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A Mile at a Time: It's All Good Training with Travis and Mark Macy

Life on Repeat: A Dementia Caregiver Podcast

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Episode  ·  1 Play  ·  50:26  ·  Aug 22, 2022

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This is a special episode with two participants, father and son, of the Amazon Original World's Toughest Race: Eco Challenge Fiji. Mark and Travis Macy have life-long experience training and participating in Eco-Challenges all over the world and are intimately familiar with uncertainty and resiliency. You will appreciate hearing their perspective on Mark's Alzheimer's diagnosis and how their family is moving through this together. Mark talks openly about the importance of not hiding his diagnosis and the value in talking and sharing about it. The cross-over of skills needed to master surviving challenging environments while pushing ones body/mind/spirit to its limits and navigating life with Alzheimer's are not to be lost on their journey. Some advice:Make it a team thingStay engagedGo as fast as we can and as slow as we mustTravis and Mark are co-authors of the upcoming book: A Mile at a Time, which is about the experience of the Eco-Challenge race and of the bond Mark and Travis share. The book releases on March 14, 2023 and is available for pre-order now wherever books are sold:IndieboundAmazonB&N.com You can learn more and follow Travis here:Facebook: @travis.macy.7Twitter: @TravisMacyInsta: @travismacywww.travismacy.comwww.amileatatimebook.comwww.thetravismacyshow.com Follow Mark here:Instagram:  @mmacy146Facebook: @mark.macy.5283And check out Imagine Publishing:Twitter: @Imagine_CBInsta: @Imagine_cbFacebook: @ImaginePublishing FOLLOW LIFE ON REPEAT PODCAST ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: @lifeonrepeat.podcastFacebook: facebook.com/LifeonrepeatpodcastPodcast Website: lifeonrepeatpodcast.comPodcast Email: hello@lifeonrepeatpodcast.comProfessional Service Website: eldercarecounselor.comSUBSCRIBE TO THE LIFE ON REPEAT PODCAST:I host a weekly podcast where I interview dementia specialists and other professionals to help caregivers feel educated, supported, and empowered.We talk about a variety of topics including how to live your best life as a caregiver, how to work with challenges that may

50m 26s  ·  Aug 22, 2022

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