309 Mary MacCracken

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Susan Thistle talks about “The Memory of All That: A Love Story about Alzheimer’s”, by Mary MacCracken, and finishing this book for her mother, who died before completing it. It’s a story of unconditional love.  Susan shares the following nuggets about dealing with Alzheimer’s or other hard times.
– you can’t handle it all by yourself
– look for support
– be supportive of each other
– believe in each other
– be part of small gatherings
– have great loving relationships
– encourage and believe in what others do
– break problems in small pieces
– try to be resourceful
– think about what you can do
– set up supports you may need early on

The book has recently been selected as a 2022 Sarton Women’s Book Award Finalist for Best Memoir.

https://marymaccracken.com

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308 Joanne Intrator

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Joanne shares how she began an international legal quest to gain restitution for the property in Central Berlin that the Nazis had stolen from her family. She shares the following nuggets of wisdom:

  • you can be anxious and still be courageous
  • language gives a great deal of information
  • listen to the facts
  • talking about anxiety can take the power out of it

https://joanneintrator.com

Summons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and a Daughter's Quest for Justice by Joanne Intrator, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

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307 Odille Remmert

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Odille shares how intentionally changing negative childhood memories to positive ones can help us as adults. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom:

  • don’t buy in to the feelings we’re feeling in the moment
  • keep moving forward
  • we will come out of the storm
  • the brain can be inaccurate at predicting the future

Odille suggests that we ask ourselves:

  • how do I know?
  • how does that feel?
  • where in my childhood did I have that feeling?

https://www.theremmertmethod.com

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