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Are You a Christian Family Caregiver Feeling Worn Thin by Dementia or Alzheimer’s? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure this out by yourself. Welcome to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, the podcast that helps you stop reacting in crisis and start stewarding this season with clarity, calm, and Christ-centered care. Whether you’re a spouse, adult child, or family member trying to walk this journey faithfully, this show meets you at the intersection of practical dementia guidance and biblical encouragement—so you can care for your loved one without losing yourself, your marriage, or your mind. Here, we answer the questions Christian caregivers are actually asking: ✅ What are the stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and how can I prepare for each stage as a caregiver? ✅ How do I survive dementia caregiving without burnout? ✅ How do I handle aggressive or challenging dementia behaviors – like hitting, yelling, or refusing care? ✅ What is sundowning and how can I manage it? ✅ When is it time to move my loved one to a memory care facility or nursing home? ✅ Why does my loved one with dementia keep asking the same questions repeatedly, and how should I respond? ✅ How can I get my loved one with dementia to bathe or maintain hygiene when they resist? ✅ How do I prevent my loved one from wandering or getting lost? ✅ How do I balance caring for my loved one and other responsibilities (kids, job, spouse) without feeling guilty? ✅ What does dementia caregiving look like from a Christian perspective? ✅ How can I maintain my faith and trust in God while caring for someone with dementia? ✅ Why would God allow my loved one to suffer from Alzheimer’s? ✅ How can I cope with caregiver guilt as a Christian? ✅ What does the Bible say about honoring and caring for elderly parents with dementia? ✅ How do I care for my parent with dementia without losing my marriage? This podcast isn’t just about surviving—it’s about stewarding. Because caregiving isn’t a detour from your life. It’s part of your calling. Each episode offers: ✔️ Biblical clarity in the middle of emotional fog ✔️ Practical, research-informed strategies you can actually use ✔️ Guidance that honors your loved one and protects your most important relationships ✔️ Peace of mind that you’re not walking this road alone You won’t find sugarcoating here. You’ll find real help, thoughtful reflection, and truth rooted in Scripture—spoken plainly, practically, and with care. 🎧 Subscribe now to Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians and take the next faithful step forward—with peace, purpose, and a voice you can trust. 📍 Find free resources and tools at: ThinkDifferentDementia.com 📧 Email: lizette@thinkdifferentdementia.com 🙏 May the Lord bless and keep you—and I’ll see you in the next episode.
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Are you juggling meds, bills, and late-night Google searches while silently asking, “Why am I still failing?” Episode 267 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians exposes a hidden truth: burnout often happens when we care outside the wiring God gave us.
1. The Question That Changes Everything
“Let’s imagine it’s six months from today and your caregiving journey feels easier. What does easier actually look like for you?”
Your answer becomes a tailor-made target, not another generic checklist.
2. Discover Your Wiring
Lizette shares a story of a wife whose Kolbe A Index revealed she’s a brainstormer. After presenting Mom with two pre-filtered options instead of ten ideas, conflict vanished. Your Creator knit unique strengths into you; identifying them is the first step to peace.
3. Interdependence Beats Independence
Romans 12 says one body, many functions. The Think Different Dementia Method™ urges families to match tasks with talents. Love spreadsheets? Handle the finances. Thrive on hands-on care? Manage transfers. No comparison, just stewardship.
4. Contented Caregiver Blueprint™ in Action
Use the Do-Delay-Delete-Delegate grid. Delete tasks that do not require your strength. Delay deep-cleaning the attic. Delegate lawn care to a teen from church. Do the duties God specifically entrusted to you.
5. Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ for Communication
Speak calm, not chaos. Validating Mom’s reality before redirecting her questions preserves dignity and saves your energy.
Ready to turn strengths into freedom?
Watch Episode 267 and register for our free July 12 workshop to apply these tools live.
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
✝️ Speak Calm, Not Just Words
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Rooted in Scripture
✅ Built on the Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ model
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
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Friday Jul 04, 2025
Friday Jul 04, 2025
Are you a Christian caregiver who secretly wonders, “Is all this sacrifice even worth it?”
Episode 265 meets you in that raw place with Psalm 73 as a roadmap out of spiritual jail.
1. Name the Tension
“Sometimes caregiving doesn’t feel like a calling. It feels like punishment.” That line opens the episode and echoes Asaph’s cry, “Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure.”
2. God’s Character, Your Circumstances
Psalm 73:1—“Surely God is good…” Dementia, exhaustion, and sibling drama can’t revoke His goodness. The Think Different Dementia Method™ starts here: anchor every decision in God’s unchanging character.
3. Expect a Broken World
Sin’s curse explains strokes, memory loss, and caregiver fatigue. When you stop expecting ease, you start preparing wisely.
4. Enter the Sanctuary
Nothing shifts until Asaph enters God’s presence (v. 17). Five minutes in Scripture or streamed worship may feel small, but it realigns the soul faster than any to-do list.
5. Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ for Your Heart
Pray Asaph’s honesty: “Lord, I was senseless and ignorant.” Repentance releases envy and self-pity so you can serve from overflow, not obligation.
6. Walk Humbly, Not Heroically
Use the Contented Caregiver Blueprint™ to apply Do-Delay-Delete-Delegate. Humility admits you can’t do everything—freedom follows.
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
✝️ Speak Calm, Not Just Words
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Rooted in Scripture
✅ Built on the Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ model
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Beth is a pastor’s wife who never planned to be a dementia caregiver. Her father died in January; her 75-year-old mother could no longer live alone. In today’s episode, Beth admits:
“I’ve moved into my bedroom and she’s moved into the house.”
Shadowing, constant haggling, endless “Where’s my bank card?”—Beth is overwhelmed. So I invite her to pause and answer the question I ask every guest:
“Let’s imagine it’s six months from today and your caregiving journey feels easier. What does easier actually look like for you?”
Beth answers, “Having found a way to keep her contented in life… and a little more quiet time.”
That statement becomes her first purposeful decision—an act of stewardship, not survival.
Three Anchors from this episode:
1) Commit on purpose. Caregiving starts with saying yes to God’s providence, not white-knuckling the chaos.
2) Use Therapeutic Truth-Telling™. I coach Beth to respond cheerfully—even to the 17th repeat—because validation lowers Mom’s anxiety and builds security.
3) Reframe shadowing. We picture toddlers’ fingers under the bathroom door: Mom’s constant presence isn’t disrespect; it’s her seeking safety.
Beth’s next faithful step? Practice the “That’s interesting—tell me more” script from the Contented Caregiver Blueprint™ and remember: brain changes make her mom child-like, not childish.
If you feel unqualified, Episode 264 proves that caregiving clarity starts with a single decision rooted in God’s steady design.
🎧 Listen now and register for our free July 12 workshop at thinkdifferentdementia.com/WSL
💬 Struggling for words with a loved one who has dementia?
✝️ Speak calm, not chaos.
Grab “What Do I Say?”—a free Christian guide with:
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Scripture support
✅ Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ tips
📥 Download: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Linda reheats her coffee three times; John skips lunch again; Maria hasn’t opened her Bible in a week because the pillbox, insurance forms, and laundry shout louder. Episode 263 meets caregivers right there—in the blur of unfinished tasks—and offers a compass: the 4D Method™ (Do, Delay, Delete, Delegate).
The Wake-Up Statistic
Lizette reminds us that 30 percent of caregivers die before the one they serve. That sobering number reframes stewardship from “extra credit” to “critical obedience.” God has entrusted us with two lives—our loved ones’ and our own.
1️⃣ DO—The Non-Negotiables
• Daily meds
• Essential hygiene
• Prayer and Scripture (your lifeline)
When time is short, choose what only you can do and what God explicitly commands.
2️⃣ DELAY—Good, Not Urgent
The attic purge can wait. Christmas cards can become New Year notes. Proverbs 16 : 9 allows margin: “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”
3️⃣ DELETE—When “Yes” Steals Shalom
Lizette pauses hospitality ministry and nursery duty—without guilt—because stewardship changes with seasons. Jesus didn’t heal every leper in Galilee; neither must you chair every committee.
4️⃣ DELEGATE—A Biblical Example
Early church leaders appointed deacons so they could focus on prayer and the Word (Acts 6). Likewise, hiring a housekeeper or asking a church teen to mow the lawn is not extravagance; it’s aligning roles with reality.
The Question That Guides the 4D Choices
“Let’s say it is six months from today and your caregiving journey is easier. What does that look like for you?”
Heaven-breathed clarity flows from that unchanged question. Easier might mean:
• One regular respite weekend booked
• Budget set aside for meal kits
• A guilt-free afternoon nap each Sunday
Guilt Is a False Prophet
Guilt says, “If you love them, you’ll do it all.” The Gospel says, “Christ already did it all.” Romans 8 : 1 silences the accuser: “There is therefore now no condemnation.”
Your 24-Hour Assignment
Write today’s task list.
Mark each item Do, Delay, Delete, or Delegate.
Share one Delegate with a friend, spouse, or church deacon before bedtime.
Faithful stewardship isn’t heroic multitasking; it’s humble obedience. The 4D Method™ simply turns that obedience into a daily rhythm—so when caregiving ends, you’ll still have energy, resources, and worship left for the chapter God writes next.
“Teach us to number our days…”—and to steward them, too.
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
✝️ Speak Calm, Not Just Words
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Rooted in Scripture
✅ Built on the Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ model
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Linda answered my signature question with a sigh:
“Six months from today? I just want to let go of the guilt of being there all the time.”
Episode 262 invites every Christian caregiver to wrestle with that same ache. Linda’s 89-year-old mom (post-stroke, post-fall) and her 91-year-old dad live fifteen minutes away. One midnight call changed everything; now Linda’s phone sits on the nightstand like an alarm she can’t snooze. Visits to her out-of-state grandchildren feel selfish.
Even a quiet dinner with her husband feels risky. She is present—but not free.
If guilt is stealing your rest, join our Ask the Dementia Coach Q&A on June 28 (3 p.m. ET). Bring your questions; leave with a plan rooted in grace, not condemnation.
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
✝️ Speak Calm, Not Just Words
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Rooted in Scripture
✅ Built on the Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ model
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
✈️ Walking to Sweden without a map?
That’s what many of us do in dementia care.
We start out with love and conviction—but no plan. Episode 261 changes that. Lizette Cloete introduces the DigniCare Lens: one life-shaping question that forces you to think beyond today’s appointments and outbursts.
“Three years from now, when caregiving is over, what must be true for you to say by God’s grace you walked it well— and still have life to serve Him next?”
Why It Matters
🩺 30 % of caregivers die before the person they serve.
💔 Burnout now simply shifts the burden to someone else later.
✝️ Stewardship means planning for their eternity—and your future.
Key Takeaways
Begin with the end in mind (Psalm 90:12).
Steward two lives —yours and theirs.
Ask the DigniCare Lens question today, not after you crash.
Pam, a former client, says this single question changed her entire journey: “It gave me a way to know I wouldn’t regret the road when Mom was gone.”
💬 Struggling to talk with a loved one who has dementia?
✝️ Speak calm, not just words.
Get “What Do I Say?”—a free Christian guide with:
✅ 10 calming scripts
✅ Scripture-based truth
✅ Therapeutic Truth-Telling™
📥 Download now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
“I love my mom… but I miss my marriage.”
If you've ever whispered this in the quiet, exhausted corners of your day, this blog is for you.
In Episode 260, Lizette walks alongside Paulette, a Christian woman navigating the daily strain of caregiving for her mother while trying to preserve a two-year-old marriage.
Paulette lives apart from her husband so she can care full-time for her mom—and the emotional, spiritual, and logistical costs are piling up.
💔 When Chaos Becomes the New Normal
For Paulette, chaos isn’t just a feeling—it’s a fact:
Her daughter and grandkids lived with her.
Her brother just had a stroke.
Her job was lost.
Her husband is waiting for weekend visits that rarely happen.
Can you relate?
As the caregiver, scheduler, nurse, and mediator, Paulette’s roles are swallowing her identity as a wife. And as Lizette lovingly points out, that’s not just overwhelming—it’s spiritually misaligned.
🛡️ Don’t Wait for the Breakdown
Too many caregivers wait until their marriage cracks, their health collapses, or a crisis forces action. Paulette’s story is a gentle, grace-filled call to plan now—not later.
Let’s remember:
🕊️ God is not a God of confusion, but of peace (1 Corinthians 14:33).
👣 Begin with the end in mind.
💬 Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ sets the stage for real healing.
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
💬 Struggling to talk with a loved one who has dementia?
✝️ Speak calm, not just words.
Get “What Do I Say?”—a free Christian guide with:
✅ 10 calming scripts
✅ Scripture-based truth
✅ Therapeutic Truth-Telling™
📥 Download now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Ever feel like you’re rowing the dementia care boat alone while everyone else shouts directions—or just enjoys the ride?
In Episode 259, Lizette introduces the Anchor Care Matrix™—a powerful framework to reduce family conflict by defining roles based on two questions:
How involved are you in daily care?
How much authority do you actually have?
Once you answer these, you’ll see the four types of caregiving roles emerge:
🛑 Care Observer – Low authority, low involvement. Lots of opinions, little action.
📜 Care Steward – High authority, low involvement. Think distant decision-makers.
💪 Care Advocate – Low authority, high involvement. The ones doing the work but not making the calls.
⚓ Care Anchor – High authority, high involvement. Carrying the weight of care and decisions.
🎯 Misalignment—when involvement and authority don’t match—is the root of most caregiving conflict.
Biblical stories like Ruth (advocate) and the Good Samaritan (anchor) remind us: caregiving is a sanctifying stewardship journey. Clarity in roles = peace in the process.
Want to shift from frustration to alignment? Listen now and redefine your family’s path forward.
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
✝️ Speak Calm, Not Just Words
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Rooted in Scripture
✅ Built on the Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ model
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
🎤 Register here: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/ask
🎓 Want to Reduce Overwhelm Right Now?
Join our free workshop:
How to Immediately Reduce Dementia Caregiver Overwhelm and Stress — in 3 Simple Steps
✅ Practical tools
✅ Faith-informed strategies
✅ Same-day results
🎟️ Reserve your seat: https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/wsl
🧭 Still Feeling Stuck?
If you’re wondering what’s underneath your stress, the Caregiver Stress Assessment can help clarify what’s really weighing you down — so you can take your next step with peace.
📊 Take the free assessment https://www.thinkdifferentdementia.com/dca
❤️ Enjoy This Podcast?
Leave a quick review on Apple or Spotify — it helps other Christian caregivers find encouragement and real help.
🎧 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
“I still visit. I still pray. But am I even a caregiver anymore?”
Larry’s question cuts to the heart of so many Christian caregivers walking the final stretch of dementia. In Episode 258 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, we walk with Larry, a husband navigating what many call “ambiguous grief”—grieving a spouse who is still alive, yet slowly disappearing.
It’s the emotional tension of being present, yet invisible. Devoted, yet forgotten. Still loving, but unsure what that love should look like now.
Whether your loved one recognizes you or not… your love is not in vain. God sees. God sanctifies. God strengthens. This season of caregiving- though quieter, lonelier and slower- is still a part of God's design for your life.. As Lizette reminds us, your care is part of your sanctification journey, and yes, even now, it still brings glory to God.
💬 What Do I Say When Dementia Makes Words Hard?
✝️ Speak Calm, Not Just Words
Get “What Do I Say? How to Connect with Your Loved One with Dementia” — a free guide for Christian caregivers navigating confusion, repetition, and emotional moments.
✅ 10 ready-to-use scripts
✅ Rooted in Scripture
✅ Built on the Therapeutic Truth-Telling™ model
📥 Download the guide now: https://www.dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/script
🤝 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone
Join other Christian caregivers who are walking this road too — and learning how to care with compassion, clarity, and faith.
👥 Join the free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dementiacaregiversupportforchristians
🗣️ Ask Your Question Live — and Be Heard
Bring your real-life caregiving questions to Ask the Dementia Coach — our free monthly Q&A session. You’ll get support, clarity, and maybe even be featured on the podcast.
🗓️ Brought to you every month!
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Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
“Am I still doing this out of love… or just because I’m afraid to stop?”
If that question has crossed your mind in the quiet moments—between pill reminders, another load of laundry, or the third night in a row of disrupted sleep—you’re not alone.
In Episode 257 of Dementia Caregiver Support for Christians, Lizette dives into three hidden motivations that often lead to caregiver burnout. This isn’t about how much you’re doing—it’s about why you’re doing it. And the answer could change everything.
You’re not stuck. You don’t need to scrap everything or run away. You just need to identify your motive, bring it before the Lord, and shift into a place of intentional, Christ-centered caregiving.
That’s the journey Lizette walked—and the one she now guides others through.
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It's time to chose ease...
Are you a family caregiver who is dealing with dementia in your life and you feel overwhelmed with the never-ending challenges you face, and don’t know where to turn for help?
Are you searching for answers to your questions about dementia, joining countless Facebook groups but find them toxic and a waste of your precious time?
Do you want to face your dementia caregiving journey in a proactive way, but feel confused about where to even start?
Are you juggling your marriage, your kids, your work, your faith and your loved one’s life and still feel like you are letting everyone down?
Learning the skills you need to simplify your dementia caregiving may seem hard.
But not learning the skills you need to simplify your dementia caregiving journey will be even harder.
It is time to choose your “hard”.
The choice is 100% yours.
I know what I chose: I chose to have ease in my dementia caregiving journey.
Hey, Dementia Success Seeker!
I’m Lizette Cloete. 30 + year veteran occupational therapist turned into a dementia educator, coach and consultant and I am a daughter of dementia.
In this podcast you will learn the truth that the only way to increase the ease of your dementia caregiving journey rests squarely in YOUR hands.
The way you actively prepare and what you believe about dementia caregiving makes all the difference.
>>>You will gain the practical skills you need to simplify care.
>>>You will be challenged by what it means to be a successful caregiver, teaching you to harness the power of the most powerful caregiving tool that you have: your mindset.
>>>And you will learn exactly what dementia is (and is not), how dementia changes the brain and what you can expect next in your dementia caregiving journey.
You will find a community of like minded family caregivers, helping someone with dementia and you will not be alone anymore.
My mission is to help the unsung heroes who are in the midst of dementia caregiving, with the skills to simplify your dementia care journey so that you don’t feel overwhelmed and burn out.
I help you find clarity and certainty using the latest evidence based research, so you have perseverance for this marathon.
I approach dementia caregiving using faith informed principles that allow you to navigate this journey with peace of mind.
So, warm up your coffee, grab a notebook and pen and be ready to be a Dementia Success Seeker.
It’s time to choose your easy.