The conversations that matter most are often the ones we keep putting off
A series of practical handbooks for adult children and their ageing parents, written by someone who knows both sides of the table
Some books help you escape
These help you stay present
Richard Lyon has spent more than 50 years as a journalist, editor, writer and professional communicator. He has interviewed authors, politicians and sports stars, reported from crime scenes to court rooms, edited national publications and written across every format imaginable. Now, at 81, he is writing the most personal work of his career.
The series “The Conversations They Won’t Have” is built on a simple but uncomfortable truth. That almost all families that have ageing parents avoid the very conversations they most need to have. Not out of cruelty or indifference, but because no one quite knows how to begin, and the right moment never seems to arrive.
These handbooks are for adult children who love their parents and want to do right by them, but find themselves at a loss when it comes to talking about the future. About health. About money. About wishes. About what comes next.
Richard writes not as a distant expert, but as someone who has lived through these questions himself.
The Conversations They Won't Have
Practical, down-to-earth advice on how to have the conversations families need to have
Why Your Parents Won’t Talk
Book 1
A guide to the problems surrounding this vitally important conversation
What you say and what your parent hears may be two completely different things. This short guide explains why this is and how to manage the conversation beneath the conversation.
Available on Amazon as an e-book from June 17.