Robin A. Edgar

Nationally known journalist, author, and workshop facilitator Robin A. Edgar offers reminiscence workshops for eldercare facilities and organizations such as Hospice Parkinson’s Association. Based on the sense memory techniques in her book, In My Mother's Kitchen: An Introduction to the Healing Power of Reminiscence, she demonstrates how to use reminiscence as an effective tool for long term care planning as well as to cope with loss or change due to illness such as Alzheimer’s or the death of a loved one. In addition to her workshops for professional, volunteer, and family caregivers, she facilitates love and forgiveness sessions as a former Love & Forgiveness Campaign facilitator with the Fetzer Institute and teaches life writing at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. Ms. Edgar’s other books include: Personal Legacies: Surviving the Great Depression, Fantastic Recycled Plastic, and The Day Morris Quit.