Blessed in This Mess

Jan 14 2025 39 ep. 17 mins 3
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Welcome to Blessed in this Mess, a podcast designed to bring light to your day, with gentle reminders about self-care, faith formation, and growing a grateful heart, especially when life is messy. Lori Schlosser hosts the podcast once each month, offering encouragement, affirmation and biblical touchpoints for every season. Find Lori on the web at lorischlosser.com, on FB and on IG @lorischlosserspeaks.

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Episode 37 - The Gift of January

Jan 14 2025 8 mins  
It's January, the perfect month to pivot the podcast in a slightly different direction. I'm excited to share this first episode of 2025, when I'm expanding my focus to offer encouragement and support across the board...to family caregivers AND anyone who could use gentle reminders about self-care, faith formation and maintaining a posture of gratitude, especially when life is messy

2025 Trailer

Jan 14 2025 4 mins  
New year, fresh vision, new focus for the Blessed in This Mess podcast, "Encouragement for Every Season." I’d like my digital footprint to reflect the positivity and light I carry with me, on my best days, yes, but especially when life is messy. Can you relate to a messy life? When the check engine light comes on and you smell oil. When an adult child accepts a fabulous new job.

Episode 36 - Lessons from 2023

Dec 28 2023 9 mins  
This is the year in review, with a look at my top three lessons learned as I focused on “strengthening relationships in person” in 2023. It has been a wonderful year, filled with unexpected blessings as I connected with other caregivers and translated my experiences into podcast episodes. Lesson #1: There is no substitute for being fully present with each other, face to face,

Episode 35 - A Thanksgiving Prayer

Nov 21 2023 3 mins  
I'm flipping the script this Thanksgiving week, with this special prayer for family caregivers. Mara Botonis was a caregiver by profession until her work became personal when her grandfather, who had raised her, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Mara penned this prayer, which is really an exercise in unspoken gratitude, in her book, When Caring Takes Courage. I believe the sen

Episode 34 - You Have Permission!

Nov 01 2023 10 mins  
November provides an opportunity for us to pause, share our experiences, and be strengthened in our journeys, as it is BOTH National Family Caregivers Month AND Diabetes Awareness Month. So many of us just do what we do day to day, seldom advocating in a public way, seldom sharing our struggles, sometimes too weary to answer another question or educate even interested family memb

Episode 33 - Your Brain and a Daily Gratitude Practice

Oct 03 2023 8 mins  
Has family caregiving changed you? Your personality? Your outlook? The way you view yourself or others? I recently asked this question to a room full of family caregivers, and the response was overwhelmingly affirmative. Caregiving for someone with a chronic illness, extended sickness, or disability is life-changing, and not necessarily in a good way. I suggest we have a choice a

Episode 32 - The Power of Gratitude

Aug 26 2023 11 mins  
A focus on gratitude has become one of the most powerful tools in my caregiver toolbox. I have found it to be a gamechanger, especially when days are long and exhausting, or one challenging day as a family caregiver runs seamlessly into another. Did you know there is science to a posture of gratitude around changes in body chemistry and neuropathways? Our bodies release chemicals w

Episode 31 - The Gift of Time

Aug 04 2023 9 mins  
Last month I lost a special person whose positive influence on my formative years as a young professional is undeniable. This episode takes me back to the 1980s (VHS movies, big hair and big shoulder pads) for a reflection on the passage of time, often a precarious subject for family caregivers. We may dread the hours we spend caring for someone we know is not going to get better.

Episode 30 - Sleep Talk

Jun 28 2023 15 mins  
Two years ago, I was really struggling with sleep while caregiving for my mom, who was in her final weeks of life after several strokes and years of vascular dementia. Falling asleep was one thing. Waking at 3 a.m. and not being able to fall back to sleep was a whole other issue. The thoughts would swirl and build momentum, as I became more conscious, increasingly fretful, and full

Episode 29 - Chicken Soup for Family Caregivers

May 26 2023 6 mins  
The more I connect with family caregivers, the more I see the real need for frequent reminders about self-care. It's SO EASY to neglect our own wellness when our days and nights are busy with the challenges of caregiving. Today's podcast is a story about chicken soup, but it's also encouragement to approach self-care from a direction advocated by one of my favorite writ