Hi, I’m Linda.
Consultant, Speaker & Author
Caregiving is Powerful
Caregiving changes us.
It can stretch us beyond what we thought we were capable of. It can also exhaust us, disorient us, and quietly disconnect us from ourselves.
I know this terrain.
I have spent decades working with the elderly, disabled infants, young children, and their parents in home-based settings. I’ve supported families in crisis, in transition, in grief, and in love.
I’ve sat in living rooms where exhaustion and devotion coexist. I’ve witnessed both deep tenderness and deep overwhelm. Contributing Author to Eldercare 101, I offer a new lens. Caregiving is sacred work, it is also transformational work. And no one should have to do it alone.
My overall mission, whether working with clients privately or speaking from the stage, is to leave you with a deep and steady certainty that wherever and however you begin your journey, it is enough…
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR TO
ELDERCARE 101
IN PRINT
About Me
I have had an incredibly challenging life. It is beautiful now, but it did not begin that way...
At a young age I learned how to be out of my body in order to survive the extreme trauma in my family home. Another way of saying this is that I looked like I was present, but I wasn’t.
My early experiences include complex and layered trauma, abandonment & physical abuse. These chapters shaped me deeply. I’ve survived cancer 3 times and now live a healthy, thriving life with the love of my life by my side. Over time and through multiple obstacles, I made a decision to learn how to transform hardship into growth rather than remain defined by it.
That decision became the foundation of my work.
I believe that even the hardest circumstances contain a possibility. A possibility toward self-trust. Toward freedom. Toward transformation.
Professional Foundation
Over the years, I have supported clients across a wide range of needs, including 14+ years as a private caregiver to the elderly and 21 years working with disabled infants, young children, and their parents in home-based settings.
While I have phased out of private caregiving services, I founded The Caregiver’s Heart LLC to support families and caregivers not only with the practical realities of care, but equally, and often more importantly, with what I call the soft skills.
I have witnessed both effective and ineffective approaches to communication, and I understand how essential it is to open pathways that truly serve the person receiving care while also honoring the inner life of the caregiver. When those pathways open, something shifts. The caregiver becomes more grounded, more resourceful and more attuned. I refer to this as a kind of transformation. And, it’s beautifully unique from one caregiver to the next.
Having experienced this shift myself, I now offer one-to-one mentorship and group sessions for caregivers around the world. Through The Caregiver’s Heart LLC, I am devoted to helping caregivers strengthen both their practical capacity and their inner foundation, so they may provide meaningful care while strengthening the connection to themselves.
Education
I hold a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Oregon and have received formal training in Non Violent Communication (NVC). This work centers shared human needs and reinforces that everyone’s needs matter. Learning to recognize those needs while composing clear, compassionate requests has been foundational to both my self-care and the way I support others.
I also completed 4.5 years of intensive study at The Jaffe Institute of Spiritual and Medical Healing, now known as The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism USHS. Following graduation, I served as an assistant teacher for 1 year.
The curriculum emphasized healing from the level of the heart and soul. The first year focused entirely on healing the healer, with subsequent years deepening that work while developing the capacity to guide others through their own healing process.
Through my personal journey and decades of professional caregiving, I have witnessed again and again that transformation is possible. Challenge is not the end of the story. It can become the doorway to the next evolution of who we are becoming.
