Joy in the Midst of It All (TM)

Welcome back, family, to the second season of Joy in the Midst of It All©

Todays episode offers an peak into the journey from the perspective of the one being cared for by their loved ones.

I pray that this episode with my dear friend offers both the one being cared for and the caregivers some insights from walking a mile in each others' shoes that will bring some healing peace, and harmonious better journey for all.

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I will upload the complete transcripts, and update the show with our guests, spolilght moments, and other resource links soon.

Be well

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

Thanks for your continue support on this journey

This weeks show is about ordering our loved ones and our affairs. Make it a family affair. All will be blessed and less stressed afterwards. For the better.

Enjoy the show.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

Thanks for your continue support on this journey

This weeks show is about the willingness to allow ourselves to ask for and receive help and/ or support, even when everything when in us is pulling us to be a martyr for no reason at all.

Enjoy the show.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

Thanks for your patience and grace.

This weeks show is about timeliness, order, patience, healing, compassion, connection, and grace.

The song: Precious Lord was written by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey, all copyrights are reserved.

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Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we take a moment to take stock in the value of both our vote and our voice. They both matter, regardless of whether we are young, seasoned, or elders.

In life, and in caregiving, go on and embrace the dance within our journeys.

Enjoy the show.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we take a moment to embrace the blessings of pausing to rest, even in the midst of life's journey. Thanks for your understanding as spirit called for me to take some time to pause and rest. Listen to today's episode to learn why being restful is just as important as being active along our life's journey.

Enjoy the show.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we take a moment to celebrate the "Fathering Spirit," and Juneteenth.

In life, and in caregiving, go on and embrace the dance within our journeys.

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Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we take a moment to consider a new perspective on life's situations, circumstances, and experiences that feel like we are lost in the jungle, just been jolted, and need a jumpstart to our joy.

Enjoy the show.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we take a moment to remember and honor those ancestors who came before us, while we enjoy ourselves a great Decorations (Memorial) Day glass of ice cold lemonade (AIDE).

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Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we consider the blessings that spring forth when we remember to connect with our elders and connect them with our youth. Families that connect, heal, and grow together are much better in the long run.

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Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

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Hey Family,

In today's episode we take a look at what to do when SHIFT happens.

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Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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In this episode we learn the value in validation, and embracing both the signs of wonder and the signs of wanderings, along the journey. Injoy the show.

Enjoy

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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In this episode we embrace that moment when you realize that you are now a full time caregiver. Fret not. Injoy the show.

Enjoy

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah Amarachi- Your host

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In this episode we reflect on how to navigate moments along our journey that may seem as if we have been blindsided and there has been a hitch in our giddy up (plans).

Know that all things work together for our good.

Enjoy

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

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In this episode we reflect on whether we are defining ourselves and our moments or are we giving over our power and allowing people, places, things, situations, and circumstances outside of ourselves to define us and our journey.

Enjoy

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

Show Notes Links:

Research then go plan your next family live or virtual family reunion
Thank a loved one who has anchored our children in the midst of this unique global season by allowing them to focus on being a kid.

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In this episode we take a look a pivotal moments that define how with navigate future moments, whether in thoughts, emotions, words, or actions.

Enjoy

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

Show Notes Links:

Regal Nails Salon & Spa (In the Walmart Complex)
3580 Memorial Dr, Decatur, GA 30032, United States

Iwi Fresh Day Spa
https://iwifresh.com/

Etymology Online Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/

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In today's episode, we consider the "CALL" of the one we are caring for. No matter their age or stage in their journey, or yours, every word is a prayer...a Call to the Universe...laced with Hope.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

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**In today's episode, we ring in 2022, with a short, funny and memorable story about one of our Happy New Year's Day moments.

Learn a few ways to build a bridge that connects you, the caregiver, and your loved ones, as you navigate the caregiving journey.**

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

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**In this weeks episode, we wrap up the 2021 year with a look back at a bitter-sweet moment in our families journey. The year we laid our Mama, Dede's beloved, to rest.

As you tune in, embrace the season that you are in, at any given moment, with peace, dignity, and grace.

Allow yourself to be right where you are...

The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Neibuhr
https://www.prayerfoundation.org/dailyoffice/serenity_prayer_full_version.htm
Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?**

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

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**In today's episode, we walk along side family caregivers as they must be the bearer of sad news to those you are caring for.

Learn how we navigated this journey, while caring for our Dad, when one of his younger sisters transitioned, while he was on his journey through Alzheimer's.**

Now, remember, to be compassionate with yourself, FIRST, then allow the overflow to bless someone else.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

**The link to the lyrics for the song "I Don't Know Why, Lord" is the sole trademark and copyright of all respected parties - The Williams Brothers and the owner of the lyrics website. All rights reserved and by clicking on the links below you acknowledge that you are going to a third party website and must honor their terms of use.

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I hope that it comforts you as it comforted us...especially in this current season that we are all journeying through.

Aminah**

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In today's episode, we give thanks for our family caregivers, and those angels that appeared out of nowhere, just in the nick of time, to support us, and our Dad, with navigating our caregiving journey, junctures, and joys. Let’s take a stroll along solutions boulevard to learn how two great organizations came into our lives and stayed the course with us, the entire time. Our family is most grateful for them, and our FRAMILY (my word for friends and family) who pitched in from 2009 through 2016.

Now, gon’ and get that second helping of Gratitude Day tater pie, a glass of lemonade, and settle in for another journey of finding Joy in the Midst of It All.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?

Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your host

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Statistics Links: All links are the reserved copyright of the agencies and organizations that offer this information for our consideration. If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out to them, or browse their website resource.

Department of Homeland Security

https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/blog/2021/11/03/celebrating-national-family-caregivers-month

National Institute of Health

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/more-140000-us-children-lost-primary-or-secondary-caregiver-due-covid-19-pandemic

U.S. Census

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/family-caregivers-month.html

Home Instead, Inc.

https://www.homeinstead.com/home-care-services/alzheimers-dementia-care/

https://www.homeinstead.com/location/105/home-instead-about-us/history-mission/

Aijalon, Inc (retired)

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In today's episode, we salute our veterans, and take a walk back down memory lane, with Our Dad, who experience a detour that changed the trajectory of his life, possibly for the better.

Grab your favorite treat, beverage, and settle in for another journey of finding Joy in the Midst of It All.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?
Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your Host

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In today's episode, we begin with what lead to my caregiver journey - "The Call."

A season I won't soon forget began just from that one simple act.

Tune is to hear the "shortened" version of how it all started. Along with some of my on reflections, insights, tips, tools, and tosses, on this Joy in the Midst of It All caregiver's journey.

Be blessed. Not stressed. Why?
Because yours and their lives depend on it.

Aminah - Your Host

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**Aminah Amarachi - Daughter, Sister, Teacher, Interpreter, Minister, Elder Caregiver, and Student of all things Family and Wholistic Living.

This podcast is being created as a way to both reflect on my own journey as both an elder caregiver (for Our Dad), and a daughter of one parent (Our Dad) that served as the caregiver of his own beloved (Our Mom), and to offer other family caregivers some of my own insights, lessons, realizations, and blessings gained during my journey, as I learned to embrace both the joy and the junctures of family caregiving.**

My prayer is that by sharing my journey with you, that you gains some nuggets, tools and resources that might lesson your own internal and external loads by learning not only how to celebrate those joy filled times, yet also navigate, embrace, and honor those hidden moments of joy within our caregiving junctures, as well as how to take care of your self, first and foremost, along the way.

My intention is to publish a episode each 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, which are not much longer than about 20 minutes, with the exception of when a guest joins me on the show. Why? Because caregivers spend so much time already juggling both theirs and the one they care for schedules, I want to allow them the time and space to tune in, take note, and enjoy each episode, so that they leave feeling refreshed and empowered to continue forward along whichever path their caregiving journey leads them.

Remember, there is always a place, along our caregiving journey, to embrace, champion, and celebrate both the junctures and the joys, while taking the best care that you can, in any given moment, of both yourself, and your loved on.

**Thanks for taking time out of your journey to tune in to this podcast. I look forward to you joining me on this “Joy In the Midst of It All,” podcast journey. I look forward to this podcast being a space and a place for caregivers to be acknowledged for giving their best in the midst of it all.

I'm your host, AMINAH. And, I want you to remember to...**

Be Blessed, And Less Stressed...Why?

Because both yours and their lives depend on it. Have a great day.

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