Guest Name, Glenna Hecht on BBS Radio

Glenna Hecht

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What do you do when the person you love is still here—but the way you have always connected no longer works?

In How Old Are You Today? Dementia, A Mother, A Daughter, and The Game That Transformed Their Lives, Glenna Hecht shares the reality of caring for her mother through dementia—and the moment everything changed.

After trying to fix, explain, and correct what was happening, nothing worked. Conversations broke down. Logic created distance. Connection slipped.

Then one question shifted everything:
“How old are you?”

Her mother answered, “Guess.”
And a game began.

What followed wasn’t a cure. It was something more useful: a simple, repeatable way to connect when memory and logic no longer align.

This is not a clinical approach or a caregiving manual. It’s a lived experience that became a practical tool. One that changed their relationship and continues to help others do the same.

MEDIA ANGLES

A simple question became a repeatable way to connect with someone living with dementia.
Dementia isn’t something you fix. It is something you face.
Connection versus correction: why trying to fix it often makes things worse.
What works when memory and logic no longer work.
The moment caregiving shifts from trying to fix to learning how to relate differently.
What caregiving really looks like behind closed doors.
Why “meet them where they are” is not enough unless you know how to do it.
How one relationship changed when control was replaced with curiosity.
What this experience reveals about presence, attention, and how we show up for people.

Website

https://glennahecht.com/

Topic Categories

Personal Development

Self Help

Inspirational

Motivational

Biography

Glenna Hecht did not set out to write a book about dementia. She was trying to stay connected to her mother when everything that used to work stopped working.

Conversations broke down. Logic didn’t land. Trying to help often made things worse.

Then one question changed the dynamic: “How old are you?”
Her mother answered, “Guess.”
And instead of correcting or moving on, Glenna stayed inside the answer.

That moment became a game. The game became a daily ritual. And that ritual became a way to connect when memory and logic no longer aligned.

Before this, Glenna spent decades leading HR and training inside organizations including Starbucks and Levy Restaurants at Walt Disney World and later founded her own firm, Humanistic Consulting.

Her book, How Old Are You Today? Dementia, A Mother, A Daughter, and The Game That Transformed Their Lives, reflects that experience—direct, unpolished, and grounded in what works.

She speaks on leadership, the How Old Are You Today? game, and leads an HR consulting practice informed by what that experience revealed about leadership, presence, and judgment.

United States