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11| Advocating for Your Parent With Dementia While in the Hospital 15:43

2M ago15:43

15:43

UGH! The healthcare system is broken when it comes to the flow of information for dementia (and so many other) patients! Today I'm sharing a few tips that my sister and I have used when our mother has been in the hospital since her FTD diagnosis. There has to be a better way! I'd love to hear from you at mel@themelcogar.com if you have experiences …

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10| 3 Tips to Stay Connected With Friends on Limited Time 12:34

2M ago12:34

12:34

Do you desperately miss your girls night out? Or just laughing with friends? Friends are invaluable on your caregiver journey! They laugh with you, cry with you, listen to your fears, and just sit with you when there's nothing to say. Today I share 3 tips that have helped me to maintain friend connections - and those friends have helped me more tha…

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9| Tips to Tackle Your Crushing To-Do List 13:32

2M ago13:32

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Does your to-do list feel like it's crushing you? Or do you not even have one because it seems like too big of a task? I have been there, and I'm still a work-in-progress! This is a huge area of struggle for me and one that I am constantly working on! In today's episode, I share a few tips that helped me to get my to-do list to a point that seemed …

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8| Unscripted. The Backstory of My Mother's Dementia Diagnosis.mp3 13:03

3M ago13:03

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Today's episode was recorded on the 15th anniversary of my father's death, which I fully believe triggered Mom's dementia diagnosis. I share a little more about the backstory, and continue to vulnerably share more specifics of Mom's FTD symptoms and behaviors. I hope this helps you in some way as you are traveling your own journey as a parent careg…

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7| Don't Do These 3 Things! How NOT to Handle Hard Dementia Behaviors 10:59

3M ago10:59

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Your parent or loved one with dementia probably displays behaviors that lead you to react in ways that leave you feeling regretful or even more frustrated. Today I will share 3 things NOT to do, and alternative reactions to help you maintain mental peace. As always, if you have questions or would like to learn more about a topic that I have discuss…

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6| 5 Tips to Reduce Caregiver Overwhelm 13:13

3M ago13:13

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Caregiver overwhelm is REAL!! Instead of looking within the caregiver role to find ways to reduce stress, today I am sharing 5 tips that are more general in nature to help reduce caregiver stress and overwhelm. As always, if you have questions or would like to learn more about a topic that I have discussed, please email me at mel@themelcogar.com. A…

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5 | Q&A Part 2. Dementia Diagnosis, Support, and How to Cope 10:38

4M ago10:38

10:38

What do you do if you suspect your parent has dementia, how do you get a diagnosis? Where do you find support as a parent caregiver? These are just a couple of the questions that I have been asked along this journey. Tune in to find out real life answers from my own experience. As always, if you have questions or would like to learn more about a to…

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The Power of Taking a Pause & Making Yourself a Priority 38:46

4M ago38:46

38:46

This episode is going to be all about why I took that hiatus the reason behind it. There will also be information, suggestions, and advice on how you can not go through what I went through or how you can choose to do what I did. And that it's okay. The power of taking a pause on things that aren't serving you, are taking too much energy or time whe…

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4| What is FTD? Q&A Part 1. 10:05

5M ago10:05

10:05

"What is FTD? Tell me more!" Today I'm going to do just that! As always, I am sharing my knowledge from a daughter's perspective, not a medical perspective. I am going to share the very basics of understanding a frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. Please email me at mel@themelcogar.com with comments or questions or topics you would like to hear abou…

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3| 5 Ways to Reduce Caregiver Stress in 5 Minutes (or Less)! 10:41

5M ago10:41

10:41

Some days, you wonder how you are going to make it through the day! Caregiver stress is REAL and REAL HARD! This episode is going to show you 5 ways (plus a bonus) to reduce stress in the moment, in 5 minutes or less. These strategies are meant to give you a quick win so that you can continue helping your loved one with peace in your heart. *Bonus*…

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2| 4 Early Warning Signs of FTD Dementia 10:58

5M ago10:58

10:58

How do you know if someone you love has FTD dementia? Early warning signs can often be explained away or ignored. This episode will help you recognize early warning signs of FTD dementia and why it's important to to document the signs. Please email me at mel@themelcogar.com with questions, comments, or topics that you would like to hear about in fu…

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1| Welcome to Unexpected Seasons. A Glimpse into My Story. 9:11

5M ago9:11

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In this initial episode, I will share a glimpse into my story as the daughter of a mother with FTD dementia and how the podcast came to life. If you would like to hear a specific topic, please email me at mel@themelcogar.com. Also, please leave me a review on iTunes. 5 star written reviews help boost visibility for others to find this podcast! Keep…

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Trailer 1:50

5M ago1:50

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Unexpected Seasons Podcast Trailer由Mel Cogar - Author, Certified Radiant Leader

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ADHD as a Super Power & The Boy with the Faster Brain 38:27

10M ago38:27

38:27

Many parents have children diagnosed with ADHD and navigating that aspect of parenting can be confusing. In this episode we chat with Peter Shankman – a renowned author, entrepreneur, and ADHD advocate who has not only thrived with ADHD himself but has also become a leading voice in helping parents, educators, and caregivers navigate the challenges…

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Body Positivity, Building a Business & More w/ Susie Taaffe 1:02:58

11M ago1:02:58

1:02:58

It's like lately every other ad I come across is for some brand of shape wear intended to help women appear skinnier and more sucked in (for lack of a better term) and I honestly hate it. As women I think that we have been told too often that we are only beautiful if we are thin. We shouldn't look like we have bumps, lumps or curves. I don't know a…

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Why I Talk Politics With My Kids 43:37

1y ago43:37

43:37

Politics can be a touchy subject for many but as a mom I believe that it is important to talk about with my kids. I believe that it is important for my children, when age appropriate, to learn about things that will potentially effect them in their lives as they get older and why it is important as citizens to participate in our democracy. Learn mo…

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Gaslighting - How to Identify and Manage It 49:48

1y ago49:48

49:48

For those who have ever experienced unhealthy or toxic relationships - whether with our exes, co-parents, our own parents or even friends - you have likely experienced gas lighting in one form or another at some point. Gas lighting is a form of emotional abuse and can be hard to deal with. In this episode we talk all about what gas lighting is, how…

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Building Strong Communication With Your Kids 45:54

1y ago45:54

45:54

This week's episode is all about communication and why it is so important to develop strong communication skills with your kids. If you start early and continue to work on and build those skills then as they get older they will be more likely to come to you with questions, problems and advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad…

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Changing Your Career Path Can Change Your Life 55:14

1y ago55:14

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In this weeks podcast episode I talk with Heather Black, founder and CEO of SuperMums about her story and how she was able to completely change her life by changing her career path. After the arrival of her second daughter Heather realized that her knowledge of Salesforce gave her a specialized skill set that could offer her the flexibility she wan…

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I Don't Measure Success with Money 38:11

1y ago38:11

38:11

Recently I had an interaction with someone who made me realize that not everyone measures success in the same way. As a single mom, I don't measure my success by how much money I have or what I own, but in how happy my kiddos are how good our relationships are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Coming Back to the Podcast 32:58

1y ago32:58

32:58

The last podcast episode I aired before coming back was in August of 2022 - almost a year ago. I really hate that I stopped creating episodes for The Single Mom Podcast, but there were a lot of things going on and I just couldn't devote the energy to it. This episode explains some of the reasons I stayed away so long. Learn more about your ad choic…

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Alternatives to Screen Time & Why They Are Important 1:01:52

1y ago1:01:52

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As parents we know that too much screen time for our kids isn't great, but let's face it we have all been guilty of it at one time or another. In this interview with Drew from Tonies we will be discussing some of the downsides of too much screen time and the amazing alternative that Tonies offers for kids that helps inspire and build the creative p…

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Scatterbrained Mom or ADHD? 36:46

2y ago36:46

36:46

As moms we will often just excuse our lack of focus or being a bit scatterbrained on our kids or the fact that we always have so much going on. But what if it is actually something more? What if, like me, you are struggling with adult ADHD? I discovered that even though my kids are older and don't require so much of my focus that I STILL was strugg…

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Why Do We Feel Guilty? 36:07

2y ago36:07

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As moms we often will stop doing the things we want to do for ourselves or NEED to do for ourselves. Why? Sometimes it is because we think we will be judged or made to feel like we are bad moms. Too often we allow those feelings to keep us from doing the things that we want to do or that would make us happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …

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It's My Birthday!!! Why Did I Wait Until My 40s To Decide to Be Happy? 40:18

2y ago40:18

40:18

Today is my birthday!!! Christmas in July is how my kids remember it. I turned 45 today. And after 45 years I have gotten to a point where I am so happy with the person I am and am doing all the things that I want to do. I am doing things to make myself happy. I wasted a lot of years saying no to things that I wanted to do and I realize how much I …

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Giving Your Kids a Safe Space 36:02

2y ago36:02

36:02

Recently a friend of mine had a young man come to her after running away because he felt safe at her home. Coming from a home life that had been in turmoil for so long this young man told my friend that he would rather die than keep feeling the way he was feeling. Too often we don't realize that our children are dealing with a lot of problems and t…

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Going Through a Rollercoaster of Emotions 36:47

2+ y ago36:47

36:47

I took off last week from posting an episode because I was vacationing in Hawaii! For the first time in 21 years I was able to take a kid free vacation only to come home and be faced with having to make the hard decision to put our 14 year old dog Shiloh to sleep. After so many amazing years with our family, she was in pain and we couldn't be selfi…

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A Family Stay-cation? 35:21

2+ y ago35:21

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I am always on the look out for low cost or no cost things for single moms to do with their kids. As a single mothers we don't always have a lot of money to spend on taking trips or vacations. So during the summer we have to get creative at times to give our kids a fun vacation. I came across an article that SEEMED like a great idea until I dove in…

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Trauma & Our Kids 40:08

2+ y ago40:08

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Whether we like it or not, our children are experiencing traumas that we never had to growing up. School shootings, lock down drills, living through a pandemic and being isolated from 'normal' life for a year... it all can take its toll. Not to mention if they have experienced any other kinds of trauma. As their moms, we may not always recognize th…

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Overturning Roe v. Wade Is A Bad Idea 36:27

2+ y ago36:27

36:27

I know this topic is one that is VERY charged and one that many people have very strong opinions about. Myself included. Please know that I respect whatever your personal opinion is on the topic just as I would hope you would respect mine. Personally, I am very pro-choice but not only that I am very pro 'your right to choose what is best for you, y…

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Removing Your Limiting Beliefs with Suzie Wheeler 55:20

2+ y ago55:20

55:20

Our life consists of a bunch of beliefs and habits. Most of them come from childhood conditioning and experiences. What habits do you have that are getting you closer to the love you desire, the life you desire? Most people break their trust with themselves. Once we promise to do something a bazillion times and don't, subconsciously we have zero fa…

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Finding Strength In Unexpected Pregnancy 57:40

2+ y ago57:40

57:40

Kaycia Ellingsen is a mom of three, adventurer, course creator and a Best-Selling Author. She currently lives in WI, Kaycia helpswomen gain confidence and embrace the adventure that life has to offer. When she was 19, Kaycia found out that she was unexpectedly pregnant. Kaycia and her boyfriend went from happy college kids to being unexpected paren…

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When Will Smith Asked 'Who Are You?' 38:35

2+ y ago38:35

38:35

Everyone wants to talk about the Slap Heard 'Round the World, but instead of addressing that I want to talk about a recent article about Viola Davis and what happened when Will Smith asked her this question. Will Smith told her "I will always be that boy who's girlfriend broke up with him"... and she thought no matter her accomplishments, deep down…

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Creating a Plan In Case Something Happens to You 46:07

2+ y ago46:07

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None of us like to think about anything bad happening to us BUT we all know that at some point it will. Too often we aren't ready for that. We don't have things in place to help our loved ones manage all the details of our lives after we pass away OR if we are medically not capable of making decisions. I know it isn't a sexy topic and I know that i…

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Single Moms Should Run The World 36:26

2+ y ago36:26

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Let's face it, the men have been running things all this time and still haven't seemed to make things much better. In fact there are a lot of things that are getting worse. So I think it is WAY past time for women to hold more seats in power. In fact, I think single moms should run the world. There are so many reasons why I think single moms could …

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Absolute Exhaustion 39:33

2+ y ago39:33

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This weeks episode is all about that feeling of complete exhaustion. I am not talking about your regular tired from working and taking care of the kids ... but that down to your bones, feel it in your soul mental, physical and emotional exhaustion. I used to feel that every day until I realize some of the things that were causing it and how I could…

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Are You Struggling With CoDependency? 36:55

2+ y ago36:55

36:55

Many people will struggle with codependency in their relationships. Some deal with it in romantic relationships, some with their relationships with their parents and sometimes even with their kids. Codependency can be very toxic and too often women struggle with it more than men do. Let's face it, we've all likely been in a relationship where we ex…

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Should Our Kids Set Boundaries? 36:32

2+ y ago36:32

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We've talked about how important boundaries are for ourselves as parents but what about for our kids? Not the rules and boundaries that we as parents set for our kids but the boundaries that they set for themselves. Are their boundaries any LESS important than ours? What message are we sending them if we don't respect their boundaries? Do you read …

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Texas Passed the Heartbeat Bill & I Am Furious (Trigger Warning) 37:43

3y ago37:43

37:43

TRIGGER WARNING - This episode talks about very sensitive topics I typically try to stay away from REALLY controversial topics but after Texas passed the Heartbeat Bill last week I found I couldn't do that this time. This weeks episode is about why I am so angry about this bill, bodily autonomy and why I believe it is so important that every person…

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Rediscovering Yourself with Jen McGuire 51:02

3y ago51:02

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We all know that too often we as moms lose ourselves in our kids and being "mom". Sometimes so much so that once the kids have grown up and moved away we don't know what to do with ourselves. We don't even really know who we are. This weeks podcast is an interview with Jen McGuire, a single mom of 4 adult sons who decided to take a trip to Europe t…

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Who Were You Before You Were 'Mom'? 39:08

3y ago39:08

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Quite often when my birthday rolls around I start to think about where I am and who I am. It has started to get worse the last few years though because the kids are getting older too and soon they will all be adults and out of the house. So now I am thinking about who I am outside of being their mom... and I realize that somewhere along the way I l…

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Don't Take It Personally 35:48

3y ago35:48

35:48

We just returned from a 2 week vacation back easy (which is why there weren't any episodes the past 2 weeks) - and during our trip my teenage daughter had some ups and downs. The downs put me in a position where I had to remember not to take things that I couldn't control or do anything about personally. As moms we tend to feel guilty or internaliz…

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What Can Truly Change Your Life? 36:53

3+ y ago36:53

36:53

Life changing? Really? YES! There is something that I realized years ago that changed my life for the better. Something that every woman, especially single moms, should discover for themselves if they haven't already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices由Heather Wells | The Single Mom Blog

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Setting Boundaries 52:00

3+ y ago52:00

52:00

In this episode I chat with Melissa Salmeron, Certified Master Life coach and mother of three. We dive into setting boundaries and why they are so important for not only you but for your children as well. You will learn the power of an "I" statement and how to effectively set boundaries for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon…

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Choosing to Be Happy 36:38

3+ y ago36:38

36:38

Recently I saw a video from America's Got Talent where a beautiful girl who is fighting cancer sang a song she wrote herself. The song was beautiful, her performance was beautiful and she got a golden buzzer from Simon. During her interview she revealed that she had only a 2% chance of survival but she was an absolute vision of light and positivity…

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What Threatens Your Inner Peace? 38:24

3+ y ago38:24

38:24

I remember spending years feeling just blah! Always being irate or on the verge of tears. I let everything get to me - especially my ex. There were days that the stress and unhappiness was so overwhelming that I literally felt it like a weight on me. It took me a while to figure out what was keeping me from my personal zen, my inner peace. But once…

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What I Learned From a COVID School Year 38:22

3+ y ago38:22

38:22

The school year has ended for us here in Colorado and it was a doozy! We all had to struggle through how to help our kids through a year of school during a pandemic. As far as I'm concerned if you made it out alive and mostly unscathed you are a winner lady! There are some things that this school year taught me though, and this episode is about a f…

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It's Ok to Not Be Ok 44:28

3+ y ago44:28

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Have you ever gotten to the point where you are down to the bone, feel it in your core, to you soul tired? Because you are the one who is doing it all. The one who can't drop the ball. Maybe you feel like you don't have any help or you can't ask for help. I feel like we have all been there at some point. But what happens when that is how you feel A…

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The Advice I Wish I Had Gotten 41:39

3+ y ago41:39

41:39

One of my listeners recently reached out to me and asked for some advice. Listening to her story I was struck by how similar it was to mine. How I felt at the very beginning of my journey as a single mom and it made me realize how far I had come over these past years. I remember the worry and the emotions that I went through in the beginning. Some …

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Are You Passing Your Emotional Trauma On To Your Kids? 1:00:21

3+ y ago1:00:21

1:00:21

Let's face it, we all have baggage. The crap that we carry around with us from one experience to the next. Old wounds, hurts, emotional trauma, pain, loss, resentment, fears... it all follows us. Most of us. Unfortunately, whether we like it or not we are probably putting some of that on our children. I recently interviewed Kerri Hummingbird best s…

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