Dawn Newton
Real people. Real conversation. Real experience.
Radio host, real estate broker, and entrepreneur, Dawn Newton is driven by the opportunity to bridge understanding and share experience. Through trust, hard work, honesty and commitment, Dawn has developed a platform of information and resources that offer value and benefit to all walks of life. Her foundation is built upon years and hours of conversation, creating space to speak the truth.
No matter the subject, Dawn Newton is a source of authentic, honest and quality content. Actively reaching out to establish relationships where everyone is welcome and safe she is able to connect within the Central Oregon community and beyond. From authors to celebrities and anyone in between, she knows how to bring people together and to make things happen.
Dawn Newton
The Roberta Series | Episode 0 - The Letter
The Roberta Series is a raw, unfiltered look at what it’s really like to care for a difficult, narcissistic parent at the end of their life. It’s about navigating dementia, denial, and decades of emotional complexity — all while trying to hold onto compassion and your own sense of self. My mom, Roberta, passed in 2021 from dementia. Caring for her — with my husband and brother by my side — was complicated, exhausting, and eye-opening.
Months into our caregiving journey, I discovered a letter my dad wrote to her in 1965, just days before my first birthday. That letter revealed the truth about my parents’ relationship: how I watched him try to make up for his past mistakes, and how my mom never let it go. It became the lens through which I could finally understand the dynamics that shaped my childhood and connected the dots on the chaos I had spent my life witnessing. My dad spent years trying to make amends. My mom never let him.
Through these episodes, I’ll share the stages of our journey — her diagnosis, building our care team, removing her car and cigarettes, placing her in a care facility, and ultimately navigating hospice. This isn’t about bitterness — it’s about truth, healing, and the messy reality of loving someone who could never love you back in the way you needed.
Beneath the logistics lies a deeper truth — the balancing act between duty and resentment, compassion and boundaries, love and endurance.
For anyone who has cared for a parent who is difficult, manipulative, or complicated — or is preparing for that day — this one’s for you.
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