This Is My Mission Now

I no longer do support groups. I don't do sympathy. I do strategy. Every client I sit with — the exhausted daughter Googling at 2 am, the sandwiched professional trying to manage a career and a crisis, the family fighting over what to do next — I see my own family in them.

And I help them build what we never had: a plan that protects their loved one, their assets, their relationships, and themselves.

I watched families who had done everything "right" — worked hard, saved money, raised good kids — get financially gutted by a system that isn't designed to help them. I saw the guilt and the grief compounded by money stress that didn't have to exist. I saw siblings stop speaking. I saw caregivers lose their careers, their marriages, their health. And I saw that almost all of it was preventable — if someone had helped them build a plan before the crisis hit.

So I got certified. I became a Certified Dementia Practitioner and committed to 40 hours of continuing education every two years to stay current. Not because credentials look good on a wall, but because families deserve someone who understands both the spreadsheet AND the deterioration of the body and brain.

I built The Proactive Caregiver to be the guide I wish those families had. The guide I wish my family had.