Join us for a two-part series on aging in the new millennium. We will explore the tough topic of how to start the conversation on aging with your parents as well as with your children and then the follow-up question of how to support each other through the process. Whether you are a child, parent, or both, don’t miss this compelling conversation on coping with the next stage of life.
On July 7th, Karen Calcagno presents How to Start the Hard Conversations about Elder Transitions. Karen will discuss how to address concerns about talking to loved ones about aging. She will also address how to discuss common issues that families with aging parents face.
Founder of Advantage Family Business Center and CEO of Raintree Enterprises, Inc, Karen was originally a teacher, then a business owner, now a coach. Karen is a Family Business Coach with more than 15 years’ experience helping families grow stronger through elder care management, and the estate administration and distribution process. She has personally been through the process five times with branches of her own blended family.
She has broad experience in Relationship Coaching with families. She helps them build teams and successfully navigate their way through land mines of old sibling behavior, to create a new way to be together.
Karen's caring, confidential, to-the-point coaching, consulting, facilitation and mediation helps group and individual clients find vision, clarity, healing and constructive action while working through care for elderly parents and peaceful estate resolution.
She is working on a book about Practical Peacemaking with family members and other folks.
Karen is credentialed with the International Coach Federation, is certified as an Organization and Relationship Systems Coach, and as a Professional Co-Active Coach, and graduated from the year-long intensive Co-Active Leadership program.
She lives in Soquel, CA with her husband of 45 years. She enjoys time spent with their grown children and grandchildren.
Santa Cruz Women in Business hosts the Caffeineighted small-meeting networking series the first Thursday of each month. Caffeineighted is designed to create a more intimate atmosphere and an opportunity for teaching and learning.
Limited to 40 participants, the session also includes introductions and conversation. A light breakfast is served. The cost is $15 for SC Chamber members and $25 for non-members. Caffeineighted is organized by the Santa Cruz Chamber Women in Business committee but everyone is welcome, men included.