Emma Heming Willis, THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Zibby welcomes Emma Heming Willis to discuss her deeply personal and compassionate new book, THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path. Emma opens up about her role as caregiver to her husband, Bruce Willis, following his diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia, and the challenges of navigating ambiguous loss, parenting young children, and living in the public eye. She shares how she’s learned to prioritize self-care, build community, and advocate for others facing a similar journey.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, listeners. We have totally booked live coming up this fall, and I hope you'll be a part of it. |
| 0:06.0 | We have three events in New York City, September 19th, 25th, and 30th, in New York, where I'll be doing six interviews live each day. |
| 0:14.0 | We also have a petite retreat in Greenwich on October 4th. |
| 0:18.0 | Go to Zibbimedia.com and event or and or event bright and search the events |
| 0:23.7 | and please come. I can't wait to meet you in person. |
| 0:30.5 | Join our family day out and help build the new children's cancer center at Great |
| 0:35.3 | Ormond Street Hospital. RBC Race for the Kids, a family festival and really fun, fun run, is back in London's |
| 0:43.0 | Hyde Park on Saturday the 11th of October. |
| 0:46.3 | Walk, run, wheel or scoot, 2K or 5K and enjoy a day of live music, games and more, all while |
| 0:53.5 | supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital charity. |
| 0:56.7 | Kids go free. Visit race.gosh.org. |
| 1:00.9 | You can have your pick here in this room, |
| 1:04.3 | something in the way you move. |
| 1:07.0 | Everyone. |
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