‘We’re Doing the Best We Can’
Speaking publicly on May 27, Emma gave fans a gentle but honest look into daily life with her husband. “We’re doing well, my husband is loved and supported, and we’re doing the best we can under the circumstances,” she said.
The 47-year-old model and wellness entrepreneur, who co-founded Make Time Wellness, has become one of the most vocal advocates for caregiver health and awareness since Bruce’s diagnosis.
Emma Heming Willis attends AFTD’s FTD In The Arts At Christie’s on January 21, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California.
Emma has been candid about the steep learning curve she faced when she first stepped into the caregiving role something she once described as a “solo mission.”
She admitted that in the early days, she had no idea what FTD truly meant or what being a caregiver would demand of her. “We get thrust into this role of not knowing anything. I didn’t know anything about FTD,” she said in a September 2025 interview. “I didn’t know anything about what it really means to be a caregiver.”
Emma Heming Willis speaks onstage during the End Well Project 2025 Conference at Skirball Cultural Center on November 20 in Los Angeles, California.
The statistics, she said, were a wake-up call: according to the Caregiver Action Network, an estimated 63 million Americans provide ongoing care for a person with an illness, disability, or age-related condition and two-thirds of them are women.
Caregivers are also at a heightened risk of developing chronic conditions themselves due to neglecting their own needs, per the CDC. For Emma, discovering those realities changed everything.
“Prior to knowing this, I wasn’t prioritizing my health,” she said. “As women in this world, we prioritize everyone’s needs above our own, but that doesn’t make us a hero.”
Emma Heming Willis attends Carefest 2025 at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice on November 19 in New York City.
