https://simplecast.com The Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center aims to promote state-of-the-art care and wellness for individuals and families affected by dementia. Through our Wellness Initiative, we provide regular programs for caregivers and persons living with dementia and an online curriculum for caregivers, CALM Connections, all centered around mindfulness in dementia care. Here you will find guided meditations to help promote mindfulness and wellbeing in caregiving. en Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:37:13 +0000 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:37:23 +0000 https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8749b285-b034-4132-bad8-e7086e8b4c0c/c4b837cf-3c6f-47fe-ae73-521035b6aab9/3000x3000/2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com episodic The Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center aims to promote state-of-the-art care and wellness for individuals and families affected by dementia. Through our Wellness Initiative, we provide regular programs for caregivers and persons living with dementia and an online curriculum for caregivers, CALM Connections, all centered around mindfulness in dementia care. Here you will find guided meditations to help promote mindfulness and wellbeing in caregiving. Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center no https://feeds.simplecast.com/_PbDbjE_ caregivers, caregiving, carepartners, meditate, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, selfcare, wellness Renee Gadwa rgadwa@med.umich.edu 420d7070-5c32-453b-9e7e-9908ab1e5f9d Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:37:13 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/running-loops-working-with-worry-rumination-self-criticism-xUCM_d0_ Running Loops - Working with Worry, Rumination & Self-Criticism Renee Gadwa 00:30:23 recorded 7/13/23 recorded 7/13/23 self criticism, worry no full 1 4 c5863dd8-f8b9-4a24-a08d-2de587100d9b Sun, 1 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/one-thing-at-a-time-overview-cxAaTqaQ One Thing at a Time Overview Renee Gadwa 00:09:22 no full 84 1 50e4e73b-e266-4e8e-88f6-7654d0ce3984 Sun, 1 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/walking-together-4bhi6r1b-OPiX_XxO Walking Together Renee Gadwa 00:01:05 no full 86 1 96d258d4-598c-46b3-b089-d7f5d00319ea Sun, 1 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/time-and-presence-qumptN5Q Time and Presence Renee Gadwa 00:30:25 no full 13 3 b0568551-cb5e-4aa7-9ce1-7a5b16a26eae Sun, 1 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/stressful-situation-so-be-kind-to-yourself-aY4FH19F Stressful Situation, So Be Kind to Yourself Renee Gadwa 00:01:02 no full 85 1 b7ab066c-3187-4b97-8feb-61a1ff3396cb Fri, 1 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/patience-8r8vuChI Patience Renee Gadwa 00:29:28 wellness, wellbeing, dementia, meditation, patience no full 12 3 04b8c9e0-893d-4f9a-96bc-11ded41e6b25 Tue, 1 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/peace-power-and-window-to-the-world-iT1c_MgP Peace, Power and Window to the World Renee Gadwa 00:28:48 wellness, caregiver, power, caregiving, peace, meditation no full 12 3 477a9045-6489-40fb-9f7a-320b71fbf930 Mon, 3 Jan 2022 05:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/courage-and-choices-VEw9oxzL Courage and Choices Renee Gadwa 00:28:41 no full 11 3 83baa5f5-be23-4573-b1e7-4fa377ff205d Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/grief-and-gratitude-8IcZecDU Grief and Gratitude Renee Gadwa 00:31:06 no full 11 3 9216d92f-ad34-4ec5-a7cc-323e5daec714 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/deep-loving-concern-WAYRlq9k Deep Loving Concern Renee Gadwa 00:28:56 “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross meditation no full 3 3 07ee8146-61bf-43b5-9fbe-170469a76e53 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/embodied-scan-being-on-your-own-side-1PbxA1if Embodied Scan - Being on Your Own Side Renee Gadwa 00:28:45 "We have all kinds of conditioning that prevent us from getting closer to what’s actually happening. With mindfulness, we have the ability to gently let go of those projections so that they don’t intrude on our full experience." - Sharon Salzberg "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." - Henri Nouwen "We have all kinds of conditioning that prevent us from getting closer to what’s actually happening. With mindfulness, we have the ability to gently let go of those projections so that they don’t intrude on our full experience." - Sharon Salzberg "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." - Henri Nouwen meditation no full 6 3 3959c4ef-fbb1-40b9-8986-c81a34f5f207 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/flight-fright-freeze-flood-fawn-yMlWefk_ Flight, Fright, Freeze, Flood, Fawn Renee Gadwa 00:28:52 “When we’re in fight-flight-freeze mode, our limbic system has basically hijacked us, and we lose contact with our prefrontal cortex, the most recently evolved part of our brain, which has to do with executive functioning and making good decisions. When we name what’s going on, we start to activate the prefrontal cortex. Mindfulness reconnects us with that.” - Tara Brach “When we’re in fight-flight-freeze mode, our limbic system has basically hijacked us, and we lose contact with our prefrontal cortex, the most recently evolved part of our brain, which has to do with executive functioning and making good decisions. When we name what’s going on, we start to activate the prefrontal cortex. Mindfulness reconnects us with that.” - Tara Brach meditation no full 4 3 73050348-4122-40a0-a31b-5c5e100e1199 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/beginners-mind-curiosity-39QUfaIW Beginners Mind: Curiosity Renee Gadwa 00:30:02 "What’s beginner’s mind? It’s dropping our expectations and preconceived ideas about something, and seeing things with an open mind, fresh eyes, just like a beginner. If you’ve ever learned something new, you can remember what that’s like: you’re probably confused, because you don’t know how to do whatever you’re learning, but you’re also looking at everything as if it’s brand new, perhaps with curiosity and wonder. That’s beginner’s mind." - Leo Babauta “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.” - Shunryu Suzuki "What’s beginner’s mind? It’s dropping our expectations and preconceived ideas about something, and seeing things with an open mind, fresh eyes, just like a beginner. If you’ve ever learned something new, you can remember what that’s like: you’re probably confused, because you don’t know how to do whatever you’re learning, but you’re also looking at everything as if it’s brand new, perhaps with curiosity and wonder. That’s beginner’s mind." - Leo Babauta “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.” - Shunryu Suzuki no full 9 3 71e23fe1-03f4-48be-9d5d-a5b664a50e09 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/half-a-moment-deep-rest-Md4TcgQi Half a Moment : Deep Rest Renee Gadwa 00:28:49 The Moment by Marie Howe Oh, the coming-out-of-nowhere moment when, nothing happens no what-have-I-to-do-today-list maybe half a moment the rush of traffic stops. The whir of I should be, I should be, I should be slows to silence, the white cotton curtains hanging still. The Moment by Marie Howe Oh, the coming-out-of-nowhere moment when, nothing happens no what-have-I-to-do-today-list maybe half a moment the rush of traffic stops. The whir of I should be, I should be, I should be slows to silence, the white cotton curtains hanging still. no full 8 3 8a34175e-4277-45cb-8cbf-ef9b754b0c35 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/delicious-ambiguity-uncertainty-YaqemjI1 Delicious Ambiguity: Uncertainty Renee Gadwa 00:30:11 "To see a World in a grain of sand, And a Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour." ~William Blake "Now I have learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end…..Like my life, this book is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” - Gilda Radner "To see a World in a grain of sand, And a Heaven in a wild flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour." ~William Blake "Now I have learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end…..Like my life, this book is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” - Gilda Radner no full 10 3 f90426e0-56a4-47d6-84a8-1764c240942c Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/awareness-and-thoughts-UZ9AOJPx Awareness and Thoughts Renee Gadwa 00:30:28 "If you’re willing to be objective and watch all your thoughts, you’ll see that the vast majority of them have no relevance. They have no effect on anything or anybody, except you. They are simply making you feel better or worse about what is going on now, what has gone on in the past, or what might go on in the future." Ruth King “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere” Erma Bombeck "If you’re willing to be objective and watch all your thoughts, you’ll see that the vast majority of them have no relevance. They have no effect on anything or anybody, except you. They are simply making you feel better or worse about what is going on now, what has gone on in the past, or what might go on in the future." Ruth King “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere” Erma Bombeck meditation no full 1 3 f26d44b0-f972-430a-8f5c-5fecac8e2143 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/all-in-the-soup-c_Z9ewkt All In The Soup Renee Gadwa 00:29:58 It’s all part of the soup; too late to take out the onions now. ~ Hanna Gadsby’s grandmother Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain. ~Sharon Salzberg It’s all part of the soup; too late to take out the onions now. ~ Hanna Gadsby’s grandmother Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain. ~Sharon Salzberg no full 7 3 8cb4bfbf-ad6e-4b80-a668-7eae0f79a86f Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/body-scan-and-breath-vRPo5A20 Body Scan and Breath Renee Gadwa 00:29:30 “Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminately curious.” - Maria Popova “When you can’t go far . . . go deep.” - Brother David Steindl-Rast “Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminately curious.” - Maria Popova “When you can’t go far . . . go deep.” - Brother David Steindl-Rast meditation no full 5 3 7335858e-b67c-4831-83ef-16ae25f91172 Fri, 5 Nov 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/breath-thoughts-wind-music-water-UaXjLwB0 Breath Thoughts: Wind, Music, Water Renee Gadwa 00:26:08 “May I meet each moment fully and meet it as a friend.”   - Sylvia Boorstein “Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.” - Joseph Goldstein “May I meet each moment fully and meet it as a friend.”   - Sylvia Boorstein “Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.” - Joseph Goldstein meditation no full 2 3 0cd82359-1fab-4e57-90bc-3d460cc5c685 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/welcome-and-prep-for-body-scan-mediation-TRCF933p Welcome and Prep for Body Scan Mediation Renee Gadwa 00:07:35 A welcome and preparation for our body scan meditation next week. A welcome and preparation for our body scan meditation next week. no full 3 2 602f1266-7848-453d-9d2d-11a2f29c2593 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/breathing-space-meditation-eEkM8fdD Breathing Space Meditation Renee Gadwa 00:04:42 Take some time for yourself today to focus on your breathing and engage with how you are feeling in this moment. Take some time for yourself today to focus on your breathing and engage with how you are feeling in this moment. no full 1 2 4b7031e3-6eaf-4507-95f4-888d70cf7d46 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/loving-kindness-meditation-vlxJV_Ts Loving Kindness Meditation Renee Gadwa 00:22:54 Those who regularly practice loving kindness meditation are able to increase their capacity for forgiveness, connection to others, self-acceptance, and more. Take some time today to send yourself and others a little kindness. Those who regularly practice loving kindness meditation are able to increase their capacity for forgiveness, connection to others, self-acceptance, and more. Take some time today to send yourself and others a little kindness. no full 5 2 a49ea4f8-e7c1-4506-ba17-a036febbbac0 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/breathing-and-noting-meditation-2gJN8u_D Breathing and Noting Meditation Renee Gadwa 00:23:28 Take some time to focus on your breathing and noting what's around you in the present moment. Take some time to focus on your breathing and noting what's around you in the present moment. no full 6 2 63ef519d-f4a9-4981-999b-e7a4db43936a Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/mindfulness-of-breath-meditation-5D30Rxw3 Mindfulness of Breath Meditation Renee Gadwa 00:10:50 Our days can be hectic and often stressful. Spend a few minutes today focusing on yourself and what's around you by connecting with your breath. Our days can be hectic and often stressful. Spend a few minutes today focusing on yourself and what's around you by connecting with your breath. no full 2 2 44ba4383-7179-47fd-8d74-adb9b8ea7703 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000 rgadwa@med.umich.edu (Renee Gadwa) https://michigan-alzheimers.simplecast.com/episodes/body-scan-meditation-duBldlG9 Body Scan Meditation Renee Gadwa 00:29:04 Body scan meditation is a great way to release tension you might not even realize you're experiencing. Body scanning involves paying attention to parts of the body and various bodily sensations in a gradual sequence from feet to head. Body scan meditation is a great way to release tension you might not even realize you're experiencing. Body scanning involves paying attention to parts of the body and various bodily sensations in a gradual sequence from feet to head. wellness, caregiver, wellbeing, mindfulness, dementia, meditation, caregivers, bodyscan, mindful living, mental health, memory loss no full 4 2