SPECIAL SPOTLIGHT ON OLYMPICS + CAREGIVING + LOVEYOURBRAIN WITH ADAM PEARCE, CELEBRATING NATIONAL SANDWICH GENERATION MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL SELF-CARE DAY Also, National Forest Week & Forest Bathing for Brain Health

Our July episode of “Caregiving Club On Air” celebrates the upcoming Paris Olympics with host and gerontologist, Sherri Snelling, interviewing Adam Pearce, Co-Founder of LoveYourBrain.com about his story caregiving for his brother, a former Olympic snowboarder, Kevin Pearce, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a 2010 Olympic training session. This inspirational story is about brotherly bonds, resiliency and hope. (3:20) Sherri also shares information on National Sandwich Generation Month during Caregiver Wellness News including studies that show Sandwich Generation caregivers struggle with and need more help in financial wellness – one of the 7 elements of wellness from Sherri’s book, “Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life.” Part of this plan is having the long-term care conversation with families and Sherri offers a free on demand webinar on how to have these CARE Conversations for caregivers. With International Self-Care Day on July 24 Sherri talks about the Four Hormones of Happiness from her “Me Time Monday” book and how caregivers can harness these hormones for better well-being. (19:25) Adam Pearce – Co-Founder of LoveYourBrain.com (53:24) In the Well Home Design News Sherri celebrates National Forest Week (July 8-14) by creating a multisensory design plan for your home. Sherri shares how to bring the forest inside and how to engage and immerse your 5 senses that improve brain health, lower stress and reduce anxiety and depression – all from research in her “Me Time Monday” book on biophilic design. (1:06:50) At the end of this episode is our Me Time Monday Wellness Hack from Sherri’s new book, Me Time Monday – The Weekly Wellness Plan to Find Balance and Joy for a Busy Life. Sherri shares more of the wellness science of forest bathing, also known as forest medicine, and we offer a 1-min forest meditation in celebration of National Forest Week. Find out more at: caregivingclub.com/podcast/