Dancing With Dementia™

Dancing With Dementia™
Podcast Description
Being a Caregiver has its challenges, especially for young Caregivers. I started caring for my mom when I was in my early 30's, when she was diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia. I found it challenging to find support and education geared toward younger Caregivers. Inspired by my own experience and the shared experiences of so many other young Caregivers, this podcast is here to provide tips, tricks, tools, resources, and community for this new generation of Caregivers. Our goal is to support all Caregivers, as we infuse love, light, joy, and levity into the Caregiver Dance!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast addresses key themes surrounding caregiving, burnout, and personal resilience with specific episodes exploring emotional challenges, self-care strategies, and the transformative power of mindset shifts. Topics such as the importance of 'SOULfishness' versus selfishness and reframing caregiving as an opportunity for growth, love, and joy are frequently discussed.

Welcome to Dancing With Dementia™—the go-to podcast for young and atypical caregivers navigating the challenges of caring for a loved one with a chronic illness.
I’m Kama Newbry, a nurse, coach, educator, advocate, and daughter turned caregiver after my mom was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s in my early 30s. Like so many, I struggled to find support tailored to young caregivers—those of us balancing careers, identity, family dynamics, and deep soul shifts… all while caregiving.
This podcast is your compassionate resource for:
- Caregiver wellness tips
- Emotional and energetic tools
- Practical strategies for caregiving of all kinds, including dementia
- Mind-body healing and burnout prevention
- Community connection for young caregivers, AKA, “Caregivers on the Dancefloor of Life™”
Whether your loved one is at home, in assisted living, or in a care facility, this space is for you.
We explore everything from self-care and intuitive caregiving to grief, advocacy, spirituality, energy medicine, and the very real ups and downs of showing up for someone you love.
Our mission? To infuse love, light, levity, and joy into the caregiver journey—while offering grounded support, powerful conversations, and actionable tips, tricks, tools, and resources you can use right away!
Because you’re not just surviving—you’re rising.
Join us on the Caregiver Dancefloor of Life, where together, WE RISE!
Are you feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or completely lost in your caregiving role? This episode is your soulful lifeline.
In Part 2 of our powerful 3-part series, Licensed Professional Counselor, Holistic Life Coach, and Author, Valarie Varan explores caregiver burnout, connection, and how to find your way back to your true self—even in the depths of exhaustion.
We talk about the Dark Night of the Soul, emotional overwhelm, rage, grief, and the subtle but powerful process of connecting with your inner light. If you’renavigating the emotional and spiritual toll of caregiving, this episode will bring you grounding, insight, and practical steps for renewal.
Whether you’re a dementia caregiver or some other caregiver, a young caregiver, a long-distance caregiver—or supporting someone who is a caregiver—this conversation is a beacon of hope, healing, and light.
In this Episode:
- Soul reconnection starts with your body.
- The Dark Night of the Soul is an upgrade, not a breakdown.
- Emotions are temporary storms, not your identity.
- You need more than grit—you need a toolkit and a team.
- Gratitude helps you come home to yourself
- Why disintegration happens even when we love deeply
- Reframing depression, rage, and soul loss in caregiving
- Grounding visualization to reconnect with your highest self
- How nature, gratitude, and energy alignment can restore you
- Valarie’s story of resisting her calling—and what happened next
✨ The Caregivers Rising™ Course is your next step.✨
✨Designed for caregivers who are ready to RISE, whether caring for a parent, partner, or loved one, we blend science-backed tools with soulful practices to help you thrive!✨ ✨Join the our email list at SynergyRising.Life to be notified when the Priority List opens!✨✨
💖Valarie Varan’s work: www.ValarieVaran.com
📘 Grab Valarie’s book: Living in a Quantum Reality
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