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Totally Booked with Zibby

Jon Henes, Writer, "Alzheimer's Disease: A Letter to My Mom"

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Be prepared to cry. Listen to lawyer and writer, Jon Henes, as he discusses the devastating impact of his mother's Alzheimer's disease. His essays on Medium.com about it are deeply moving, beautiful and poignant. Our conversation touches on life and death, the soul, parenting, family, love and what it means to remember. 

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

0:14.6

As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.

0:21.9

I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it

0:25.9

relates to parenting and family issues. Hopefully you can listen while doing 8 million other

0:30.0

things and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs

0:34.7

like I have, plus get some tips on surviving parenthood. For more about me,

0:38.6

you can check out my essays at zibby owens.com. Today's episode has been sponsored by Once Upon a Farm.

0:46.0

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as close to homemade as it gets. Once Upon a Farm Organics.com. I'm super excited to be here today

1:02.5

with John Hennis. John is a partner in the restructuring group at Law from Kirkland and

1:06.4

Dallas, where he has led some of the largest deals in the world. He has written extensively

1:10.3

online for CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the deal, Forbes, and Medium.

1:15.8

He frequently appears on CNBC as a guest expert.

1:18.7

John serves on the board of caring kind, the heart of Alzheimer's caregiving, common sense media,

1:23.7

the foundation for education on Honduras, and many other nonprofits.

1:27.1

John has lectured at Harvard Business School, NYU, Wharton Business School, Wake Forest Law School,

1:32.2

and Cardoza Law School, where he is an adjunct professor.

1:34.7

He lives in Manhattan with his wife and five children.

1:37.2

His series of essays about coping with his mother's Alzheimer's disease are absolutely brilliant.

1:41.3

So welcome to John.

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