Jan Kreidman: Taking Risks, Her Love Story, Her Husband’s Dementia Diagnosis, and Her Drive to Thrive

Hello and welcome back to Loving Later Life! Everyone listening today is in for a very special treat and her name is Jan Kreidman. 

For those who have been listening to Loving Later Life you know that the episodes will be a combination of my thoughts/stories and experiences, talking with experts, and also brave women telling their compelling stories.

Well today, I am talking with one courageous woman. I knew that her story would be an important one to share with all of you. I also knew that Jan met her husband in later life and not long after he was diagnosed with early dementia.

What I didn’t know is about her incredible journey prior to meeting her beloved Steve. I didn’t know about her contagious outlook on life. Her courageous choices that went against the societal grain, her love for taking risks, for embracing the unknown and ability to embrace the valleys. Her skill in listening to what is right for her even when it meant zigging when she was expected to zag, and how she lives her life with a drive to thrive, feeling all the feelings and not letting anything steal her spirit.

And then there is her love story. Jan didn’t meet Steve until she was 66. And you’ll just have to listen to know how long she had been single prior to that. You’ll also hear about their unique story of how their relationship escalated, and what has happened since they’ve been married. This is not a story that will make you sad. If anything, you just might have a more positive outlook about life’s possibilities.

Please join us. I promise you will be glad you did!!

Not be missed take-ways:

1. All experiences, if you follow them, are the breadcrumbs on the trail that will lead you to the answers of where you are to go.

2. With all your different experiences, you learn that you can make the right decisions. That you can trust yourself. That you can find your way. That you can overcome and handle things, and figure things out.

3. Putting yourself in a situation where you don’t know what you’re going to do can be thrilling.

4. There will be times you don’t feel like taking chances. You need to do that too. Acknowledge it and embrace it.

5. We need to take time and space for ourselves in order to be there for ourselves and for those who need us.

6. Many women think that their time is done, or that they don’t have another chance with love or what they want to do in life. It’s never too late.

And your mission, that I hope you’ll choose to accept…

Take out a piece of paper if you don’t have a journal and write down this question:

What is something (not dangerous) that you could commit to doing that may feel like it’s taking a chance? And if you feel like it, let me know if you need an accountability partner!

 

Thank you so much for listening! And until the next time, live passionately, vulnerably, and keep loving later life!

 

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