SPECIAL SPOTLIGHT ON OLYMPICS + CAREGIVING + LOVEYOURBRAIN WITH ADAM PEARCE, CELEBRATING NATIONAL SANDWICH GENERATION MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL SELF-CARE DAY Also, National Forest Week & Forest Bathing for Brain Health

Caregiving Club On Air

Our July episode of “Caregiving Club On Air” celebrates the upcoming Paris Olympics with host and gerontologist, Sherri Snelling, interviewing Adam Pearce, Co-Founder of LoveYourBrain.com about his story caregiving for his brother, a former Olympic snowboarder, Kevin Pearce, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a 2010 Olympic training session. This inspirational story is about brotherly bonds, resiliency and hope. (3:20) Sherri also shares information on National Sandwich Generation Month during Caregiver Wellness News including studies that show Sandwich Generation caregivers struggle with and need more help in financial wellness – one of the 7 elements of wellness from Sherri’s book, “Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.” Part of this plan is having the long-term care conversation with families and Sherri offers a free on demand webinar on how to have these CARE Conversations for caregivers. With International Self-Care Day on July 24 Sherri talks about the Four Hormones of Happiness from her “Me Time Monday” book and how caregivers can harness these hormones for better well-being. (19:25) Adam Pearce – Co-Founder of LoveYourBrain.com (53:24) In the Well Home Design News Sherri celebrates National Forest Week (July 8-14) by creating a multisensory design plan for your home. Sherri shares how to bring the forest inside and how to engage and immerse your 5 senses that improve brain health, lower stress and reduce anxiety and depression – all from research in her “Me Time Monday” book on biophilic design. (1:06:50) At the end of this episode is our Me Time Monday Wellness Hack from Sherri’s new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life. Sherri shares more of the wellness science of forest bathing, also known as forest medicine, and we offer a 1-min forest meditation in celebration of National Forest Week. Find out more at: caregivingclub.com/podcast/