Free resources for spouses and partners
Resources for the emotional side of dementia.
These reflections and tools are here to help you make sense of what you’re feeling as your relationship and life change alongside your partner’s dementia.
You don’t need to use everything. Choose what feels relevant today and come back when you need to.
When everything feels like too much
This resource can help when everything feels like too much and you need a simple place to begin.
Big Feelings and What to Do With Them
A simple reflection for noticing what you are feeling, naming it, and getting curious about what may be happening underneath.
Guilt and self-doubt
These resources can help you understand guilt, notice second-guessing, and respond to yourself with less self-blame.
Guilt and Self-Doubt
A reflection resource for looking at how guilt and self-doubt show up, what may be underneath them, and what matters to you in those moments.
The Inner Critic
A reflection for understanding when your critical voice shows up, what it may be reacting to, and how to bring in a steadier voice too.
Grief while your partner is still here
These resources make room for the grief that can begin long before death and show up in ways that are not always easy to recognize.
Grief and Loss
A reflection resource for noticing the grief that may be underneath anger, guilt, frustration, numbness, exhaustion, or other emotions that are hard to make sense of.
Processing After Seeing Your Loved One
A simple check-in for the emotions that can stay with you after a visit, whether something was hard, something felt different, or you are not quite sure why you left feeling heavy.
When the future feels uncertain
These resources can help when your mind keeps moving ahead, the future feels unclear, or you feel pressure to prepare for things you cannot fully prepare for.
When Your Mind Jumps Ahead
A reflection for noticing when your mind moves into the future, where it tends to go, and what happens when those thoughts keep pulling you away from the moment you are in.
Trying to Prepare for What You Can’t Fully Prepare For
A reflection for noticing the fears you keep trying to solve ahead of time and practicing a different way of responding to yourself when there is no clear answer yet.
When you don’t feel like yourself
Explore how your role and sense of yourself may be changing, and what you need now.
Identity Shifts
A reflection for exploring how dementia can change your role, your relationship, your responsibilities, and the way you see yourself.
Small Internal Agreements
A reflection for noticing where you may be pushing past yourself and making smaller agreements that feel realistic enough to actually follow through on.
Paid Resource Library
Looking for more tools?
The Connection Hour Resource Library includes additional worksheets, visuals, and reflection tools organized by month and topic.
One-time purchase: $9.99
View library purchase detailsWant to talk it through with someone?
A worksheet can give you a place to reflect. If you’re looking for regular conversation and guidance, you can learn about Grieving the Diagnosis or send me a question.
These resources provide emotional support and education. They do not replace therapy or medical care.