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Rebecca got divorced with two young children.  Her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer.  This enabled her to reconnect with her mom.  Rebecca shares these wonderful nuggets of wisdom:   look inwardly, become aware of your fears, face your vulnerabilities, let go, allow life to unfold, enjoy what comes, be in the moment, be grounded and get to know your loved ones.

Rebecca Whitehead Munn is a healthcare change catalyst and value creator, author and speaker. Her goal is to inspire others to be courageous and learn about their loved ones’ wishes, while creating life-long connections. Her debut memoir, The Gift of Goodbye: A Story of Agape Love, was released July 18, 2017. Kirkus Reviews says her memoir “tells of her own journey of self-discovery after learning of a parent’s terminal illness. Rather than give in to grief, she embarked on what she calls a ‘heart-opening journey’, one that she deftly and intensely recounts in this memoir.”

https://rebeccawmunnauthor.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Goodbye-Story-Agape-Love/dp/1631522302/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gift-of-goodbye-rebecca-whitehead-munn-mba/1124824551?ean=9781631522307
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631522307

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As a child, Linda’s inspiration, leadership and determination enabled her and her siblings to win all-inclusive trips for her family to Disneyland for 3 consecutive years!  Linda shares this wisdom: you can make your dreams come true, don’t be afraid to try new things and set the goals that you are most important to you.  Linda has a daughter with special needs. Her advice to caretakers? Recognize that you will have your hard days. Put one foot in front of the other, give it your best shot, don’t give up and keep trying. Good things will happen.

Linda Atwell lives in Silverton, Oregon with her husband, John. She earned her BA from George Fox College, but it is her entrepreneurial and adventuresome spirits that have inspired her career goals. Atwell owned a successful home décor business for ten years before switching to adjusting catastrophe insurance claims and climbing roofs for a living. Now she writes. Her first book, Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs was recently released by She Writes Press and was the selected Winner in the 6th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards in the categories of Relationships and Parenting & Family. Loving Lindsey was also selected as a Finalist in the 2017 Best Book Awards. In addition, her award-winning work has appeared in print and online magazines. Atwell irregularly writes a blog about her daughter with special needs. She is happiest traveling the world and hopes to get fifty stamps in her passport before it expires.

http://www.LindaAtwell.com
https://twitter.com/outoneear
https://www.facebook.com/outoneear/
https://www.instagram.com/linda_atwell_writer/

https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Lindsey-Raising-Daughter-Special/dp/1631522809/

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Sheila felt compelled to write her mom’s story after her stroke, otherwise it would disappear. She then realized she wanted to write more, so she wrote a novel called “Appetite”. Sheila’s advice to caregivers is to find a support group and do something you love. Her advice to writers is get going, write, there’s no perfect first draft and enroll in a class.

Toward the end of her forty-year career as a leader of science museums, Sheila Grinell began to write fiction. Her debut novel, APPETITE, was published in May 2016 and she has just finished writing another. Sheila talks about how her second career as a novelist helps her meet the challenges her husband’s Parkinson’s disease has imposed.

https://www.sheilagrinell.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-Novel-Sheila-Grinell/dp/1631520229
https://www.barrowneuro.org/get-to-know-barrow/centers-programs/muhammad-ali-parkinson-center/

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