Betty L. Smith

Parkinson’s and Other Family Caregivers:

Let Go of Stress and Boost Your Well-Being

If you are a family caregiver,
especially if you are caring for
someone in the last stages of Parkinson’s,
you’re probably feeling:

*stressed out
*frustrated
*exhausted
*guilty
*angry

I know, because I feel the same way.
Let’s see if there’s a solution!

As someone who is caring for a husband
with late stage Parkinson’s and an aging mother,
I too face the challenges of being a
family caregiver.

Since September is Healthy Aging Month,
I want to share some of what I have learned
over a lifetime of being a
pioneer in alternative approaches
to health and well-being,
of creating traditions instead
of following  traditions.

In honor of Healthy Aging Month,
I am conducting a free conference
call for Parkinson’s and others
in Family Caregiver roles.

Together, we’ll consider the solutions for the guilt,
exhaustion, anger, stress, and overwhelm that are the
daily hallmarks of family caregivers. We’ll look at
some simple strategies and out-of-the-box ways
to give your health and well-being a boost.

Reserve SATURDAY September 18, 9 AM Pacific time!

To learn more details about the content of our call
and to reserve your place on the free conference call,
go to this special invitation page on my web site:

www.authorbettylsmith.com/caregivers-preview/

There’s a space to sign up with your name and email
at the BOTTOM of that page. Fill in those two boxes
and click the “Register” button to reserve
your space for the call, and you will receive
the phone number and access code to call
on Saturday morning, September 18, 9 AM Pacific time.

I look forward to sharing with you some
approaches for exploring the Final Frontier of Health
and Well-Being.

Hope to hear you on the call on
Saturday, September 18 at 9 am Pacific.

Remember: Sign up at the BOTTOM of this page
and click the button that says “Register.”

http://www.authorbettylsmith.com/caregivers-preview/

To your health and well-being,
Your friend,
Betty L. Smith

P.S.  You know it’s important to take time out for
yourself. This is a perfect time to find out some
nontraditional ways to boost your well-being.

P.P.S. Please sign up even if you can’t be on the call
live. We will send you a recording of the call at no
cost so that you can listen at your own schedule.

Dr. Milton H. Erickson, 1901-1980, a psychiatrist and hypnotist, was one of the 20th century’s great innovators in psychotherapy.  Erickson noted that, “Patients are patients because they are out of rapport with their own unconscious. Patients are people who have had too much programming, so much outside programming that they have lost touch with their inner selves.”

As a lifelong learner and someone on my own inner healing journey, and now as a family caregiver to my husband who has Parkinson’s, I have come to appreciate the importance of what Dr. Erickson pointed out to us in the quote above. I have lived it and experienced it. I have observed the results of this toxic outside programming on my own loved ones and clients, as they struggle with the degenerative diseases of aging.

The self-healing work I have done in dealing with my own past toxic emotions (that grew out of negative cultural conditioning) has helped me get in touch with my inner knowingness, what Dr. Erickson calls our “inner selves.” This has been a gift I’ve been able to share with my clients and loved ones over the years.  After my time as a pioneering woman business owner and selling directly to small businesses, I have developed my practice as a Personal Life Coach since 1989.

I am creating a tele-seminar series to share what I have learned from my own experience, research, education, and observation about how our cultural conditioning separates us from our inner selves.  In the classes offered by telephone, I will share the steps we can take to connect with our inner selves.

Right now, I am mapping out the content of a free introductory call that will take place in September. The firm date will be coming soon. I will let you know in an email message and also post it on the “Caregiver News” category on my website at www.authorBettyLSmith.com.

The free report at my website (How To Be Your Own Authority) can be downloaded when you sign up in the box at the top of the right column. This workbook will support you in starting your journey. You’ll gain a personal understanding of how cultural conditioning separates you from your inner self and what you can do to reconnect with your inner wisdom.