Karen Tyrell joined as a Facilitator of the Coquitlam Caregivers at Dogwood Pavilion in 2010. Since then, many wives and husbands in our groups have benefitted from learning about dementia, strokes, Parkinson’s and stress.  Karen’s guidance, knowledge and warm, welcoming personality has helped to relieve our stress and makes caregiving easier to manage for family caregivers at home.

Clark Brodie

I am fortunate that at this time, I am not close to anybody dealing with Alzheimer’s.   I learned a lot and heard you reinforce many things that I already do for a ‘healthy brain’ out of sheer enjoyment.  And, I learned a new word ‘hippocampus’!
Again, thank you for an interesting evening,

Lillian M.

“Dear Karen, My father’s care companion and I attended your talk at Inglewood last evening.  Thank you! The information you shared was of great value and your enthusiasm was a breath of fresh air.”

Paula B.

“Karen, the presentation on brain health you made to our CARP chapter members in December was superb. Our overflow crowd thoroughly enjoyed it and went away knowing much more about brain health than they did before the meeting. Your knowledge, particularly on a practical level, is outstanding.

I spent 26 years in Toastmasters, competing in and observing many speech contests, including a World Speech Contest. I know all the effective techniques for a great speech . . . you have mastered all of them. Your’s was one of the best speeches I have seen in many years. I would gladly recommend your presentation to any group looking for a motivating speaker.”

Bruce Bird, Chair
North Fraser Chapter CARP (A New Vision of Aging for Canada)

“Twinkly eyes, happy smile;
Vibrant manner; vital style:
I thank you sincerely for this day
For the content and for the way
In which you shared with us your goal
To help others become more whole.”

David A. Bain
Kiwanis Club of Capilano
(Poem sent to Karen after talk on “How to Maintain a Healthy Brain” July 2014)

“Thank you so much for coming tonight even though you had had a busy week of training, etc.  We all thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, as I knew we would.  I got nothing but positive response from attendees.

On a personal note, I would like to thank you for the activities that you provided for us this evening.  I was feeling more than a little stressed about things in my life this week as a member of this church community and I was quite unsure about how I was going to address them.  By making us stamp our feet and breathe deeply, I think I was helped to reach a position of calmness that will allow me to take on more than I probably should without undue stress.

Thank you again!  You are a very effective presenter!”

Sammy N.

“Thank you for coming and speaking to our Langley Lodge Outreach group on Friday, May 4, 2018. Everyone enjoyed your presentation and appreciated the information that you provided for us. Your presentation was so well done; you had our attention throughout with facts and humour!

Again, thank you for such a lovely, worthwhile presentation!”

Wendy Matthews
Langley Lodge Peer Outreach

“Karen I wanted to say thank you very much for you presentation to our seniors group this afternoon, at St. Nicholas.  Everyone seemed quite pleased with your presentation and there was a lot of discussion amongst them, after you left.

I enjoyed speaking with you,  and  I am glad you are doing this work which is so essential in our communities today. Having a Village re dementia care, is one of the best things to come along in a long time, and I am glad you are a part of what will be built in Langley City.

Mary Cooke

“I just wanted to send you a quick note to thank you so much for taking the time to chat with my Mom & I at the dementia seminar yesterday. So far it has been very confusing and frustrating not knowing who can help & much of an unknown jungle of trying to find information, contacts and inquiries of calls that haven’t transpired into much help for my Mom.

You were such a wealth of knowledge and so kind, you were a big step in getting my Mom to sign up for the wellness program at Minoru Ctr – first time she’s agreed to try anything since my father passed over a year ago.

I can’t thank you enough for reaching out to us yesterday, in just over a day I feel we’ve made more progress than over the past 6 months!”

C.H.