Facing Dementia: Creating Your Joy Calendar

Facing Dementia – Episode 9 | The Joy Calendar: Living Toward What Matters Most  What if the key to healthy aging isn't simply preventing disease... ...but creating a life filled with purpose, joy, and meaning? In this inspiring episode of Facing Dementia, Michelle Greenwell welcomes back intuitive transformation mentor and award-winning author Laurin Wittig to revisit a simple idea that emerged from their previous conversation—the Joy Calendar. Rather than filling our calendars with obligations and "to-do" lists, what happens when we intentionally schedule the activities that restore us, inspire us, and remind us why life is worth living? Together, Michelle and Laurin explore the powerful shift from living in prevention to living with purpose.. They discuss how fear can quietly give way to trust, how meaningful goals influence our daily choices, and how the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula offers a practical framework for creating resilience through awareness, intention, action, community, and intuition. This conversation reminds us that wellness is more than avoiding illness—it is learning to flourish. In this episode you'll discover: ✨ How the Joy Calendar can transform your daily life ✨ Why meaningful goals change the way we experience the present ✨ Moving from fear and prevention toward purpose and possibility ✨ The Wellness Compass: keeping your eyes on the life you want to create ✨ How BioEnergetic Wellness helps you understand your own stress patterns through awareness and biofeedback ✨ Why learning wellness tools while you are healthy builds lifelong resilience ✨ How small, intentional choices create lasting change Featured Tea Ritual – Fill Yer Boots! Strawberry Matcha with Moringa & Canadian Maple Sugar Affirmation: "The heart of this matcha awakens our inner love and lets the sweetness of compassion flow freely to ourselves and others." Today's tea beautifully reflects the theme of the episode: 🍓 Strawberry – Joy, playfulness, gratitude, and appreciating the sweetness already present in life. 🌿 Moringa – Resilience, nourishment, vitality, and supporting the life you are intentionally creating. 🍁 Canadian Maple Sugar – Patience, compassion, transformation, and the sweetness that comes from growing through life's seasons. 🍵 Matcha – Rich in antioxidants and naturally occurring L-theanine, matcha promotes calm focus, sustained energy, and mindful presence—helping us meet each day with clarity and intention. Together, these ingredients remind us that wellness is cultivated through the choices we make each day. Continue Your Wellness Journey Visit www.greenwellcenter.com ✔ Download your FREE Top 8 Stress Releasers ✔ Sign up for the Greenwell Center Wellness Blog ✔ Explore BioEnergetic Wellness programs, workshops, podcasts, tea rituals, and practical tools that help you build resilience, restore balance, and live with greater purpose. Connect with Dr. Michelle Greenwell 📱 Instagram 📘 Facebook 💼 LinkedIn 🎵 TikTok Follow for weekly inspiration, holistic wellness tips, tea rituals, movement practices, and conversations that empower you to live well. If this episode inspired you: Like this video Leave a comment: What would you place on your Joy Calendar this week? Subscribe to the channel and join us as we continue exploring practical ways to cultivate health, resilience, and flourishing—one meaningful conversation at a time. Remember: Wellness isn't measured by what we avoid. It is measured by how fully we choose to live. #FacingDementia #JoyCalendar #BioEnergeticWellness #HealthyAging #HolisticHealth #StressRelief #TeaRitual #Matcha #Moringa #MindBodySpirit #WellnessJourney #PurposeDrivenLife #Resilience #DrMichelleGreenwell #LaurinWittig Each episode of the Be Well with Dr. Michelle Greenwell podcast includes the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula.  That means that you have the opportunity to have a healing session while you listen based on the way the content is laid out and the activities we participate in.  Before listening you can create a goal or an intention of where you would like to be heading with an activity or in your life, then make your cup of tea, engage in the activities and celebrate at the end.  Are you looking for more resources?  The best way to find all the resources in one location is by visiting https://linktr.ee/greenwellcenter.  Become a regular listener of the podcast and purchase your own tea blends to assist you in transformation while you listen.  Our podcast is designed to bring balance and flow to your day, week, month, and year.  Thanks for sharing us with others who could also benefit.  Please send us your feedback and a review.  Support the show Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health).  Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body.  Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals.  Learn more at www.greenwellcenter.com.  Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists.  Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at www.capebretontea.ca.  Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, Harmony Blends and Coaster, and the focus on high quality organic black, green, herbal, rooibos, and honeybush tea.  Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.