In today's episode I will talk about some difficult topics. That of grief, guilt and ambiguous loss. Now it's not my goal to depress you any further, as I'm sure you've experienced each of these emotions and feelings while you've been on your caregiving journey. 

It is my intention that as I reflect upon my experiences and share them with a little bit of perspective we can see how as caregivers  we can experience these often difficult emotions but not allow them to hold us hostage. 

At this point in my journey I've learned that grief can actually be a healthy emotion, as it can help you process your losses. On the other hand, I have found that I have absolutely no use for guilt most of the time. 

Most likely I could spend a complete episode on each one of these emotions. For now in today's episode I will just touch upon each one of them a\And how we might be able to deal with them in a healthy way. 

I will touch upon how grief has taught me and continues to teach meto appreciate what we've had and to treasure what remains.

 I will also share how I battled and conquered Guilt especially when I chose to move my wife to a memory care facility. 

Finally, I will discuss  one of the most unique dementia caregiving experiences, the one of ambiguous loss.