Dementia Talks Ted Obenour

Finding Purpose is the 4th coping mechanism - which is about having the ability to focus our energies, it helps us feel like what we’re doing is a contribution to others or to something more important than just simply sitting around waiting for the inevitable.

Today we discus the 5 steps to finding purpose, how to figure out what is import and what is not, what we can do and what we can't do, all the while being honest with what can be achieved.

Last we will review the key ingredient - taking ownership.

We hope you find this Podcast informative and inspiring. Please leave comments and questions either here or Wanderinglite.com You can also watch us on YouTube on "Dementia Talks" please put it in quotes if you are in YouTube Here is the link Dementia Talks

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Ted Obenour

Life gets so complicated when we have to force ourselves to appear to be in a better state of mind or health than we are. We have all learned to do this, but in the end we are only hurting ourselves. Having friends you can be honest with makes life so much richer. That doesn't mean that if your not doing well that it's OK to be a Debbie downer, no, we are all still responsible for our own happiness. So be honest, don't fake it, but be positive and find a way to up-lift others in the process. Make that part of you purpose.

Find out more on "Finding Your Purpose" on WanderingLite.com

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What Ducks? Our lives are so busy, we have so many duck to keep track of, but do we have too many ducks?

See website link to Wandering Lite Blog "What Ducks?"

I want to share a presentation that I gave to a number of students in, a Legal Class for Aging at Forever Learning Institute. I have presented to a couple of classes and each time I think the presentation changed people’s minds about aging and dementia. They had lots of significant questions. I have received great feedback and letters of appreciation each time. I hope you find it enlightening as well.



Ted at Wandering Lite

There are days that will seem to break you, maybe you get up and find that the pain is more than you can stand, or depression is over whelming, so many things can cause those days, but here’s where living positivity make a difference. You don’t start with just staying OK I’m going to be positive you start with a purpose. Today we will start with this idea and build on it, but if you want more information right away refer to the article “Finally – Moving Forward” but if your struggling with a big change start with the article “Getting to Acceptance”

Dementia Talks Podcast is a first person point of view of living with dementia. Today there is very little information for the person living with dementia. Most of the information is clinical or directed at the caregiver. But people can live full rewarding positive lives with dementia.