Denise on July 28th, 2010

Today, we aired our second part of our two-part book club discussion. Today, Whitney Sheppard joined me to discuss her essay, “Do You Have Any Brothers or Sisters?,” which appears in our July book club pick, “Voices of Caregiving, The Healing Companion, Stories for Courage, Comfort and Strength.” You can listen to our discussion via [...]

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Denise on July 27th, 2010

Today, on Your Caregiving Journey, we held our monthly book club discussion. In July, we read  “Voices of Caregiving, the Healing Companion: Stories for Courage, Comfort and Strength.” Today, contributors Nancy Hoke, M.C. Winters and Marc Silver talked about their caregiving experiences. You can listen to our hour-long show via the player at the bottom [...]

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Denise on July 26th, 2010

This morning, Donna Ryan joined us for a summer break discussion on Your Caregiving Journey. You can listen to our discussion via the player at the bottom of the post. Donna talked about the thoughts behind a recent decision to get more help in caring for her mom. She spoke honestly about the difficulty in [...]

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Denise on July 17th, 2010

On Saturdays, we take time to enjoy as many moments of happiness as we can. If it’s just one moment, we’ll take it. If it’s 30 moments, even better. So, today, how will you be happy? Tell us so you can inspire others to do the same. Updates: Table Talk aired this morning; you can [...]

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Denise on July 16th, 2010

This morning on Your Caregiving Journey, Anna Stookey, our emotional wellness expert, joined us to discuss the five traits of well-being: Hope, gratitude, curiosity, zest and capacity to love/be loved. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post. As always with Anna, I had a few “ah-ha” moments, [...]

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Denise on July 15th, 2010

This morning on Your Caregiving Journey, Joni Gatz-Bauman, a member of the Brain Coach team at Marbles the Brain Store, shared games and activities you can enjoy with your caree. (You can listen to our discussion via the player at the bottom of the post.) Joni shared the following book and products recommendations: —”Keep Your [...]

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Denise on July 14th, 2010

Today, our Your Caregiving Journey, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, author of “A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness,” joined us for our monthly chat on happiness. Usually, we talk about how to be a happier you. Today, we spoke about how to be a happy you on behalf of others. In other words, we discussed [...]

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Denise on July 10th, 2010

This morning, Katie, one of our newest family caregivers to blog, joined me on Table Talk, our Saturday edition of Your Caregiving Journey. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of this post. My take-away from our discussion today: If you want something that you don’t already have, go for [...]

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Denise on July 8th, 2010

This afternoon, on Your Caregiving Journey, we spoke with Viki Kind, clinical bioethicist, medical educator, hospice volunteer and author of “The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can’t.” We asked Viki to work us through these tough question: When do I step in to help my caree? And, when do [...]

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This afternoon, on Your Caregiving Journey, we spoke with Linda Rosen, a long-distance family caregiver for her mom. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post. Our discussion focused on Linda’s decision to find an assisted living facility for her mom. You’ll hear in her voice how tough [...]

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