Carolyn A Brent – Why wait?

Today I am delighted to speak with Carolyn A Brent, who has written one of those books that we need to read – but which we would really much rather not read..!

Many of us baby-boomers will have to deal with the ending of the life of one or both parents.

Yet we are woefuly badly prepared!

The full title of Carolyn’s book is Why Wait? The Baby
Boomers’ Guide to Preparing Emotionally, Financially & Legally
for a Parents’ Death

It is a guide for family caregivers and aging parents – and is, as such, much needed!

Carolyn travels throughout the United States lecturing about the
importance of adult siblings and parents having what she calls
“crucial conversations” in preparation for the end-of-life issues
they may face, so that instead of being torn apart, they can come
together as a strong family. She is committed to enhancing the
lives of family caregivers and their aging parents throughout the
world.

Carolyn’s passion for her subject started when she was caring for
her own father, who was diagnosed with dementia in 1997. From that experience, she found that neither she nor her family truly understood not only the medical challenges related to aging and chronic illness, but also the financial and emotional weight that these bring to bear on a family.

In 2009, she founded her business Grandpa’s Dream and the non-profit organization Caregiver Story for the dissemination of information through books, speaking engagements and a web-based info portal,
with the hopes of them becoming instruments of positive change for other families who were experiencing the same pain and heartache that she experienced, and who were being challenged by the need to plan for their aging parents’ medical, financial, and legal well-being.

Carolyn’s professional background gives her rare insight into the medical side of these complex issues. For seventeen years she worked for some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. She served as a clinical education manager for Pharmacia, in which capacity she worked with some of the leading and key opinion leaders in the medical field. In her role as a senior therapeutic sales representative for another major pharmaceutical company, she provided information to doctors and staff on a variety of subjects, including medical health care plans.

Carolyn has also worked as a volunteer within different assisted-living facilities, including the San Joaquin County Behavioral Health facility. Since 2008, she has volunteered her services to Congress, working toward making the Veterans Administration responsible for upholding the decisions that veterans have made about the appointment of a financial fiduciary and medical representative in the event of their disability and protecting those whom they select.

Her goal in life is to empower caregivers and their family members with the knowledge of the possible challenges they might have to face together while caring for an aging parent.

Carolyn received a B.A. in Business Administration from National University in Los Angeles, California, and an M.B.A. at the University of Phoenix.

She currently resides in Northern California

Her book launches on November 15 2011 and this is her invitation to you:
Please join me in a very special 3-Day dynamic online event:
Why Wait? Telesummit

Sign up for a FREE pass!

DATE: Tuesday November 08, 09 and 10, 2011
TIME: 12noon PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm Europe
… LENGTH: 90 minutes

If you cannot make the live event, register anyway so you can download the audio.
Register at http://bit.ly/p3LcX9

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A New Dawn Awaits by EDee Conrad

Today I’m hosting the blog tour for EDee Conrad’s book “A New Dawn Awaits” on the Spiritus blog – and giving her “two-for-one” by posting here as well!

A New Dawn Awaits is a compassionate and inspiring channelled collection of short inspirational reflections, bringing together wisdom of the ages, showing us how to access knowledge that has been part of our consciousness, but has been dormant, for eons. E.Dee’s intention in writing this book is to help readers reach inwards into their divine essence and outwards to the energy that connects us as one humanity.

Yesterday, E.Dee visited Charly Leetham’s blog . For today’s stop on the tour, I thought it would be interesting to interview E.Dee about how she wrote the book – both the logistics and the process. I was surprised by some of what she shares, and think you will be too!

I hope you enjoy this interview with E.Dee Conrad and that you’ll check out her book A New Dawn Awaits, which is coming to Amazon on Tuesday September 21, 2010. You can receive a collection of over 30 beautiful personal development gifts when you buy her book on the day of her launch.

In addition, E.Dee is hosting a very special FREE telesummit entitled “The Shift. The Message. The Transformation” on September 14th, 15th and 16th with nine of today’s most vibrant authors and speakers on the topic of the consciousness, transformation and the global “shift” occurring on our planet today. If you’d like to attend, all you have to do is request a “launch reminder” about the book, and you’ll receive all the information to attend. If you cannot make the live event, you can download the audio at your convenience.

Find out how to buy E.Dee’s book and receive these gifts, including the FREE pass to the 3-day online telesummit.

AND you can read all about the telesummit and the guests on the 3 days at

http://virtualspiritualevents.com

Be sure to follow E.Dee tomorrow when the next stop on her Virtual Blog Tour is Lynn Serafinn’s Spirit Authors blog.

Do let me know what you think about our interview!

An interview with Tisha Morris

A couple of days ago I told you all about the wonderful new book, 27 Ways to Feng Shui Your Life,and today I get to talk to the author, Tisha Morris.

Do take the time to listen to what she shares about her book.

Shelagh Jones talks to Tisha Morris

And tomorrow the tour moves to Ink Slinger’s Whimsy!