Parenting UP! Caregiving adventures with comedian J Smiles
By J Smiles
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Get engulfed in the intense journey of a caregiver who happens to be a comedian. J Smiles use of levity reveals the stress and rewards of caregiving interwoven with her own personal journey. Over 10 years ago, she was catapulted into caregiving overnight when the shock of her dad's death pushed her mom into Alzheimer's in the blink of an eye. A natural storyteller, her vivid descriptions and impressive recall will place you squarely in each moment of truth, at each fork in the road. She was a single, childless mechanical engineering, product designing, lawyer living a meticulously crafted international existence until she wasn't. The lifestyle shift was immediate. Starting from scratch, she painstakingly carved out useful knowledge and created a beneficial care plan for her mom. J Smiles will fly solo and have expert guests. You will get tips, tricks, trends and TRUTH. Alzheimer's is heavy, we don’t have to be. All caregivers are welcome to snuggle up, Parent Up!
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A Filmmaker, A Family Caregiver. Susie Singer's Story
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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CAREGIVER STRESS & CAREGIVER RELIEF; THE HIDDEN CRISIS IN DEMENTIA CARE
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Behind the Scenes of our Tour: Detroit Cares About Dementia
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Did My Dad Visit Me at the NBA Finals? | A Special Edition Caregiving Story
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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The Art of Redirecting: A Caregiver’s Superpower
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Promoting Dementia Screening While Dispelling Dementia Myths
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Living With Dementia: Real Stories, Early Signs, and Getting the Right Diagnosis
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Safe Spaces for People Living With Dementia
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Forget Dementia Day Care! A Visit to Via Cognitive Center
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Faith To Action For Dementia Caregivers - Dr. Fayron Epps New Book and More
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May 26, 2026 |
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Comedy, Community and Caregiving: Alter Dementia Summit Recap
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May 11, 2026 |
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Turning Alzheimer’s Pain into Purpose: J Smiles on Georgia Focus
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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HOLLYWOOD & THE HOLY GRAIL OF DEMENTIA RESEARCH: Highlights from my time at the Alzheimer's Summit
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Undervalued and Underpaid: The Unjust Cost of Caregiving with Jesse Jackson, Jr. and J Smiles
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Caregiver Check In - 5 Self Care Staples to Swear By
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Daughter's Against Alzheimer's Battle For The Brain Recap
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Alzheimer’s Advocacy at the State Capital: Fighting for local Caregivers and Caree’s
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Who Cares? Answers to 5 Frequently Asked Questions by Family Caregivers
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Let’s Talk Caregiving: The Questions Everyone Has
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Dementia Dilemma: Push Through, or Delay the Hairdo?!
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Caregivers Without Barriers: Chanda’s Fight for Care Equity
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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From Then Until Now: A Personal Moment on my Caregiving and Comedy Journey
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Beyond the Actor: Why Brandon Claybon is Passionate about Alzheimer’s Advocacy
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Is Caregiving Your Calling?
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Stories in Our Steps: Walk to End Alzheimer's Recap
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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5 Year Podcast Anniversary Celebration!
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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We in Detroit Baby! Behind the Scenes of our first tour!
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Unwavering Husband, Caregiver and Advocate - Dan Goerke
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Gas, Guts, and the Golden Sample: A Caregiver Crashout
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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That's What Friends Are For
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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KEEN AGING: HOW MODERN ELDERS ARE REWRITING GROWING OLD
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Lights, Camera, Collection: From The Sidelines of Caregiving
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Who Caregivers Can Call: Real Life Resources
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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White Coat Wisdom: Best Practices for Care Partners
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Detroit Caregiver Chronicles
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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What Caregivers Want Doctors To Know
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May 27, 2025 |
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Altering the Perception of Caregivers and Dementia with Dr. Fayron Epps
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May 12, 2025 |
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Caregiving: Motherhood In Disguise
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Yes, And Caregiving: The Improv Act You Didn’t Audition For
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Old People Deserve Different: Don't Just Rip the Bandaid Off!
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Caregiving & Commerce: The Delicate Balance
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Comedy Cares: Improv's Role in Caregiving
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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SUCCESSFUL CAREGIVING WITHOUT SELF-SACRIFICE
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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CREATING, CAPTURING AND KEEPING MEMORIES WITH ALZHEIMER'S
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Sisterhood Meets Social Media: Deltas Search for Zetty
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Parenting Up! Best of 2024
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Festive Frenzy! Holidays with Zetty
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Sending Love & Spreading Smiles: Showing Caregivers You Care
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Some of Ya'll Suck at Supporting Caregivers
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ballots & Beliefs: Ballots & Beliefs: Zetty’s Passion for Voting
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Comedians Care: Rodney Perry - Caregiving Full Circle; Giving and Receiving
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The Comedians Care Series: Multigenerational Caregiving with Kelly Kellz
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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The Comedians Care Series: Cocoa Brown on Coast-to-Coast Caregiving
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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The Science of Caregiving: A Conversation with Dr. Tina
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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A Day In the Live with J Smiles
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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When Caregiver Roles Detour Your Career Goals
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Reducing Family Conflict: Platform for Splitting Caregiving Expenses
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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You Can Prevent Dementia? A Conversation with Dr. Mitch
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Comedy & Caregiving Concierge: A Conversation with Jennifer Cain-Birkmose
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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When Cancer Looks Like Dementia: A Spouse‘s Caregiver Journey
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May 27, 2024 |
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Parenting Up!: The Origin Story
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May 13, 2024 |
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Caregiver Protection: Tips From An Expert
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Stress Relief for Caregivers Through Yoga Therapy
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The Truth about Diabetes and Dementia
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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A Simple Solution For Stress: A Conversation with Christian Yordanov
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Caring For Parents Who Didn't Care
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Ash Said It: Never Give Up!
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Focus on Humans, Not Systems: A Conversation with Michaell
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Boosting Joy: A Conversation with Eunice Sykes
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Did My Mama Play Me?!
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Finding A Greater Purpose: A Conversation with Andrew
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Becoming A Love Language Linguist as a Caregiver
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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A Little More Time Together: A Conversation with Donna Olivia
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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The Universe Has The Best Clickbait
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Why is Zetty on the floor?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Embracing the Chaos: No means No
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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The New Weed: The Power of Pause with Coach Amrit Singh
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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But Dad Remembers Everything: A Conversation of FTD with Jeff Ton
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Caregiver, Caree, Badazz: Jen Hardy
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Caregiving Chose Me 4x's: A Conversation with Janice Goldmintz
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Protect Your Brain: Stop Picking Your Nose
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Tapping (EFT) with Lauren Fonivelle: a conversation
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May 15, 2023 |
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A conversation with Star Bradbury: Helping Your Parent (Zetty) Age Successfully
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Zetty made me get a speeding ticket!
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Tell Your Mom I said HELLO!
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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What is your Caregiver SuperPower?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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I tripped over Zetty!
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Did he say Zetty doesn't have ALZ?!?
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Caregivers, let MORE go!
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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The Black Hole: Depth Perception
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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THOR is 10x more likely to get ALZ!
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Floating in The Deep End a Conversation with Patti Davis
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Surprise a Caregiver, Shock yourself!
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Zetty is a Nap Nazi!
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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I'm a snitch!
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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So stressed, vacation didn't work!
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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I'm on the edge of quitting caregiving!
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Zetty's coworker thought she was dead!
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Why am I still sleepy after a good night's sleep?
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Zetty keeps using the "N" word!
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Did Zetty just FLIRT with that man?
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May 20, 2022 |
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Can't Even Choose to Die with Dignity
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May 14, 2022 |
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Double Duty: Caregiving & Working at the exact same moment!
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Taking Zetty on a Date: The Motown Concert
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Protection or Paranoia: Sharing Your LO's ALZ Diagnosis
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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The Hydration Handbook
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Caregivers, Celebrate Your Wins!
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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The Boo-Boo Faint: Vasovagal Syncope
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Dentures and Dementia are Oral Care Hell!
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Thanksgiving is just Thursday.
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Advocating 101: Partner with the Provider - chatting with "Eclectic" Dawn
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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Is the test for the ALZ Gene worth it?
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Balancing Pain, Passion and Professional Life: a conversation with Susan
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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"Wow, mom hid Alzheimer’s!" - a chat with Hillary
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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A plane, a boat, a monkey: Our Love Circus - A convo with Yvette McNally, pt 2
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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A plane, a boat, a monkey: Our Love Circus - A convo with Yvette McNally, pt 1
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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My (J Smiles) memory scare, is it Alzheimer’s?
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May 17, 2021 |
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Keeping Mom Independent: A Conversation with Kim Cooper
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Deep Sleep Reveals NEW Fears!
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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I look, talk, walk like me but I don't feel like me: Caregiver Confusion
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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A Burglar is Breaking in on me & Zetty!
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Caregiver Dating
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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"New" mama would embarrass "old" mama!
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Sleep: The New Soulmate
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Agh, Zetty Escaped!
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Rolling with Resistance - caregiver Omar Hamilton
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Pivoting on Pins and Needles - the life of caregiver Erika Watson
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Uh oh! Zetty wants a smart phone.
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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First time broke me, but now...
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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The Lie of Love: with caregiver Chef Angela
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Give Caregivers Grace: a "crew' chat with Monica Cost
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Fighting Frustration
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Resentment Happens
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Routine Doctors Visits... UGH!
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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No Way That Happened: Zany Zetty Stories
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Variety is NOT the Spice of Life.
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Caregivers Need Parental Controls Too!
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Caregivers need care too: a “crew” chat with Christine Beatty
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Mama is Covid+, we must Quarantine!
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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They Stole My Mama!!!
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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911: To Call or Not To Call
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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PART 2: A conversation with Dr. Sandy: The Neurosurgeon & Caregiver
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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PART 1: A conversation with Dr. Sandy: The Neurosurgeon & Caregiver
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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My body is falling apart, where's the duck tape?
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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PART 2: A conversation with caregiver DeWanda Smith, The Zetty Whisperer
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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PART 1: A conversation with caregiver DeWanda Smith: The Zetty Whisperer
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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H.E.L.P. - I'm not qualified.
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Uh oh! My prayer was answered.
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Something is wrong with my mama!
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May 31, 2020 |
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Intro
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May 21, 2020 |