Caregiver Environment - A Broken Industry
Many years ago, Mom tried to make me promise that I would never place her in a nursing home because of her understanding of what...
The Proactive Caregiver
Specializing in educating others on how to be a
Proactive Caregiver by targeting the caregiver,
rather than the care recipient.
If you cannot take care of yourself,
then you cannot take care of your loved one.
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Nov 12
- 6 min
Caregiver Updates for Medicare 2022
For the growing number of Millennial and Sandwich generation caregivers, this topic can't wait. Why? Well, if you had a chance to listen...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Nov 5
- 4 min
Caregiver Jealousy
The will to care for our loved ones comes from many different places in our hearts and minds, mainly from a place of love and obligation....
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 29
- 4 min
Caregiver Sex Talk
Well, brace yourself, Effie, I'm going to go there today! Having the sex talk with Mom may not have been as funny as the line delivered...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 22
- 4 min
Caregiver Recognition of Dying
Dementia is such a broad term to explain well over 100 different ways our brain can deteriorate, causing the loss of basic functions. One...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 15
- 4 min
Caregiver 2.0 Follow-up with Meriam Boldewijn
Caregivers are created to fulfill many different needs, and sometimes it is caring for more than one person. Caregivers often do not...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 8
- 6 min
Caregiver Culture Diversity
I already knew the one constant thing in life is change, which means we must learn how to adapt over and over. For caregivers, change is...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 1
- 4 min
Caregiver Response to Aggression
As Mom's mixed dementia progresses, I have had to continually adapt to changes in mood swings even when I cannot understand what is...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Sep 24
- 4 min
Caregiver Recreational Intervention
Part of taking care of ourselves is recognizing our mental health concerns. When it comes to mental health issues, we are still only...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Sep 17
- 4 min
Caregiver Awareness
Self-care and gut health has become quite the buzzwords lately. What these words mean to you may be entirely different to me. What about...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Sep 10
- 5 min
Caregiver Spirituality
Today we're going to talk about Caregiver Spirituality with my guest, Samone Smith. Samone, is a dear friend and fellow caregiver that I...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Sep 3
- 4 min
Caregiver End of Life Doula
Many of you know I found myself taking that last statement to heart when I took time off to heal from lower back surgery this past April....
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Aug 27
- 5 min
Caregiver Creativity with The Traveling Artist, Erica Curcio
As you care for your loved one, many of you may experience the regular daily routine eventually becoming a bit mundane, uneventful, or...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Aug 20
- 5 min
Welcome Back - Recovery Resumes
Boy, do I know that last statement all too well now. After my back surgery, I was unable to take care of myself which forced me to...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- May 14
- 4 min
Caregiver Restoration and Selfcare
Self-care has become quite the buzzword lately. What it means to one person may be entirely different from another. Regardless of what it...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- May 7
- 5 min
Caregiver's in the Middle
Many caregivers have endured their journey in the middle while working a career and balancing care for a spouse, children, parents,...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Apr 30
- 5 min
Caregiver Hypnosis - Breaking the Stress Brain Loop with Ellen Jolley
Caregivers experience what is known as the stress-brain loop but may not be aware of it. This loop is a dangerous routine that caregivers...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Apr 23
- 6 min
Caregiver Translation of Dementia & Disease
The rise in caregiver needs is more important now than ever before with the challenges caregivers face in our "new normal" around the...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Apr 16
- 6 min
Caregiver Gut, Heart, and Brain Health
I'm beginning to see more early morning walkers and runners as the seasons are changing yet again. As I begin to prep flower beds I'm...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Apr 9
- 6 min
Caregiver Yoga & the Divine
Before I left the corporate world, I was continually in a mental space of fight or flight from juggling demands around the accounting...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Shout Out DFW
Had the privilege of being featured in SHOUTOUT DFW. Check out the full interview as I tell all about my mission of being The Proactive...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Apr 2
- 4 min
Caregiver Hope
Caregivers are created to fulfill many different needs and sometimes it is for more than one person at a time. Often times they do not...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Mar 26
- 4 min
Caregiver Family Dynamics
Respite care is a great opportunity when a caregiver willingly seeks it out. Often times we end up talking ourselves out of why it's...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Mar 19
- 6 min
Our FTD Journey
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Mar 12
- 6 min
Caregiver Investing
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Safehouse Technologies
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Caregivers Facing Cancer
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Caregiver Depression
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Feb 12
- 5 min
Caregiver Sleep - Moving into Sleep
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Caregiver Sleep Apnea with Dr. Joy Poskozim
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Jan 29
- 4 min
Caregivers Home Downsizing Pointers
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Jan 22
- 5 min
Stages of Dementia
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Jan 15
- 4 min
How is Dementia Diagnosed?
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
REPLAY - Caregiver Compliance
HIPPA, Durable POA, MPOA, and Advance Directive are just a few of the various legal forms that every caregiver should have on file and...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Dec 11, 2020
- 3 min
REPLAY - Hospice-More than End of Life
Hey everyone, today's episode of The Proactive Caregiver Podcast is a re-play of our episode on Hospice, more than the end of life. So...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Dec 4, 2020
- 3 min
Replay - Enneagrams
Hey everyone. As the Holidays approach we are taking some time off to re-center and regroup. In the meantime, we wanted to be sure you...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
Preventative Dentistry For Seniors
Hello Everybody! I am so glad you are here with me today. I am the Proactive Caregiver and I specialize in educating others on how to be...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Nov 20, 2020
- 4 min
Surviving the Holidays
Today I would like to introduce you to Sarah Hyde-Williams. As co-Founder of Senior Living Advisors of Austin, Sarah has nearly 20 years...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
John Harrell - Killing My Father Then Finding Him
As I looked back into Mom's history trying to pinpoint when, where, or how her heart was broken I was not surprised to find more specific...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Caregiver Boundaries
I wanted you to hear from today's guest because so many years passed with my family referring to Mom as crazy long before we were aware...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Home Health Services
Well, I have told you before but I will say it again, I am a firm believer that things happening for a reason. I recently was given an...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
Medicare Episode 2
If you are like me, regardless of age, then many other words come to mind when someone mentions Medicare. Mainly words like retirement,...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
Medicare Part 1
If you are like me, regardless of age, then many other words come to mind when someone mentions Medicare. Mainly words like retirement,...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
Hospice-More than End of Life
Let me introduce you to Yolanda Campos-Smith, a nurse of 31 years with the majority of it in Critical Care, ICU, ER, and Cardiac Cath...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min
Enneagram
I wanted to share something that has helped me to step aside and take a different look within my caregiving journey and beyond. As a...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
Music Therapy
Meet Karla Wilson, founder of Music Therapy at Home, and advocate for caregivers. Her career as a musician began at the age of 6 with...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
Caregiver Compliance
Virginia Sampson was a full-time caregiver to her husband for three years after he was diagnosed with A.L.S. while caring for four young...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Aug 23, 2020
- 1 min
Caregiver Hydration
Did you know our bodies are made up of roughly 60% of water? Even when our emotions are stable while we caring for our loved one our...
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Aug 23, 2020
- 1 min
Voyage Dallas
Recently had the pleasure of doing an interview for Voyage Dallas. You can read the full article by clicking HERE.
Jessica Lizel Cannon
- Oct 31, 2019
- 4 min
Caregiver: Villain or Savoir?
During the earlier days caring for Mom while learning about what was happening to her between normal and abnormal aging, my first...