Podcast Overview
<p><b>No GPS on Memory Lane</b> is where caregivers, family members, and accidental crisis managers come to feel seen. Host Valerie Wilde blends storytelling, expert advice, and laugh-or-cry moments from the front lines of dementia and elder care. It’s part support group, part survival guide, and part honest conversation about what it really means to care for someone who's forgetting the way. </p>
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Publishing Since
7/23/2025
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Recent Episodes
January 5, 2026
Episode 9: Lonely on Both Sides
Send a text My mom says she feels lonely — forgotten — locked away from the world. And yet, she chooses not to leave her room. Not for meals. Not for activities. Not even when we offer to go with her. In this episode, I talk about the complicated reality of loving someone who is safe, cared for, and still deeply isolated — and how some patterns of loneliness don’t begin with illness, but quietly precede it. This is a conversation about ambiguous grief, boundaries, and the hard truth tha...
January 5, 2026
Episode 8: When the Caregiver Needs Care
Send a text Sometimes caregiving asks more of us than we realize — until our own bodies tap us on the shoulder and say, “It’s your turn.” After a three-month pause, I’m back to talk about why I had to step away: navigating my own health challenges, learning what it means to stop pouring from an empty cup, and finding my way back without everything being neatly resolved. This episode isn’t about having answers — it’s about giving ourselves permission to rest, reset, and return when we can. If ...
September 24, 2025
Episode 7: Fish, Face, and Other Notes
Send a text Dementia isn’t just grief and red tape. Sometimes, it’s sitcoms, imaginary fish, and your mom asking why her face keeps disappearing. In this episode, I share some of the most memorable, surreal, and unexpectedly tender things my mom has said over the last two years. These quotes—these “notes”—are fragments of her changing reality, but they still carry her voice, her humor, and her heart. From wedding venues that don’t exist, to heartfelt confusion about whether she still has a se...
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<p><b>No GPS on Memory Lane</b> is where caregivers, family members, and accidental crisis managers come to feel seen. Host Valerie Wilde blends storytelling, expert advice, and laugh-or-cry moments from the front lines of dementia and elder care. It’s part support group, part survival guide, and part honest conversation about what it really means to care for someone who's forgetting the way. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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