Support for the Caregiver Who Has Been Carrying This Alone
The Caregiver Compass is private one-to-one coaching for Parkinson’s caregivers who need more than information — they need someone beside them who truly understands this life.
Support From Someone Who Has Lived This
Parkinson’s caregiving changes far more than schedules and routines.
It changes relationships.
It changes identity.
And many caregivers quietly carry emotional weight no one else fully sees.
Most caregivers already know how to manage medications, appointments, and responsibilities.
What they often do not have is:
It changes relationships.
It changes identity.
And many caregivers quietly carry emotional weight no one else fully sees.
Most caregivers already know how to manage medications, appointments, and responsibilities.
What they often do not have is:
- support for the exhaustion,
- space for the grief,
- or someone who truly understands how invisible caregiving can become.
Terri Understands Because She Lived It
For nearly ten years, Terri cared for her husband through Parkinson’s disease while carrying the emotional weight so many caregivers quietly live with every day.
What began as caregiving became a deeper understanding of the exhaustion, grief, isolation, and invisible emotional weight so many families experience.
Today, Terri combines lived experience with decades of work in human development, trauma, counseling, and caregiver education.
By doing so, she helps Parkinson’s caregivers feel calmer, steadier, and less alone.
This is not scripted coaching.
It is compassionate support for real life.
- Ph.D. in Human Development — Cornell University
- Trauma specialist and caregiver educator
- Author of Love, Dignity and Parkinson’s
What Begins to Change
Guilt Softens
You stop treating every difficult moment as proof that you’re failing the person you love.
Perspective Changes
You begin to understand what Parkinson’s is truly affecting — and stop blaming yourself for things neither of you caused.
You Feel Calmer
Not because caregiving suddenly becomes easy, but because you finally have support, perspective, and a steadier place to stand.
You Reappear
Little by little, you reconnect with the parts of yourself that caregiving slowly pushed aside.
What the Caregiver Compass Includes
INCLUDED ITEMS
• Six private Zoom sessions with Terri• Personalized support shaped around your caregiving reality
• Compassionate conversation without judgment or pressure
• Flexible scheduling over six months
• Guidance grounded in both lived experience and professional insight
This is not scripted coaching.
It is calm, steady support for real life.
A Gentle Three-Step Path Forward
Here is Where to Start
1. Free Weekly Support
Joining my email list gives you access to weekly Q&A emails about Parkinson's questions - the real questions that caregivers ask.
2. Find Your Own Center
Sign up for 21RR to really set yourself in a different place. And have the grounding that you need to feel more capable and more successful as a Parkinson's caregiver.
3. Get Personal Support
Work directly with Terri. Find answers for your specific questions and develop real strategies and plans for the long run.
Investment
The Caregiver Compass is a six-session private coaching program designed specifically for Parkinson’s caregivers.
Investment: $1,497
Flexible scheduling included.
No penalty for rescheduling.
Valid for six months.
Because caregiving doesn’t follow a perfect calendar.
Investment: $1,497
Flexible scheduling included.
No penalty for rescheduling.
Valid for six months.
Because caregiving doesn’t follow a perfect calendar.
More Ways to Find Support
CLICK EACH LINK for further information.
First Steps After Diagnosis
A gentle place to begin. Followed by emotionally and practically after diagnosis. Plus, you will be enrolled in Terri's Weekly Caregiver Newsletter.21 Days to Renewal & Resilience
Daily reflections and support for exhausted caregivers.A 101 course, focusing on the PD caregiver's experience.
Compassion Coaching
Private support for caregivers needing steadier emotional footing.Invite Terri To Speak
From Zoom calls to your local support group to audiences of 100's. Terri loves to advocate for Parkinson's Caregivers' well-being.
You do not have to decide everything today.
Start with a free Breathe and Balance conversation.
We’ll simply talk through where you are, what feels hardest, and what kind of support feels right for you.