Understanding Essential Aspects of Processing Grief with Special Guest, Heidi Dunstan, Certified Grief Educator

Truth, Lies & Alzheimer's

Lisa and Heidi dive deep into a very powerful conversation about grief. Heidi became a certified grief educator after her beloved husband, Mike, died suddenly and unexpectedly. Heidi shares her story of how she processed her grief and what she learned from her heartbreaking experience that she would like others to know. Don’t miss this very important episode!

Some of the highlights include:

• Understanding grief and it’s process.
• How Heidi’s personal story with grief influenced her work as a grief educator.
• What Heidi recommends as being some of the healthy coping mechanisms for people who are experiencing grief.
• Preparing for grief for a loved one who is living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia; recognizing that we will lose that person not just once, but twice.
• Transformative aspects of grief.
• And much, much, more.

About the Guest:

International Best-Selling Author and Certified Grief Educator, Heidi Dunstan has a passion to help others learn about grief, and how to support others who are grieving. Her experience came firsthand after losing her husband unexpectedly in 2018. Dealing with loved ones saying the wrong thing or completely disappearing, showed her that many people have never learned how to grieve. Heidi believes that grief is love, and it should never be done alone. She teaches people what to say and not say to grievers, giving them the tools to Lean into Grief, so we can all grieve with grace.

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About the Host:

Author Lisa Skinner is a behavioral specialist with expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. In her 30+year career working with family members and caregivers, Lisa has taught them how to successfully navigate the many challenges that accompany this heartbreaking disease. Lisa is both a Certified Dementia Practitioner and is also a certified dementia care trainer through the Alzheimer’s Association. She also holds a degree in Human Behavior.

Her latest book, “Truth, Lies & Alzheimer’s – Its Secret Faces” continues Lisa’s quest of working with dementia-related illnesses and teaching families and caregivers how to better understand the daunting challenges of brain disease. Her #1 Best-seller book “Not All Who Wander Need Be Lost,” was written at their urging. As someone who has had eight family members diagnosed with dementia, Lisa Skinner has found her calling in helping others through the struggle so they can have a better-quality relationship with their loved ones through education and through her workshops on counter-intuitive solutions and tools to help people effectively manage the symptoms of brain disease. Lisa Skinner has appeared on many national and regional media broadcasts. Lisa helps explain behaviors caused by dementia, encourages those who feel burdened, and gives practical advice for how to respond.

So many people today are heavily impacted by Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. The Alzheimer's Association and the World Health Organization have projected that the number of people who will develop Alzheimer's disease by the year 2050 worldwide will triple if a treatment or cure is not found. Society is not prepared to care for the projected increase of people who will develop this devastating disease. In her 30 years of working with family members and caregivers who suffer from dementia, Lisa has recognized how little people really understand the complexities of what living with this disease is really like. For Lisa, it starts with knowledge, education, and training.

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