Amita Schmidt

That was beautiful. It's hard to capture the mood of Alzheimer's and you did. I eat dinner with my husband who lives in memory care and a posse of ladies who are kind and lovely and very confused and quietly or loudly anxious. My husband dementia is Lewy Bodies so his issues are a different shade of confused.

This was really helpful for me to hear this morning. I have a rather large bag of potatoes, that I'm lugging around daily, but I'm not giving up. Thank you.🙏🏻

That was lovely. I started my day with this. I need to focus. Ok. How? Hold hands with HP. TY

Beautiful. Impermanence, as you said, is a very good reason to not look back with pain, or forward with fear. I am trying. I'm someone who has pushed people and opportunities away out of past trauma and fear (from childhood abandonment issues) - that I am unable to get back. Those losses work against me because I can't get that precious love back, that is itself impermanent - and the very reason why it is cherished, nourished, nurtured, and even fought for. So the only thing I can do is learn from my regrets, and really really try to stay in the now.

Wow! I needed to hear this. I’m struggling and I feel very alone at this time. I am carrying a lot of resentment towards others who are oblivious to my difficulties. I love the analogy to carrying a bag of potatoes. It’s so true. And the ideas of living in one’s body below the neck and to identify feelings but to not believe them as the truth are concepts that I need constant reminding. Thank you for this talk.

Excellent talk. Loved the French press breathing analogy and the bookend practice for starting and ending each day. Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom. 🙏🏻☯️🪷

Thank you! So many circumstances came together this week, my depression pretty much cratered. I came onto IT looking for help and found it in your talk. I’ve bookmarked it for easy retrieval 🙏🏻

I needed this talk. Flawed and fabulous was all I needed to hear. Thank you 🙏