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What does Taoism, Aging and Caregiving have to do with a former actress, author, motivational speaker, wife and mother? In my discussion with CJ Golden you will find out. CJ Golden, author of Tao-Girls Rule! and Tao of the Defiant Woman, is a motivational speaker who travels the country (pre-Covid) inspiring all with her unique “Tao and defiant” spirit. Bringing the ancient philosophy of the Tao to our modern-day culture, she helps women and girls travel an easier path through life as they find confidence, balance and boldness in a world of challenges. Her latest book One Pedal at a Time. CJ shares her adventure as caregiver to her cyclist husband after his cancer diagnosis and subsequent strokes. It was only in retrospect that CJ recognized that her Tao and defiant spirit was what eased her way through the challenges she faced. You can find more information on her website at cjgolden.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wendy-green9/support
“Our resolutions are only as powerful as the ways in which we tackle them. Sitting back and wishing things were different/better/happier/more peaceful doesn't cut it. Digging in an being active participants in creating the changes we aspire to in our lives and our world is the way to make our declarations move from vision to reality.” C J Golden, One Pedal at a Time “No one tells you to care for yourself.” C J Golden "You get bitter or you get better: It's that simple. Take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a stronger person, or allow it to tear you down. The choice is yours. Choose wisely." ~Rehabilitation Gym at Spaulding Hospital C J Golden relied on her husband Joe to be her caregiver after back pain caused her to be immobile, then the tables were turned. Deirdre talks to author/speaker C J Golden about: The balance of caregiving before Joe got ill The progression of illness Magical Thinking explained How a strong person learns to be vulnerable Joe and George Clooney How CJ handled caregivers stress The Cracks The importance of asking for help The importance of accepting help Gratitude & attitude & acceptance Anger that tears us down the most The large and small ways C J took care of herself Do for yourself When forgiveness steps in Our choice to be a caregiver Ways to help the caregiver in your life The difference between doing what you want and what the caregiver wants The importance of asking for the type of help you need. C J’s Favorite ice cream: Ferris Acres Creamery Pumpkin Favorite Song: anything by Bobby Darin Leisure Time: Cabin in the woods, hiking, guitar playing, exercise “As the author of Tao of the Defiant Woman: Five Brazen Ways to Accept What You Must and Rebel Against the Rest, and its subsequent book for teen and pre-teen girls, Tao-Girls Rule: Finding Balance, Staying Strong, Being Bold in a World of Challenges, Golden has been writing, blogging, speaking and facilitating workshops for national and local women’s and girls’ organizations. She continues to help women and teens find joy along their life paths despite the struggles they may encounter Golden’s latest writing remains focused on her new life as a caregiver to her husband, Joe. Paramount are the lessons she has learned, the emotional and physical strain upon her heavily-burdened shoulders, and the realization that, while their roles as husband and wife have been altered, their connection and love have grown stronger.” C J Golden books available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble How to get in touch with CJ Golden authorcjgolden@gmail.com, to learn more https://www.cjgolden.com/ This episode is sponsored by DeClutter By Deirdre, A Senior Move Management and DeCluttering for Aging In Place Company. Helping You and Your Loved Ones DeClutter, Move & Live a Fuller Life. Look at my website and contact me to work together at DeClutterByDeirdre@gmail.com www.DeClutterByDeirdre.com **Download~Like~Positive Review Magnificent Aging** Thank you for listening, I appreciate you!
Meet CJ Golden, one of our 2018 Family Caregivers of the Year. Author CJ Golden is a writer and inspirational speaker who, through her last two books, shares the Tao philosophy of serenity and acceptance with women and girls. In her newest book, “One Pedal at a Time: A Novice Caregiver and Her Cyclist Husband Face Their New Normal With Courage, Tenacity and Abundant Love,” she brings the same principals to help ease the burden that face family caregivers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caring-conversations/message
Meet CJ Golden, one of our 2018 Family Caregivers of the Year. Author CJ Golden is a writer and inspirational speaker who, through her last two books, shares the Tao philosophy of serenity and acceptance with women and girls. In her newest book, “One Pedal at a Time: A Novice Caregiver and Her Cyclist Husband Face Their New Normal With Courage, Tenacity and Abundant Love,” she brings the same principals to help ease the burden that face family caregivers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caring-conversations/message
Author CJ Golden returns for an encore appearance on Healing Ties where we learn that having the correct recipe while in the midst of Caregiving will go a long way improving everyone taste. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties all around us!
Author CJ Golden returns for an encore appearance on Healing Ties where we learn that having the correct recipe while in the midst of Caregiving will go a long way improving everyone taste. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties all around us!
Author CJ Golden returns for an encore appearance on Healing Ties where we learn that having the correct recipe while in the midst of Caregiving will go a long way improving everyone taste. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties all around us!
Author CJ Golden returns for an encore appearance on Healing Ties where we learn that having the correct recipe while in the midst of Caregiving will go a long way improving everyone taste. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties all around us!
In this episode I talk to Bre from West Virginia and she shares her swinger stories. -How we met -Swinging scene in West Virginia -First experience -Index cards to websites -Husband watching her play -Give me that Cum juice aka CJ -Golden showers -BBC/Queen of spade -Being stood up -Interracial party's -Halloween party -Overview of the lifestyle -Hotel Manger -Jealousy -Dirty questions game
Kathryn interviews Irwin Redlener MD, author of “The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First Century America”. Dr. Redlener is co-founder with singer-songwriter Paul Simon of the Children's Health Fund, a national network of more than 50 pediatric clinics providing health care to the nation's most medically underserved urban and rural communities. His new book is both a memoir and a call to action for all Americans to invest in our country's children. Kathryn also interviews CJ Golden, author of “One Pedal at a Time: A Novice Caregiver and Her Cyclist Husband Face Their New Normal with Courage, Tenacity, and Abundant Love”. Golden shares her accessible and honest experience to highlight a very real passage in the lives of a husband and wife who love each other unequivocally. As caregiver, Golden holds nothing back because she wants others who are unexpectedly thrown into the role of caregiver to know they are not alone.
Kathryn interviews Irwin Redlener MD, author of “The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First Century America”. Dr. Redlener is co-founder with singer-songwriter Paul Simon of the Children's Health Fund, a national network of more than 50 pediatric clinics providing health care to the nation's most medically underserved urban and rural communities. His new book is both a memoir and a call to action for all Americans to invest in our country's children. Kathryn also interviews CJ Golden, author of “One Pedal at a Time: A Novice Caregiver and Her Cyclist Husband Face Their New Normal with Courage, Tenacity, and Abundant Love”. Golden shares her accessible and honest experience to highlight a very real passage in the lives of a husband and wife who love each other unequivocally. As caregiver, Golden holds nothing back because she wants others who are unexpectedly thrown into the role of caregiver to know they are not alone.
Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews writer and inspirational speaker CJ Golden. Golden’s latest book, One Pedal at a Time, brings to light her new life as a caregiver to her cyclist husband, Joe, when debilitating cancer-induced strokes threatened to take his life in 2016. She had been fortunate to have reached thousands of followers while blogging about their tumultuous journey and, when numerous readers requested Golden turn her writings into a book, those blogs gave birth to One Pedal as a Time: A Novice Caregiver and Her Cyclist Husband Face Their New Normal with Courage, Tenacity and Abundant Love. You can visit her, and learn about her other books, as www.cjgolden.com YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/Y3EltG1GBNM
Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author CJ Golden to #ConversationsLIVE to discus what it's been like to see the response to her book ONE PEDAL AT A TIME.
This week host John Voket celebrates National Consumer Protection Week with a local focus welcoming Connecticut's Consumer Protection Commissioner Michele Seagull and our valued resource Howard Schwartz at Connecticut BBB, doling out important information to help consumers steer clear of problems. And we'll hear some first hand advice from a local author who started her career caring for children with vision and hearing challenges, and who just released her third book on the journey she navigated while supporting her husband after he suffered several cancer-induced strokes.
Dr. Jeanette welcomes CJ Golden, author of One Pedal at a Time; A Novice Caregiver and Her Cyclist Husband Face Their New Normal with Courage, Tenacity and Abundant Love, which is their story of love and resilience each day, no matter what life brings with challenges. Her husband decided to cycle cross country and within a year, experienced life changing strokes and health events. CJ shares how she expanded her role of being a caregiver but remembered in the past when her husband so graciously reflected to her how a caregiver can help in the time of her need just a few years prior. In the last few years, both CJ and her husband have embraced life one day at a time and she shares the times when things were hard to walk through yet the next day was more glorious than the last. CJ shares a caregivers story and her cyclist husband shares his story of taking on a challenges of a lifetime; a cross country journey and then health challenges. For more information visit: www.CJGolden.com For caregiver support and health advocate services with Dr. Jeanette visit: www.MyPersonalAdvocate2.com
As a novice caregiver for her cyclist husband, author CJ Golden took the journey of her own life, One Pedal at at Time, caring for her husband after he suffered cancer-related strokes. Golden's book, "One Pedal at a Time" follows, in real item, the yearlong journey of a long-distance cyclists during and after his cancer-induced strokes. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties, One Pedal at a Time, all around us!
As a novice caregiver for her cyclist husband, author CJ Golden took the journey of her own life, One Pedal at at Time, caring for her husband after he suffered cancer-related strokes. Golden's book, "One Pedal at a Time" follows, in real item, the yearlong journey of a long-distance cyclists during and after his cancer-induced strokes. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties, One Pedal at a Time, all around us!
As a novice caregiver for her cyclist husband, author CJ Golden took the journey of her own life, One Pedal at at Time, caring for her husband after he suffered cancer-related strokes. Golden's book, "One Pedal at a Time" follows, in real item, the yearlong journey of a long-distance cyclists during and after his cancer-induced strokes. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties, One Pedal at a Time, all around us!
As a novice caregiver for her cyclist husband, author CJ Golden took the journey of her own life, One Pedal at at Time, caring for her husband after he suffered cancer-related strokes. Golden's book, "One Pedal at a Time" follows, in real item, the yearlong journey of a long-distance cyclists during and after his cancer-induced strokes. Listen in and learn how CJ Golden is creating Healing Ties, One Pedal at a Time, all around us!
Circle Connections: Women Connecting to Act-In, Act-Up, Act-Out & Act-Together
It is only a strong sense of confidence in our strength and abilities that we can place the highest value on our gifts; just as, conversely, it is only with our permission that others will devalue that which we have to share with the world. CJ Golden joins us in an edgy conversation about the importance of fostering the self confidence of women and girls and understanding the philosophy of Tao and defiance in order to grow in self-esteem and inner strength.
Circle Connections: Women Connecting to Act-In, Act-Up, Act-Out & Act-Together
It is only a strong sense of confidence in our strength and abilities that we can place the highest value on our gifts; just as, conversely, it is only with our permission that others will devalue that which we have to share with the world. CJ Golden joins us in an edgy conversation about the importance of fostering the self confidence of women and girls and understanding the philosophy of Tao and defiance in order to grow in self-esteem and inner strength.