Fulfilling Dreams and Empathic Transitions with P.K. Beville
Happy Healthy Caregiver
Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Even though P.K. Beville is considered an expert in psychology and gerontology, she still felt lost and overwhelmed as a dementia caregiver for her dad. P.K. is the founder of Second Wind Dreams, a pioneering nonprofit that fulfills dreams for older adults and champions dignity, hope, and joy in aging. She is the creator of the internationally acclaimed Virtual Dementia Tour®, a training tool that has helped millions better understand and care for those living with dementia. In 2023, she launched Empathic Transitions to support families during end-stage dementia and is currently certifying the first Dementia Doulas.
In this episode of the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, we talk about why caring for a loved one in any setting is still tricky, how the phrase ‘I wish’ sparked an uplifting non-profit in the older adult space, where we can find sources for humor and joy, and why the end-of-life experience for those living with dementia is different.
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| 0:53.2 | Empathy is a huge piece of this, and some of us have it and some of us don't. Empathy is a huge piece of this, and some of us have it and some of us don't. Empaths do a very good job of providing care. Those who are not empathetic and can't walk in the shoes of another person are going to have a tougher time, simply because they have difficulty identifying with the person they're |
| 1:11.9 | caring for. And that person needs absolutely positively people who are going to walk the walk with |
| 1:18.1 | them. Are you caring for others while working and trying to live your own life? Wondering how to |
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