Meet Lorna Scott …
Lorna is the author of the best selling book, Walking the Journey Together … Alone, Finding Peace, Hope, and Joy in the Middle of Sh** which has been sold and making a difference in the lives of people in North America, Europe and Australia. With over 25 years experience helping people through tough times, Lorna now helps family caregivers learn how to cope with day to day and long term responsibilities of caring for a loved one and learn to live with more joy, peace and build loving relationships with themselves, their loved ones and family.
In addition to the wisdom in the book, Lorna draws on her knowledge and skills in personal development and achievement to help family caregivers face their fear of the future,feelings of overwhelm and loneliness, and losing a sense of their own happiness. Lorna uses her personal story and lessons learned to share tips and strategies any family caregiver can use. Lorna is a genuine, empowering and compassionate speaker, coach and trainer/facilitator who has helped hundreds of people cope with unexpected and unwanted life changes, making tough decisions and finding positive solutions.
Lorna is no stranger to stepping up to help out. When the call came, she didn’t hesitate to join other Canadian Red Cross and American Red Cross volunteers in New York City to help with the disaster relief efforts after 9/11 terrorist attacks. She was a valued member of the Canadian Red Cross B.C. Fires disaster relief team assisting families in Barriere, British Columbia.
After Callum was diagnosed with rectal cancer, Lorna said “If I’m going to be part of the world of cancer, I want to be a part of making a positive difference.” She went on to become a local grassroots leader for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, founded the non-profit Saskatoon Supporting LIVESTRONG Cancer Corp., planned The Giant Colon Tour education day, and was selected to take part in the LIVESTRONG Foundation Global Cancer Summit. She is a member of both the Caregiver Coalition of Southeast Alberta and the caregiver advisory committee for the national project, Mobilizing Action, Family Caregiving in Canada.
She is the founder of The Caregiver’s Lighthouse and Accelerated Success Consulting and has worked in in front line work and supervisor/management in counseling, crisis intervention, 9-1-1 emergency dispatch, coaching, education, adult training, and program development.
Lorna has appeared on local and provincial television programs, is host of the weekly Internet radio program A Graceful Journey, was featured in Reader’s Digest (Canada) has published various newspaper articles, and been a contributor to other published caregiver books.
Contact:
Lorna Scott
403-548–8437
Medicine hat Resident and Author, Lorna M. Scott,
Debuts First Book
Walking the Journey Together … Alone,
Finding Peace, Hope and Joy in the Middle of the Sh**
Medicine Hat, Alberta — April 3, 2014 —
On April 5, 2014, Medicine Hat resident, author and caregiver, Lorna M. Scott, will be celebrating the release of her book: Walking the Journey Together … Alone, Finding Peace, Hope and Joy in the Middle of the Sh**.
Through the upfront and honest account of her story, Scott pulls back the curtain on the real, and often invisible, world of being a caregiver. The book is full of the wisdom she gained and shows many ways to be a caregiver who is filled with passion and love. The book is valuable for anyone who is or has been a caregiver and will help:
- Reassess your “to-do” list and create new priorities when you are thrown into the unexpected caregiving role.
- Balance work, family your loved one and keep time for you at the top of the list.
- Discover how to kindle hope, love, and never ending persistence to fight the odds.
Scott is hosting a book release and signing party on:
Saturday, April 5, 2014
4:30 – 6:30 pm (short program at 5:15 p.m.)
Loft 3 Design, 632 – 3rd Street SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta
The Provincial Government and City of Medicine Hat will have in attendance, MLA Drew Barnes (or representative) and Mayor Ted Clugston, who will acknowledge the key role family caregivers play in caring and supporting those with short and long term illness, disease or disability.
About the Book
When Lorna Scott married her high school sweetheart, she believed they would live a life of happily ever after. Go off on a honeymoon, raise a couple of children, buy a house or two, and live into their golden years basking in all the memories they created together.But that dream was cut short when her husband Callum was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the age of forty-four.
In Walking the Journey Together…Alone, Lorna shares the trials and tribulations she experienced as a caregiver––juggling the demands of a terminally ill husband, her children’s needs, and her career responsibilities. Over a period of six years, she learned valuable lessons, particularly those on giving herself a little bit of her own attention and learning to ask for help.
Additionally––and perhaps most importantly–– in the years since Callum’s passing, Lorna shares how became a woman who is comfortable with her living her life as “me” rather than “we.”
About Lorna
Lorna is the founder of Accelerated Success Consulting. She works with those who are ready to transform their lives, have more joy, and live with passion. She is a trainer, self-development coach, author and speaker who has worked with individuals and facilitated groups for over twenty years. Her personal philosophy is to have a positive outlook on life with a focus on solutions, not problems. She firmly believes that with the right information, attitude, focus and a belief in yourself you can achieve your highest goals.