Wellness Wave Radio LLC with Phil George: Right-Sized Living

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2:00Always seek the guidance of your medical professional. So Russ, it's not going to surprise you. We're going to mix things up again today, again. What a surprise. Yes. So we have a great guest on the show today and this is something new and I'd like to, you know, keep my ear to the ground and see what's going on, but this is something I haven't heard of and I think the audience will be very interested in. So we're going to limit the calls, Russ, so you're going to screen the calls, anything to do with people in dementia, Alzheimer's or people transitioning, you know, from maybe you live in a, you know, they say the big thing now, all the boomers, people like me, you know, we live in these houses and the house is too big and we, you know, we either move to a smaller place. But I don't know about you, Russ. I have a lot of stuff on my house, you know, and the house is really big. How do I downsize and go to different places? And this can be confusing for people, especially, you know, if you've got a little bit of dementia or something like that because, you know, you like things to be the same, right? You like sameness. You don't, you know, what happened, Russ?

3:00If you woke up one morning, went downstairs like you did this morning early in the morning and your wife redid everything in the house, I wouldn't know what to think. I'd probably be questioning her and I guess the main question would be why. Yeah. So you can imagine and Russ, as far as I know, you still have all your senses, right? You still work, your brain still works. I'm here, aren't I? Then again, if I wasn't here, how would you get on the air? Figure out the answer to that one, Phil. Okay. Enough of this nonsense, Russ. I want, we have, we have, we have Jennifer Baker on the line. So Jennifer, are you there? I'm here. Good morning. Good morning to you. So I guess the first thing is, Jennifer, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself and exactly what you do. Okay. Well, we are called Right Size Living and I'm the owner and founder of this company. We are dedicated really to helping older adults with that downsizing process.

4:01I started in this business about 13 years ago and I basically fell in love. It is a wonderful industry to be in on helping our seniors really with that stressful transition. And when we look around in today's time, our population is shifting, so this kind of industry started back in the 90s, really, when people were looking and living longer and having wonderful communities now building up all around us to help our seniors live longer, better, healthier lives. There's a need for transitioning out of their homes to living in these smaller spaces. So that's kind of where we come in to help them really, you know, create that plan and overcome that stress. I mean, it's moving is the third most stressful thing you can do in your life. So we are able to help them really with the entire process. Right. I think you're right.

5:02Yeah, I think remember correctly. Correct me if I'm wrong. This stress is number one is a death to a loved one and number two, I think it's the voice. Correct. Yeah. You are right. Absolutely. I know in that order. Death to worse in moving. So it's kind of, you know, it's a little bit scary. There are a lot of moving parts, if you will, to a move to transition. And it's scary. So these people are clients have lived in their homes 40, 50, 60 years and they've accumulated a lifetime of memories. And so they're looking around thinking, oh my gosh, how am I going to move all of these things? How am I going to choose? How am I going to select and, you know, what will fit? What do I need? And so then where are the professionals that we come in and we really sit down with them and create a plan and say, okay, so have you decided where you're moving to? You know, 90% of them have and nine, you know, the other 10% are saying I need to move somewhere. That's, you know, accommodating me, my lifestyle, my health.

6:02And so we know that it's a smaller place, so we, you know, take a tour of their home. Most average homes have about 350 to 400,000 items that are in their home. And you know, that's a lot of items to touch and a lot of items to decide on. And so we really make that process easier. We take them through and create a plan and we start with basically the items that give them joy and that are functional. So those are really the most important parts of a item selection as, you know, really, I mean, when you look around, what's functional and what gives you joy? We have a lot of duplicates at our home. We have a lot of things, you know, gifts that are on use, items that we haven't seen in 20 to 30 years. We have items that are used by their children that have never been picked up in 30 years since they graduated college. They have larger homes that, you know, when you look around, a lot of the rooms are unused.

7:03And we are kind of creatures that have it. If you were to go in your house and you say, where do you spend 80% of your time, think about that. One room, right? Probably a TV room, a reading room, a relaxing room. You know, and the other part of, obviously, is the bedroom, but where do you spend most of your time? And then you kind of go through that and you look at some of these rooms that are unused that are being kind of clutter catchers, you know, maybe their places where we put presents or gifts or things that we just kind of a catch all room, but we don't use those items. And some of those rooms are maybe items from our children that, again, are not being used in our kind of, I say, living rent-free. And there's not a purpose for those items. So it's easier kind of to tackle those items first. And honestly, I'm going to tell you, Phil, and in rest, once you get going on this, it's like contagious. It starts, you know, kind of a wildfire and they start getting excited going, you know,

8:08I can do this. They're a closet or a bedroom or a particular area of the home and they start really enjoying it and going, you know, we can do this and it's believable and it's achievable. And so that's the beauty of, you know, really kind of keeping them in the decision-making because at the end of the day, they have the decision. They should be making the decision. No one else should be telling them what to choose or what to bring, what to, you know, what to bring to the new homes, we want them to have that autonomy and give them their dignity and doing so. That's critical. And what I say, because I do talk to a lot of senior centers and we give a lot of presentations, and I say to these future clients, think about this for a second, if you know you're going to move, whether it's three weeks, three months, three years, start planning, you are not going to go home today and clear up the basement. This is not going to happen.

9:09You're not going to clean that entire basement, but start small. Start with small manageable bites because it's very overwhelming, very overwhelming to look at your home and say, I've got to get this out in three weeks. It's just impossible to even get your, you know, arms around that. And so that's where, like I said, we come in and we start very small and really working with them to achieve success. And it's a great process. We have wonderful trained people that have been doing this for quite a while. We love, love, love our clients. And it's a process and a system we've created and it works. 100% of our clients ask in the move, say, this is the best thing we've ever done. And they live, you know, they start this new chapter and they're very happy because there are no longer living for their stuff, for their home maintenance, possibly that they don't want to do anymore such as mowing the grass, shoveling, maintaining the home, you know,

10:14the upkeep. It's a lot of work. And so this new chapter is really enlightening and it's a great piece of mind and you can see that change just in the way they look and they carry themselves and it's just an awesome thing. Right. It's funny because I'm a pack rat. So I'm probably going to your potential clients. And it's funny because my poor wife, she puts up with me, but, you know, I get stuff all over the place and my poor wife, she's asked me, can you please clean this up? So I said to her, I actually did it this time. So we have a big dining room cable that we never use and I just, it's a, it just collects junk. Everything's on it. It's all over the place. So I decided, I made a New Year's resolution in advance, Jennifer. So I says, I'm going to pick, either 15 minutes, I'm going to pick 15 minutes and I'm going to just clean up one thing at a time. I keep walking by at Jennifer and say, I should clean this up.

11:15I should clean it. It's just junk. It's stupid stuff. I'm never going to use. So I surprise my wife and I went over there and I cleaned off the dining room table. I put everything in there, put it away. And my wife comes downstairs. I didn't tell her. I says, honey, I want you to come and look at this. And I, she looked at the dining room table, Jennifer, she gave me the biggest hug I've ever gotten. Oh wow. Oh my god. And you know, Jennifer, you're right, I felt so damn good. But then that started me, okay, it started me and then she, and then I said, well, you know what, now, you know, I'm going to, she said to me, well, this is other little, little cubby hole here. What? This is a next thing for you. So I said, I'm going to pick 15 minutes a day and I'm going to, and I'm going to clean it up. Fortunately, I don't have dementia. I don't have Alzheimer's, but I could see if I did it, it'd be, it'd be, it'd be absolutely overwhelming for me. But Jennifer, let me ask you this then. I'm assuming that like somebody, you know, again, maybe has a little bit of dementia and the house is a mess.

12:15I'm assuming they could just hire you guys to go in there and like you're saying, doing a little bit at a time, sitting down with the, with the person and saying, okay, what do you want? Uh, that's something else you didn't do. I'm assuming. Right. Absolutely. It's really important to work with our, you know, um, memory, um, clients that have memory issues. It's really, at the end of the day, it's feelings over facts. And so we work with them really throughout the entire process, feelings over facts, and um, a little bit of, uh, touch a little bit of attention. And we slow it down and we work with them, um, and it, it tends to really, it tends to really work. It's, it's overwhelming. So, um, I'd like to, you know, talk about after the, um, the process that we take, I like how you said you did, you clear the dining room table. I do have a question for you, so did you just put it in a box and put it away or did you actually separate and put it, those, re-home those items that were on the dining room table?

13:16What is it? Well, the, the, the, the, what I did actually was this is, um, other thing, other bad habit, I got, I, I shop at whole foods, I have a lot, a lot of these, these big bags and stuff and my, hey, just on my crazy, because I just, I just leave them out there, sometimes so crazy. Tired of rush doctors visits? Are you finding it tough to get a doctor's appointment? And when you finally do, are you in and out before you know it? Did your doctor take the time to ask about your diet or exercise routine? Did they order the right lab tests? And how do you know if these are the labs you need and how to interpret them? Discover the freedom of ordering your own lab tests. Fill George, clinical biochemist and health coach can guide you on which blood tests to order. Customize to your personal health goals. Fill's extensive training ensures that you receive the best advice on interpreting your lab results and understanding their implications. Plus by ordering labs on your own, you'll pay far below insurance prices. Looking for an alternative to conventional medicine? Fill George can help you navigate your health journey with a personalized approach.

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15:22That's spelled and you, not any W. New kitchen with a passion for health meets the art of cuisine, eat clean, drink naked. So Jennifer, I want to answer your question about me being the pack rat that I am. Because you know, I get two radio shows, I get a TV show, I get all this stuff going on. So I have a Tennessee of, I get papers and I, of course, I put them on the dining table. So I get this giant stack of papers. So again, going back a couple days ago. So Jennifer, to answer your question, what I did is I, these big bags I get from Newk, from, from Whole Foods, my wife is throw those standings away. I just, I store them, but Jennifer, I made use of those. So now I put all of the old papers that I'm not going to use anymore from the TV show. And I dump them in there. So actually, I dump them. It's great. But you know, the other thing I wanted to jump, the other thing I found, I moved several times and you're right, moving, I don't know if you guys, well, what's the, what's the home of the three Dacker and unfortunately, I just think go up to the third floor and, you know, at the worst moment, you're trying to get a couch up,

16:25three, three flights of stairs and there's no fun. And you're trying to get your, Jennifer, you're trying to get your friends to help you, right? Can you help me move this up, three flights of stairs, but not good. But anyway, so it's really, really stressful, but it's 10 times, you know, I was in college then or in high school and stuff and that was like, you know, but now if you're elderly and moving, it's a whole different thing. But one of the things I did when I moved from one house is, and I'm guessing you do this, you must be able to get good size boxes and stuff that maybe have a cover on them and stuff and you can store things in them. Is that what you do? So what we do is we're not movers. We are move managers and that's really important to distinguish. I heard you talking about, you know, the couch going up those days or I'm gone and over. We've got really great professional moving companies, partners that we work with daily who love to work with senior move managers because we make them move very easily. So absolutely, we provide all of our clients with boxes, packing paper, all of that.

17:30We, you know, have it brought to the home. They don't have to pick anything up and we pack in those boxes and we, you know, know exactly what particular items go and what box. So all of their, you know, items arrived safe at their new location and everything is packed properly. And, you know, to go back to the movers, just real quick, the touch upon that is, you know, there is a cost in moving and so everything is, you know, cost, you know, as a cost. So with movers, we are able to kind of speed up the process if you will. Most movers charge on time if you're moving in state. If you're moving out of state, it's based on weight, but any state is time. So we try to speed up that process so our clients are paying for that extra time. We already have had a plan. Okay, we've already developed, we know exactly what goes where we have a floor plan. And on move day, we meet the movers and we basically kind of point and shoot. This goes, this goes, this goes, this goes.

18:30Our team is waiting at the new place in the location. The movers come in. It's a no-brainer for them because they just listen to us and we say, place the piano here. Believe it or not, people still move the pianos. Place the tape, the bed here, the table here, the couch goes here. There's no second guessing. There's no, oh, you know what? Let's move that around. You know what? Let's move that over here. It doesn't work. We've already planned for it. We've already measured. We know exactly where everything goes. So nothing has moved twice, which saves on time. And everything is labeled so all the boxes go in the appropriate rooms. And it goes very quickly. And so movers love that because they don't have to move things twice. We know where things go. They can get in and out and go to their second job. So that's another, you know, I guess perk to using us because the moving costs also goes down. So I just wanted to kind of touch upon that with supplies, movers. We have the resources, you know, you ask about boxes. I want to, you know, kind of impress upon our listeners here. That moving has many parts.

19:33So those many parts are, you know, what do I bring? We have the packers. How do I move? We are unpackers that set up the home completely. We meet the movies on Move Day, like I said. We are crew is there. We set up your home completely before the dinner bell. So that means your bed is made. Your kitchen is put away. All the items that you love, that you want, that you need. I'll put away. Your closet, you're closing your closet or hung. Perfectly. Linen's their away. Lights are on. Pictures and artwork is hung. TVs are mounted if you want them. So even the smallest of details, the slippers are under the bed. Every single thing that our clients have had or wanted or desired or needed. And maybe not paid attention to because again, we're about the detail. And when they come into their home, there are tears because we've remembered certain things. I mean, you've got to remember, this is a very high touch personal industry.

20:33So we are with them through, you know, a good amount of time and we get to tell our clients. We get to know what they love, what works for them, what they don't like. And so we're able to kind of recreate that space based on what we experience with them, what we see with them, what our families tell us as well. And when they walk in, they're amazed that there's not a box, the paper, there's nothing to one fact. Everything is done. Some of them have things in storage and we put things in storage for them. And so they are really amazed that this can be done in a day and unpacked and their homes are all set up. So it's a beautiful thing. It's very, you know, stress-free. It's seamless, completely seamless as we work with other vendors too to make this happen. And, you know, that's a great thing. And, you know, people don't understand there's cable to set up. Or, you know, there are utilities.

21:33They want the same landline or how do they go about doing that. They had it moved in 40, 50 years. So we kind of give them a little, you know, a teaching. We work with them on transferring those things. And those things can be intimidating. We work with you, give them a list of what they have to do when they move. There are things that sometimes when we're overwhelmed, we forget. There is a real condition called relocation syndrome. And it affects our clients because they're so stressed that they affect their health. It affects their memory even more than maybe it is affected now. And so they forget things. They forget their medication. And so it's so overwhelming that, you know, I like to say we take that feeling of overwhelmed to overjoyed. And essentially that's what we do. Well, I get to tell you, I'm impressed Jennifer, that's brilliant. How did you ever come up with this idea? Well, I did not. I was not the creator of this idea.

22:33I think I said this kind of happened in the 90s when seniors, the population was growing. As we know, population shifting, adults are living older, adults are living longer. And we're kind of really not having as many children. So population shifting and we are trying to find needs to house these seniors, which is another subject for another day on senior housing. But find places for them to live a quality life. And this, you know, whole industry started. And then there was an organization called NASA. That's N-A-S-M-M. And that's National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers, which we are members of. And this organization kind of sets standards in procedures. And they have trainings. And in fact, I'm going to a conference in a few weeks in Dallas to, I'm bringing members of my team to learn and grow and meet other move managers. And really understand a little bit more of the industry,

23:34the shift, the changes, what we need to have to give us the information to really make us successful. And so this industry started creating move managers. So we are about a thousand strong across the United States. And I have met some of the most wonderful, wonderful move managers in the United States. In fact, because we do this obviously every day, we refer other families to move managers. We've moved a lot of people out of state. So we pack them and then we coordinate the unpack with other move managers and we give them all the information they need, all the details, all the pictures. And so they are doing what we do, but on the other end. And vice versa, move managers that I've met at the conference. Hey, Jennifer, we know you're in this area. We've got this couple. They're relocating to with your Massachusetts, or she's being Massachusetts, as for wherever our area. And they need the on-hats. They need the help for the on-back. And we get it done. And it's really seamless.

24:35We work together beautifully, harmoniously. And it's awesome. I mean, it's just a great connection, great energy we share. And it's great for our clients, because we're able to refer a good, solid, reputable resources. And that is the most important thing. We are our clients' advocate and trust. And, you know, reliability is super critical, especially to our seniors. We want to make sure we're giving them good information. Right, and the good news is this show is syndicated, actually nationwide. So, you know, after this goes on, it'll really pretty much go all over. So, in other words, anybody's hearing this from New Mexico or something like that, they're moving to Massachusetts or vice versa. They'd be able to, you know, contact you, and then you'd be able to be able to hook them up with the correct going back and forth. But the other thing I'd like to say, you know, you're too much valuable assets is your time and your health.

25:37And actually, in my opinion, any way, your health is actually the most important, because if you have a, if your health is bad, you probably wish you didn't have as much time, you know what I mean? So, but it's really after that we come back from the break. I actually, my in-laws moved from Florida because they were, you know, basically weren't able to really function their own cell. Supplements are a tricky business. Some are made in China and other countries with poor quality control. Many supplements contain fillers and dyes that may actually harm you. Many ingredients are not bioavailable and can't be used efficiently by your body. Let Phil George, the biochemist from Wellness Wave Radio, help you navigate these minefields. Just contact Phil at PhilGeorge at charter.net for a free consult. Did you know your business loses $1,685 per employee each year? Poor health doesn't just mean sick days.

26:37It drains energy, lowers productivity, and impacts your bottom line. I'm Kelly Hamilton, certified holistic nutritionist, ICU nurse, and owner of a better path to wellness. I help businesses create healthier workplaces, so employees thrive and companies save money. Let's optimize the wellness and productivity of your team. Call 7-7-4-253-4934 today. I just wanted to piggyback onto what Jennifer had just said. Actually, I have a friend at the gym, and I feel sorry for the sky. He lives in Worcester and his parents got dementia now, and they're up in New Hampshire, and he's running back and forth from Worcester, New Hampshire, and eventually he is going to have to move them somewhere. So when I see him, I'm obviously going to mention you, Jennifer, because I think this would be great. But the other thing you had mentioned, which I hadn't thought about too, and most people, as they get older, they're not that great with technology. So what you're saying, if they have the chart

27:38or something like that for their internet, or they have a spectrum for their media, they probably would have a hard time knowing how to get that set up. And if you have their children and stuff, they can have to spend a lot of time going in there and sending it up. So the time involved in this is just, at the time you're saving them, it's just astronomical. Right, that's great point. Time is so important. And today we live such busy lives. Even if the children are local, they're all busy. They're working to have their own lives. They have their own families. And honestly, it's a lot for them to work with their parents. I consider ourselves kind of like the neutral go-between our clients and their children. It's very stressful for both parties. And we've had a lot of, you know, situations where we kind of step in, which we kind of smooth things out, but beforehand, high tension. And, you know, the children don't have that sometimes the patient's to deal with mom and dad.

28:39And we kind of step in and they say, how did you get my mother to not take that? You know, they call me up and they say, you know, my mom and I get, my mom wants this piece and I know it's not going to fit. And she's very particular and, you know, I call up and I don't even get that, you know, from the clients and I say, gee, that's not what they said to me. And we kind of work with them on the, you know, the plan and they come up with it perfectly and the children are going, exasperated, I can't believe how you did this. And it's just because, you know, I think we're not as close, where, you know, there's no emotions involved here. And we're able to kind of get the job done, where the professionals, they trust us. And at the end of the day, so, and Russ, we are their advocate. So, as much as the children can press upon, you know, they want, they want, they want. We have to go with what our client says, make sure that it's safe, because we're not going to move them, you know, if it's an unsafe place, or if there's unsafe items, or, you know, they're homes are too cluttered, or, you know, we have to make sure

29:42that they are moving into a safe place. But we really respect their wishes. And like I say, you know, I think I said at the very beginning, if you're planning three months, three weeks, three years, start planning now, because if listeners out there, if you wait until the very last minute, those decisions are not yours. They might be your children. They might be ours. They might be up communities. They might be other people's, you know, decisions. You start now working, you know, with a move manager, then making those good content decisions, thoughtful decisions, you are able to choose and select the items that you want to bring to your home. Instead of doing it last minute and being overwhelmed, and, you know, you don't want to second-guess yourself after you move and say, I wish I brought this, I wish I didn't get rid of this. You know, that was a family heirloom. It would have looked great in that corner. Really start just making the decisions now. And start small, like you did fill with your dining table.

30:42Maybe we start and our utility drawer where we have, you know, 100 statulas. And we want to kind of, we have a use for each one. But, you know, we only need two or three, you know, one for the eggs, one for the pancake, one for the brownies. You info, something like that. We don't need 100 of them. Go to your mugs. This is the really, you know, kind of a fun category catch-all where we all have mugs, whether we're coffee or tea drinkers. And we all have about 75 of them. So we might have winter, we might have holiday, we might have, you know, best grandma, you know, we might have a company that we worked for, kind of go through them because honestly, we use the same mug every day. You know, we wash it, we put it away, and we put it right there in front. So, you know, normally we'll probably use in the same one or two mugs every day. So kind of rotate, go through them, take it small. And so we're not, you know, wasting time or having, you know, decisions made by other people.

31:45So that's really critical here. How we work with families and how we can help them. A lot of the times, like I said before, in our previous, you know, conversation, were a thousand strong United States. We've dealt with families. We had two daughters that actually both live in Seattle. And we zoomed with them regarding the leftover item. So it's something I want to talk about also is our service not only organizes, declutters, we pack, we resettle our seniors into, you know, new communities. We also support those families with navigating a state dispersal. We call that profitable disposal. And what is profitable disposal? People say, oh my gosh, what is that? Well, sometimes these people have items that are salable in their home. So we're able to kind of navigate through our resources again that are trusted, reliable and short. And if they have a numerous amount,

32:45maybe there is an online auction. I like doing these because they're 100% transparent. What are the items? What do they sell for? Client gets 100% of the money. The buyers, the consigners. We have buyers for every category in your home. Whether it's junk buyers, smarts your buyers, China buyers, collectibles. They come into the home with us present. You get 100% of the money. 100% of the proceeds go to the client. So that's really important to know. Our mission is really being your advocate and getting you moved safely and seamlessly to your new home. So again, many pieces, many moving pieces to the transition. We coordinate that for our clients and we support that 100% of the way. So that estate dispersal is important. We did a Zoom with the daughters and they wanted particular items. Someone wanted a doll from childhood. Someone wanted a very, actually a very famous painting that we toured the home. We were able to pick out these items and then our crew hacked them

33:48and shipped them out to Seattle safely where they arrived. And that was such a relief to the daughters that they didn't have to come back. They didn't have to go through all of the items in the home. And it helped them with closure because kind of at the end of the day we all need a little bit of closure of where we've lived, our childhood home, the memories that are there. You know, the popular phrase of, you know, keeping the memories losing a stuff kind of goes to this as well for our clients. Some of our clients are kind of done. You know, they're saying, you know what we've had this for 50 years in our marriage. And we want to change up our style. And so whoever wants this stuff, have at it. 99% of the time. Sadly, for those listeners out there, the children don't want our stuff. They don't want the parent stuff because they've already moved in their homes. They've resettled somewhere else and they have their own style, their own decorating. And they want what they want.

34:49And so it's kind of a little, you know, sad, maybe a little heartbreaking. But I always say if you can give a little piece of something of, you know, themselves to family, it's great. Another thing is maybe have a pizza party on a Sunday night and bite some of your closest family and friends over, put some things on a table and tell a story and say, hey, you know what? You know this picture? I've had this. I know you probably wonder. Maybe you've heard me tell a story a hundred times. I'm gonna tell it a hundred and one today. This picture was given to us by my great grandfather. And if a picture of him, you know, establishing his business, you know, it's his assigned from his store so many years ago. And I want to give this to someone, you know, and you give it away to a particular person. And you know, that story means more than the item. That's what they're gonna carry down. They don't always necessarily need the item, but that's what's gonna carry them down and make them feel better one more time, one more story.

35:51And that's what we're all about really. I mean, we're all human. So we all connect on that level of love and storytelling. And it's a beautiful, beautiful thing as we see that transpire and unfold as we're working with our clients on the daily. Sometimes our clients don't have people to tell their stories, too. So we are, you know, the recipient. We're the ones at the end that get these beautiful stories that kind of fall in love again with their parents and how they met. I just had a gentleman yesterday I went into his home and I said, these are beautiful. Black and white photos of these of your parents and he said, yes. And I said, oh, they're gorgeous. Pictures of the 40s. And that's my mom, that's my dad, and then he started telling me about his dad. And World War II, and he dropped the bomb. You know, the A-bomb, and I, oh my gosh, I was completely taken with this story. And, you know, he never came back.

36:52He was shot down and he never came back. And he was one years old. And that story, his mother never remarried. And you just kind of, I don't know, I guess you fall in love with the story, the client, and you get to understand who they are, why they are. And it's a beautiful thing. But it's not just about moving boxes. We're moving people's lives. And so we are sensitive to that. We are compassionate. And it really gives us that reward. And our motto really is there is no greater reward than serving others. And we say this day in and day out, everyone, no matter who they are, is our client. And they are maybe frustrated, maybe scared, maybe they don't have good health, maybe they're angry, that they have to move. But we want to break through that and give them a great experience, a great experience, a great blessing so that they can move forward to this next chapter.

37:55And so I really believe in our team, does this day in and day out. And as you see this transform the client that was scared, afraid, angry, into this beautiful, peaceful person, you can really kind of hang your hat up and say, yeah, we've done our job and put our head on the pillow at night and say, this is what we do. We go in and we really change lives. So I'll provide that piece of mind. Right, I'm going to use a very overused phrase, I use it all the time. And I think you'll resonate with this, is if you find something you love to do and find a way of making a living at it, you don't have to have to work another day in your life. And this is what I'm guessing from you. I can tell you love what you do, right? Yup, love what you do, do what you love. And I tell that to everybody, aid people that work for us,

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42:01of what we do on the daily. So please check us out on social media, or on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. We have great Google reviews. Again, that's right-sizedliving.net. I encourage anyone to call, text, check me out. I love to hear questions if you have concerns. You know, we would love to hear from you and see where we can kind of fit into your life and help you even if it's just starting to do a little bit of organizing or a little bit of decluttering in your home. I mean, falls a perfect time right now where we're kind of stepping into the winter zone. And a lot of the seniors just kind of need sometimes one-on-one organizing a room, a closet. Maybe they want to start that decluttering now and they know they're going to move in. We can take one room at a time. We can take an attic. We can take a basement. You know, it would be great. It's just to start small. And that's really important.

43:04The other thing that occurred to me, and I'd like to give feedback on this, the other thing happens a lot of times as people are coming towards the end of their lives. As you mentioned, they've become a little lot of things. And I find, too, unfortunately, after the parents die, a lot of times they don't know maybe one sibling wants this particular thing but the other sibling wants that particular thing. So I'm thinking having an impartial third party like yourself, then the parent can say to you, you know, I want this ring to go to Mary. You know what I mean? And that way they don't have to get involved in the fighting after the person, it's off the plate. You know what I mean? So I imagine that's something that's pretty valuable, too, huh? Right. So a lot of the times when there is things that are designated as family members, obviously we have to go with the legal aspect of it, the guardian, the POA, the proud attorney,

44:04whoever is kind of controlling the estate. And that's what we do is we can go through the estate and disperse according to whatever the wishes of, you know, the deceased have done and work there. A lot of the times, you know, it's funny that you say that I'm thinking about this particular, why that happened to pass, the daughter came in and said, you know, I cannot find this pearl, you know, diamond ring. I cannot find this ring. So on my, I think it's on one of my social medias, I cannot find this ring. I cannot find this ring. And please, you know, help us find it. And so there's abundance of things. We, you know, look through boxes and paper and that sort of thing. And we found the ring. And I will tell you, if it is in the home, we will find it. We go through everything to make sure we don't compromise our client's identity, whether we're selling, donating, trash removal, critical, critical critical that, you know, fraud is still prevalent today.

45:05And unfortunately, our older Delta preyed upon with the new AI fraud. And we are very much their protectors. And we look for all of these things to make sure that they're not taken advantage of. So we do find things in the home. And if it is there, we will find it. That's important, too. What else is important is we didn't touch upon is the other service we offer, not only, you know, decluttering, organizing, packing, unpacking, and, you know, resettling the home. The profitable disposal part of it is important. But the other thing is working with their realtors. A lot of the times realtors come in first before we get in there. And they set a timeline and say, you know, we don't get the funds by the spring market. You know, we're not going to sell the house or whatever, you know, their sales or their expertise. We don't sell homes. That's not our expertise. But we work with the realtors and the clients, obviously, because they're clients, the number one,

46:07on what we can do to stage the home. We're not, you know, stages where we have inventory. But we work with our client's item in staging the home to prepare it for photographs, for selling. And stage homes, you know, definitely known that a stage home sells faster and for higher prices than an on stage home. So we take out the personalization, you know, you know, we take out the Smiths per se of, you know, you don't walk in and see the Smiths in their home. You see them, they see themselves. It's very vanilla, very basic, very minimal. We take out the personal photos, the personal aspects, the artwork, maybe there's some clutter on the kitchen counters, such as whatever toasters, appliances, that sort of thing. And we really clean it up and make it look beautiful. And then we can put it back after pictures. I mean, they're still living there. So we're not going to just, you know, put our clients out in any capacity. And we'll put those things back. Sometimes people say, you know what? I don't want my pictures gone, because I

47:07want to look at those pictures. Maybe they're deceased members. We're looking at them every day into the day, I move. And we go, OK. And we put them back. And, you know, that's important. Again, details, it's always about the details. It's about the sensitivity. It's about the feelings of our clients. And we don't want to put them out for anything. We don't want them camping out. They swoop in their beds the night before the move. If they drink coffee in the morning or have toast, we'll buy galley. They're going to have that in the morning. And then when the movers come, we'll pass that up quickly. We tell our clients, if they can, go out to breakfast. We'll get everything out of the house just due to safety. And we'll give you a call an hour, heads up, and let you know when to come back to your new place. And that's how it works. So we're kind of, you know, offer many, many aspects of the move, what goes into the move. We're able to give them those resources, those trusty resources and vendors to make this happen. We are one point of contact. So they don't have to remember.

48:08Do I need to call the community for the move? Do I need to call the movers? Do I need to call the buyers? Who's going to meet the people on trash day? Who's going to set up my meet the tech when I set up my Wi-Fi and my new location? What if I get furniture delivery? Who's going to put that together? Right-size living. You order some new beds, new furniture. We have a staff, a full staff that can assemble furniture that is delivered. Movers will move the furniture. They'll disassemble it at the new place. They will move it to the new place. And then they will reassemble it. But if you have new items that need reassembling or a new assembly, I should say, we do that. We do that for all our clients. So they don't have to worry. They don't have to take down multiple names, multiple phone numbers, multiple dates on their calendar. We coordinate all of that in our present for them. So they don't have to be. And that's what it's all about. You know, they've worked hard all of their lives. They should really have this service.

49:09This is important. They should be taking care of now. Well, they're probably taking care of many people in their lives. And this is a point in their lives, but they don't have to worry. And we want to provide that service, that excellent service to them so that they can transition seamlessly and safely to their home. Right. It sounds you're pretty much another overused expression. You kind of do everything soup to nuts, pretty much from beginning to end. And the other thing you think about it, you're covering so many bases, which you said about staging for the house. And I know that that's a big thing. And you're going to make sure that the house looks kind of like neutral. And again, there's people you pay to do that. And that's big money. So you guys are kind of, again, you're covering so, you're covering so many different bases. And in other words, and again, you'd have to hire so many different people to do what you do. The other thing I like about it, the other thing I'm thinking about it, if I was in a position of having, of having to take care of, you know,

50:10of taking care of my parents is, first of all, what I would need to do. Well, what kind of move am I going to use? Are they insured? Are they any good? Are they going to break my stuff? You have trusted workers that you use. So I don't have to go through that hassle. I don't have to go through the hassle of calling up charter. I'm going to have to relocate or going from this point to that point of the country. Because if you're all over the country, so you have somebody else that knows exactly what to do. So the, and we talked, I think in the beginning, and I think something we really should emphasize is the stress, you know, and I deal a lot with people, obviously, with the mention, things like that. And one of the things that, as you said in the very beginning, stress is so bad, especially if you're already cognitively impaired, that deal with the stress, it's going to make it that much worse. They also know that stress is going to bring out. We all, we all have basically these viruses inside of us

51:11that live there just waiting for the stress to come in. And then you come down with shingles. So you're saving, you're saving, you're saving their health, not, and you're probably also saving the kids' health too, because I had it, I dealt with this one client. She was in a 30, she came down with shingles, because she was stressed out. So, so people don't realize that you have these viruses inside of you, and then when the stress comes in, and the dementia's going to get worse and everything else. Right, exactly, it does, it does, because it does get worse, and if it's not taken care of, so we really minimize that anxiety and confusion. And sometimes, after they move, they get a little confused, and that's where they, you know, my call us and say, hey, I forgot, where did you put my grandmother's blanket? And, you know, I don't have a chest here anymore, and we tell them exactly where it is. And even though we've told them the day of the movie, and though we've created a plan, and we tell them, because it's an important piece, and it's, you know, a vital item, we point it out, we point it out again, and we are there in those communities day in and day out,

52:12we visit them, we pop in, hey, how's everything going? You know, it's important. They, you know, we have to handle them patience, and we have to give them structure. That's so important, inconsistencies. So, that's where I think we're able to deliver that calm and compassionate service to them. And, you know, at the end of the day, we're providing them a piece of mind. Again, we handle every detail with care. We give our clients and their families the freedom to focus on what matters most, supporting one another, and embracing this next chapter of their lives. And that's critical to what we do. And that's, you know, what move managers are destined to do and we love what we do. So, it's more than just logistics. It's really providing a piece of mind. Right, the other thing is my recommendation to listeners is most people know, you know, when the parents are maybe going downhill

53:13and now it's the time to do it. As Jennifer said, don't wait the last minute. Start, start organizing out. Jennifer, coming up to the end of the show, didn't I tell you this would go by fast? It went in a blink of an eye. It was so fast, it was incredible. One of the most common questions I'm asked as a biochemist and health coach is what are the best supplements to take? Choosing supplements is a tricky business. Many companies have poor quality control and questionable ingredients. In the past, I had to send clients to several different websites. I am now able to offer one-stop shopping for all the quality brands I recommend with no shipping cost and a lower price in most cases. Just email me, Phil George at Charter.net for a free consult. Thank you for joining Wellness Wave Radio LLC with Phil George, clinical biochemist, certified personal trainer and health coach. Listen in next time to learn

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