits ..read more

Listen in as Jessica chats with the author of Shameless Parenting, Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, who is a licensed sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, researcher, and professor. Dr. Tina's expertise covers sex therapy, spiritual intimacy, parenting, medicine, and social justice. When Mom refused to even consider using a vibrator because she was worried what her priest would think of her, I had THE sex-talk with Mom I wished she would have given me as a teenager. Living with Dementia was challenging enough, but Mom lost more then memory when pleasure and sexual expression became a dilemma to ..read more

When a caregivers journey ends there is a mixture of relief and grief. Many caregivers might think the journey ends when their loved one goes home, but the reality is one stage ends and another begins through the necessary cleansing of grief. Listen in as Jessica shares how the journey continues with the reflection of how Caregivers are blindsided through the reconciliation of love, loss, and learning to keep living ..read more

Listen in as Jessica expands on the previous conversation with Dr. Amy Baker, pharmacist and healthcare administrator turned Leadership and Intimacy Coach. Dr. Baker has combined her personal past challenges of sexual trauma, addiction, eating disorders, depression, and emotional liability with years of therapy, over 30 years of leadership, dancing, yoga, athletic endeavors, and studies in Taoism and sexuality, Vipassana meditation, Gateless writing, mindset and relationship coaching into one, simple understanding: A healthy and resilient nervous system is the core of health, therefore if we a ..read more

Today I want to talk to you about Caregiver nutrition habits and those that affect our seniors. We gain many habits during our childhood centered around marketing trends, family financial resources, and what is provided through school lunches. I don't know about you, but many of those habits I have gradually had to replace with healthier habits as I got older. When you understand what the body needs, you can change your level of energy and help your body age better, especially in response to stress ..read more

Listen in as Jessica reaches a special mile stone for The Proactive Caregiver show. "When I started podcasting, it was such an uncomfortable feeling that I could not see continuing past the first 10 episodes, and here we are now celebrating the 100th." This episode recaps the changes Jessica has experienced throughout her caregiving journey. From family caregiver to advocate, from feelings of hopelessness to hopeful, and to accepting there was always going to be an end to the journey for Mom - join us in celebrating 100 and going beyond ..read more

Today we continue with our Medicare series , part two because it is now the U.S. Medicare Annual Enrollment period through to December 7th. To help us understand the upcoming changes for 2024, Co-founders, Joe and Monique Barajas of the Barajas Insurance Group joins me. Last episode we discussed the difference between the Medicare Annual Enrollment period and Open enrollment which is the difference between applying for insurance through January to March and making changes during October 15th to Dec 7th ..read more

Listen in as Dr. Ethelle Lord shares the intent behind her latest White Paper addressing the problems in long-term care communities with care workers to resident ratio and communication of care with families. Our aging population is becoming more dependent on home health services because long-term care communities fall short when profit takes precedence over basic human needs. Rather than wait for regulations to be updated, Dr. Lord is proactively educating caregivers globally on how to adapt to this evolving epidemic of increasing Dementia cases. As the founder and president of the Internatio ..read more

How can caregivers support their loved ones who self-isolate or become depressed as they lose their vision? When you have illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease it can gradually cause low vision. The truth is that our vision is affected by far more than putting lenses over our eyes to see. Listen in as founder of Empower Occupational Therapy, Regina Budet, shares her sandwiched generation approach to treating low-vision.  Regina, created a mobile practice providing in-home occupational therapy for adults coping with vision loss and facing the challenges of func ..read more

Listen in as Jessica chats with Dr. Amy Baker, pharmacist and healthcare administrator turned Leadership and Intimacy Coach who claims the prescription for health is not what we've been sold. Dr. Baker has combined her personal past challenges of sexual trauma, addiction, eating disorders, depression, and emotional lability with years of therapy, over 30 years of leadership, dancing, yoga, athletic endeavors, and studies in Taoism and sexuality, Vipassana meditation, Gateless writing, mindset and relationship coaching into one, simple understanding: A healthy and resilient nervous system is th ..read more