About Us strates a unique approach in providing her midlife clients and subscribers with both information and insights into the relationship they share with their aging parents. Her primary goal is to help adult children of aging parents work through the difficult spots in the histories they share with their parents - and their issues with everything their own aging means to them - so they can be fully present as resourceful adults in whatever role they choose to take in their parents’ lives. Gail’s unique approach is the result of her vast experience and training as a life coach, Sage_ing Circle Facilitator, mentor, former mediator, and adult child of - and caregiver to - her aging parents. She stresses that the difficulties midlife adults get into with their aging parents are almost always based on long-forgotten circumstances, and that their causes are rarely obvious to those involved. She counters, however, that history can usually be counted on to provide the clues as well as the solutions. While considering her approach, Ms. McConnon takes into account not just the immediate situation, but urges her clients to consider their lifelong relationship with their parents and the variety of factors that have intervened and influenced them along the way. Ms. McConnon holds certifications as a life coach, a master practitioner of NLP, a hypnotherapist, and a Sage_ing Circle Facilitator. A writer and speaker, she holds BA, MPH, and MS degrees. She lives in the village of Granville, Ohio, with her dog, cat, brother and sister-in-law, and numerous two and four-legged friends. Personally Speaking: I developed this blog/site because I know how frustrating and completely overwhelming it can be as the adult child of aging parents. I was one as well. I was the primary caregiver for my mother during the last six years of her life, so I know exactly what people are going through. And, I know what they - you - aren’t getting from other professional sources. Most of the medical and psycho-social authorities on the internet are providing good, useful information on what aging adults need in terms of support and care, and what adult children need to be doing to support their parents with the aging process. This is all important stuff. It just doesn’t go far enough. What these other experts are failing to recognize is that the aging parent/adul child relationship into which they’re tossing all these expectations is rarely as straight-forward as the picture they try to paint. And, if the sources of these relationship issues aren’t taken care of first, little of their carefully researched prescribing will have the intended effect. I have no intention of recreating what already exists. Rather, this site is a place where midlife adults can find information, support, and help with whatever issues are standing between themselves and their parents. I want this site to be a place where people can figure out how to get from where they are to where they want to be in their relationships with their aging parents . . . and then get a hand in taking steps to reach that goal. I want the people who visit this site to find comfort, challenge, and a voice. The aging parent / adult child relationship is utmost here. This is a place where any question goes, and where I’ll do my best to answer - or to find the answer for you. I hope you’ll find this to be a place you want to visit often, a place of nurturance, acceptance, ongoing change, and growth. Join me, and discover what a great gift it can be to simply . . . Keep Growing My Friend! Gail Gail E McConnon Professional Aging Coach Disclaimers: Any and all information contained within this website and any subsequent related material is purely for educational and informational purposes. It represents the opinion of Gail McConnon, and as such this material provides no warranty or guarantee specific to individual circumstances. This information should be taken as content, and considered among all other relevant information when making decisions about your relationship with your aging parent or parents. This information is intended for the use and benefit of emotionally healthy individuals. It is not to be implied as prescriptive. Nor is it to meant to circumvent the opinion of any physician or mental health care professional. Again, the materials on this site and subsequent material are provided only as a guide and should NEVER replace individualized, specific care that is provided by your physician, psychiatrist, therapist, or other licensed professional. Copyright © 2008 - 2009 Gail E. McConnon

About Us

strates a unique approach in providing her midlife clients and subscribers with both information and insights into the relationship they share with their aging parents.

Her primary goal is to help adult children of aging parents work through the difficult spots in the histories they share with their parents - and their issues with everything their own aging means to them - so they can be fully present as resourceful adults in whatever role they choose to take in their parents’ lives.

Gail’s unique approach is the result of her vast experience and training as a life coach, Sage_ing Circle Facilitator, mentor, former mediator, and adult child of - and caregiver to - her aging parents. She stresses that the difficulties midlife adults get into with their aging parents are almost always based on long-forgotten circumstances, and that their causes are rarely obvious to those involved. She counters, however, that history can usually be counted on to provide the clues as well as the solutions.

While considering her approach, Ms. McConnon takes into account not just the immediate situation, but urges her clients to consider their lifelong relationship with their parents and the variety of factors that have intervened and influenced them along the way.

Ms. McConnon holds certifications as a life coach, a master practitioner of NLP, a hypnotherapist, and a Sage_ing Circle Facilitator. A writer and speaker, she holds BA, MPH, and MS degrees. She lives in the village of Granville, Ohio, with her dog, cat, brother and sister-in-law, and numerous two and four-legged friends.

Personally Speaking:

I developed this blog/site because I know how frustrating and completely overwhelming it can be as the adult child of aging parents. I was one as well. I was the primary caregiver for my mother during the last six years of her life, so I know exactly what people are going through. And, I know what they - you - aren’t getting from other professional sources.

Most of the medical and psycho-social authorities on the internet are providing good, useful information on what aging adults need in terms of support and care, and what adult children need to be doing to support their parents with the aging process. This is all important stuff. It just doesn’t go far enough.

What these other experts are failing to recognize is that the aging parent/adul child relationship into which they’re tossing all these expectations is rarely as straight-forward as the picture they try to paint. And, if the sources of these relationship issues aren’t taken care of first, little of their carefully researched prescribing will have the intended effect.

I have no intention of recreating what already exists. Rather, this site is a place where midlife adults can find information, support, and help with whatever issues are standing between themselves and their parents. I want this site to be a place where people can figure out how to get from where they are to where they want to be in their relationships with their aging parents . . . and then get a hand in taking steps to reach that goal.

I want the people who visit this site to find comfort, challenge, and a voice. The aging parent / adult child relationship is utmost here. This is a place where any question goes, and where I’ll do my best to answer - or to find the answer for you.

I hope you’ll find this to be a place you want to visit often, a place of nurturance, acceptance, ongoing change, and growth.

Join me, and discover what a great gift it can be to simply . . .

Keep Growing My Friend!

Gail

Gail E McConnon

Professional Aging Coach

Disclaimers:

1.Any and all information contained within this website and any subsequent related material is purely for educational and informational purposes. It represents the opinion of Gail McConnon, and as such this material provides no warranty or guarantee specific to individual circumstances.

2.This information should be taken as content, and considered among all other relevant information when making decisions about your relationship with your aging parent or parents.

3.This information is intended for the use and benefit of emotionally healthy individuals. It is not to be implied as prescriptive. Nor is it to meant to circumvent the opinion of any physician or mental health care professional. Again, the materials on this site and subsequent material are provided only as a guide and should NEVER replace individualized, specific care that is provided by your physician, psychiatrist, therapist, or other licensed professional.

Celebrate . . .

An expert on letting go in aging, Gail McConnon is a professional aging coach, writer, mentor, and speaker. With “Celebrate Aging Parents,” she demon-

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