by Hélène Stelian | Jul 23, 2019 | Expert Interviews
You are a psychiatrist and professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine with a research focus on dementia, public health policy, end of life care, and bioethics education. What led you to write your new book, Dementia Reimagined? My mother and grandmother both had...
by Hélène Stelian | Jul 16, 2019 | Expert Interviews
You have recently published Target Funding: A Proven System to Get the Money and Resources You Need to Start or Grow Your Business. What need were you seeing in the marketplace that prompted you to write this book? There were three needs I was seeing that prompted the...
by Hélène Stelian | Jul 9, 2019 | Expert Interviews
You have spent over a decade supporting caregivers and elders through your writing. How did you come to find this purpose? I spent nearly twenty years caring for a total of seven elders. This was during a time when family caregivers were hardly acknowledged at all and...
by Hélène Stelian | Jun 26, 2019 | Expert Interviews
You are a Dietitian and Diabetes Educator with a focus on Mindful Eating. What drew you to the intersection of mindfulness and diabetes? Prior to meditating on a consistent basis, I worked as a diabetes educator. I think most people imagine having diabetes means that...
by Hélène Stelian | Jun 19, 2019 | Expert Interviews
You teach at Boston College School of Social Work and do research with the Center on Aging & Work. What fueled your passion for engagement as we age? There was a confluence of experiences that led to my interest in engagement in later life, but my personal...
by Hélène Stelian | Jun 3, 2019 | Expert Interviews
After 25 years as a psychotherapist, you recently founded the nonprofit Before I Go Solutions. What prompted this decision? After my husband died of cancer in 2011, and everything changed, I always knew I would write about what had been the most devastating experience...