Mary Remmes Life Coach

05/03/2023

Are you a planner?
Do you try to plan for every possible scenario that might occur.
I see this happen and I want to suggest that there might be a better way.
Tell me what you think.
Can you get comfortable with a belief that you’ll figure it out?

04/04/2023

I care deeply about people being exquisitely kind to themselves in the moments when their life is hard.

It’s during the tough stuff that we need to double down on compassion and grace….for ourselves.
❤️🙏

04/03/2023

I know how hard it is to navigate your life with an aging parent.
No matter what’s happening with your elderly parent(s), I know how you can make it better ….for YOU!

📸 photo of me with my sister, Teresa Fertig, and our mom…on one of the days we talked to her about moving to assisted living. Despite the smiles in this pic, the conversation didn’t go well 🙃

01/04/2023

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Art Wood & Ryan Carroll of https://www.homehandled.com/
They offer a fantastic maintenance service to seniors living in their own homes, that allows seniors and their adult children, peace of mind knowing that the home is maintained.
Given the freezing temps we had in Atlanta last week, a home maintenance plan and service is vital to the safety and well-being of seniors living alone!

HomeHandled will be sponsoring our March 8, 2023 ACAP Atlanta program. Be sure to attend our program on "Services in your own backyard" and meet Art & Ryan!

We had a wonderful meeting today with Mary Remmes of ACAP Atlanta today. If you aren't aware...ACAP is a non-profit that provides resources for adult children of aging parents. They formed the chapter this year and will be rolling out all kind of wonderful events beginning in Feb 2023. HomeHandled has agreed to be the sponsor of the March meeting about exploring services for our aging parents.

05/20/2022

This beautiful human is 25 today - Happy, Happy Birthday Rachel Remmes! You rounded out our trio of girls a quarter century ago - what a huge blessing you are!

05/18/2022

This was a great conversation! Jen & Elena are great hosts who understand the challenges of life with aging parents.
Their podcast focuses on people parenting kids and caring for aging loved ones.

In case you missed it...
Special guest and Certified Life Coach, Mary Remmes, joins co-hosts Jen and Elena as an aging parent guide and relationship expert. Mary’s professional and personal experiences are incredibly valuable to our Parenting Up|Parenting Down family. Listeners will walk away understanding that you have more control than you realize over how you experience the caregiving season of life. Mary shares tips and tactics on how to respond instead of react, managing your mind, and how to serve your aging parents.

Listen now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/today-is-going-to-be-the-good-old-days-tomorrow/id1553490430?i=1000541937351

Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OYHjcTcXNc3oDt8t8M3vi

Hosted by Jen Olin Lafontaine Elena Arecco Bridgmon and Sheila Storrer Mercer

With Special Guest Mary Remmes Life Coach

04/29/2022

My dad’s 93rd birthday was yesterday
He died the week of spring break, my senior year of college in 1986.
He was a month short of 57 years when he died

I didn’t have a close relationship with him and as a young, self-centered adult, I didn’t try understand him.

Life was hard for him; he battled alcoholism his entire adult life.

What I’ve come to realize as an adult is that we’re all doing the best that we can.
Some days our best isn’t very good, but it’s our best and that’s what matters.

This is truly the most empowering thought I use on a daily basis - - we are all doing the best that we can.
It’s a thought that creates acceptance and connection.
Every person needs acceptance and connection.

Like all humans, my dad did the best that he could. His best often looked like a tender heart and helping out the underdog in any given situation.

I have no doubt that he loved me and my 5 siblings. And I believe he’d be very proud of us, in all of our human struggles and triumphs.

Is there anyone in your life that you struggle to understand?
Try on the thought, "they're doing the best that they can" and see if it feels better for you.

04/26/2022

One office Two dog beds

Lottie was so close to making it o to her bed to nap…
While Birdie Mae makes full use of hers 😆

04/12/2022

Afternoon napping 😴
And
Ready to play at a moments notice, always! 🎾

Do you have someone to turn to when you just need to vent about the challenges that come with aging parents? That friend who’s available to talk at a moments notice?
It’s important to find that someone.

Do you have someone who can help you see clearly what’s happening in your life with an aging parent.
A coach who can show you how you’re either helping or hurting your experience?

Also important.

03/14/2022

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π.
Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π.
It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of an employee of the Exploratorium.

I took a virtual class yesterday with The Kitchen Natural & learned a new technique for rolling out pie dough.
The net result was a fun experience for me and two pies in my fridge to celebrate Pi Day.
I’ll be sharing a slice with my friend, Artsie, who’s 90 years old and tells me often of her love of pecan pie.

Do you bake pies? 🥧
Did your mom or your grandma teach you to make pie crust?
That feels like a lesson-from-grandma thing to me 👵🏻