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Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

156: Learning to Be an Alzheimer’s Caregiver Enriches Her Skills as a Life Coach

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5618 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Julie Fleming is an author, speaker, and caregiver for her father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011. Learning about caring for her father through trial and error and extensive research, she created Alzheimer’s Caregiver Minute to share her experiences to help other caregivers. “The biggest benefit is having a sense of purpose, whether practicing law, coaching, or trying to get the word out about Alzheimer's. It's not fun and games all day long, but I so thoroughly enjoy the parts that are fun! What's better than doing something that's fun AND has a purpose behind it?”

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0:00.0

Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 156.

0:16.0

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison. Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered

0:22.1

her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. Today,

0:29.2

I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Julie Fleming. Welcome, Julie. Hi, Don, glad to be here.

0:35.5

Thank you. Julie, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

0:39.2

I absolutely am.

0:40.7

All righty, if we want to hear that whole story.

0:43.3

Julie Fleming is an author, speaker, and caregiver for her father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the fall of 2011.

0:52.1

An only child, Julie learned more than she could ever have imagined about the medical,

0:56.9

legal, and financial aspects of caring for a parent with Alzheimer's disease through trial and

1:02.7

error as well as extensive research. Julie now shares those lessons through the Alzheimer's

1:09.2

Caregiver Minute to help other caregivers avoid unnecessary

1:12.9

difficulties. Julie, that's a summary. So tell us what you're up to now that has you involved

1:18.7

and what you're spending your time doing. Sure. It is all about the Alzheimer's Caregiver Minute right now,

1:24.5

Don. I had always thought that I would write a book one of these days.

1:29.0

And I had an epiphany not too long ago that, yes, I could write a book that would reach people.

1:36.0

That's nice. But that using social media and video and these new things like periscope and blab.

1:44.4

Oh, I know.

1:46.1

There are so many opportunities now to get the word out, really person to person, even though it's on a mass scale.

1:53.8

And it occurred to me that I could share what I'm learning now.

1:58.7

I could reach people now.

2:00.3

I've written books before. I love it. It

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