What They Really Need
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 128 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interviews from the past few weeks with women who are Cancer Thrivers. Following these conversations, she began to think about and investigate what those in a...
Helpful Support from a Cancer Doula
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 127 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Talaya Dendy. Talaya has developed a fulfilling career path from cancer patient to founder and CEO of On the Other Side, LLC. She started the cancer...
Caregiver Tool: Gratitude
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 126 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interview from last week with Heather Carter (Episode 125). Heather is a cancer survivor and she shared tips from her season of being cared for. She reminded us...
Tips for Caring from Someone Who Has Been There
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 125 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Heather Carter. In 2015, Heather was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. During her hospitalization and illness, she began updating people on her...
Stay Active and Engaged No Matter Your Age
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 124 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her conversation from last week with Marie Vaudry (Episode 123). Marie is the founder of Gleam in Your Eye, an activity subscription box created for those with...
Having Fun and Creating Memories with Activity Boxes
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 123 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Marie Vaudry. Marie is a wife, mother, and daughter to France who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2012. France loved to spend hours...
Experienced Caregiver Tips for Navigating Moods and Behavior Changes
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 122 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, is joined today by co-host, Carlos Olivas. Carlos is the primary caregiver for his father who is journeying with Alzheimer’s. Together Rayna and Carlos discuss challenges with...
Tips and Resources from a Geriatrician
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 121 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Elizabeth Landsverk, MD. Dr. Liz trained at Harvard and has been a geriatrician for over 20 years. She served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at USC...
Tips and Techniques for Successful Meals
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 120 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topic of meals and feeding your aging loved one from last week’s interview (119) with Toni Fisk. Rayna shares some tips and tricks from her caregiving season with...
Successful Mealtimes
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 119 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Toni Fisk. Toni has been in the food and hospitality industry for over 35 years and is now an author. She is also a professional speaker with multiple...
Help Shifting Out of Autopilot While Caregiving
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 118 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topic of being a conscious caregiver from last week’s interview (117) with Nadine Roberts Cornish. Rayna explores more with the five steps that can help...
Cooking Up Caregiver Success
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 117 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Nadine Roberts Cornish. Nadine is a Certified Senior Advisor, Gerontologist, author, and national speaker. She is also the founder of The Caregiver’s...
Caregiverhood: Things to Think About and Celebrate
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 116 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topic of celebrating the season of caring for a senior adult from last week’s interview (115) with Jenn Chan. Rayna continues with that theme and looks at how...
Celebrating The Role of Caregiver
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 115 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Jenn Chan. Jenn is a CEO, certified senior advisor, certified caregiving consultant, and a support group facilitator. Inspired by caregiving for her...
Reading Can Benefit Your Caregiving
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 114 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topic of learning from others from last week’s interview (113) with Jean Lee. This week, Rayna continues with that theme and looks at reading and how it can help...
Support from Other’s Stories
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 113 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Jean Lee. Jean was working full-time as a teacher when both of her parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Her first book, Alzheimer’s Daughter, is a...
Things to Know About Support Groups
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 112 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, discusses support groups, what might be keeping you from being a part, what to expect and various kinds of groups. [1:48] What could be holding you back from joining a support...
Caring for Aging Parents
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 111 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Mike and Kim Barnes. While balancing their lives as spouses and parents with their successful TV/journalism careers, they have also been caring for...
Communication Assistance and Building a Care Team
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 110 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topics covered during last week’s interview (109) with Erin Galyean. Rayna shares some additional thoughts based on Erin’s role as the VP of Communications during...
Tips for Care Teams and Being an Advocate
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 109 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Erin Galyean. Erin is an author, speaker, and sales trainer. From her professional experience, combined with losing her father and sister, she has become a...
Family Caregivers, You are Not Alone
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 108 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topics covered during last week’s interview (107) with Nancy Poland. Rayna shares some additional learnings from Nancy’s second book, Remarkable Caregiving, where...
Comfort and Encouragement for the Caregiver
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 107 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Nancy Poland. Nancy is a writer and speaker who focuses on caregiving. She gained her experience as a family caregiver by caring for her father with Lewy...
Relationships Require Boundaries
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 106 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topics shared during last week’s interview with Debra Hallisey. She revisits the concepts around relationships that Debra shared from her book, The Caregiver’s...
Relationship Contract
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 105 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Debra Hallisey. Debra lost her job due to her caregiving responsibilities with her mother and, as a result, founded Advocate for Mom and Dad, LLC. In...
Advocating as Caregivers
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 104 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Carlos Olivas III. Carlos was a guest last year on the podcast and immediately comes to mind when thinking about advocacy. Since 2016, he has been the...
Caregiver Support – Advocacy and On-Line Communities
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 103 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Usha Tewari. Usha is a first-generation Indian American, passionate advocate, and congressional ambassador. She worked full time at her government job and...
Alzheimer’s- Just Some of the basics
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 102 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, expands on the concepts Lauren Dykovitz shared regarding her journey in caring for her mother with Early Onset Alzheimer’s. In addition, Rayna shares information on the basics...
Alzheimer’s Daughter, You Are Not Alone
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 101 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Lauren Dykovitz. Lauren is a writer, author, wife, and dog mom. She became a family caregiver when her mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in...
How to Build Resilience in Your Caring Season
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 100 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her conversation from last week with Susan Stern. Susan shared several hands-on tips regarding resilience and its importance during the caregiving journey. ...
Becoming a Resilient Caregiver
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 99 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Susan Stern. Susan is a wife, mother, and family caregiver. After 20 years as a speech-language pathologist, she changed her career path to pursue her...
Encore Episode- Caregiving- Opportunity to Change, Learn and Honor Family
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 98 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Carlos Olivas III. Carlos lived in Southern California where he was working a great job in live events doing production and design while raising his...
Encore Episode- Help When it is Time for a Move
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 97 This Encore Episode, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Marty Stevens-Heebner. Marty is CEO of Clear Home Solutions. She created the company to help older adults and their families when their treasures,...
Encore Episode- Estate Planning Is Not Just for When You Die
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 96 Estate Planning Is Not Just For When You Die In the Encore Episode this week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Catherine Hodder Esq. Catherine is an attorney and author of the bestseller, “Estate...
Encore Episode- Self-Care is Self-Preservation
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 95 December is Encore Episode month, where A Season of Caring Podcast shares the most listened to episodes of the year. We will kick off the month with Self-care is Self Preservation. Rayna Neises, your...
Three Emotions of Caregiving
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 94 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks about a few of the emotions that are a part of this season of life. There are 53 million unpaid family caregivers in the United States it is easy to feel alone...
Advocating, Honoring, and Respecting During Your Caring Season
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 93 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the thoughts shared during last week’s interview with Tracy Crump. She expands on the concepts Tracy shared regarding advocacy and the important role it is for family...
Advocacy Reminders for Family Caregivers
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 92 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Tracy Crump. Tracy is an author and regular contributor to many well-known publications. She is best known for her input of more than 30 stories to Chicken...
Family Roles in the Caregiving Journey
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 91 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the thoughts shared during last week’s interview with Leslie McLeod. She expands on the concepts Leslie shared regarding relationships within families and how they...
Building Relationships During the Caring Season
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 90 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Leslie McLeod. Leslie is a writer, artist, mom, and co-owner of a technology company. From her experience with her siblings caring for their parents, she...
Assistance Navigating the Long-Term Care Part of the Journey
Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 89 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the thoughts shared during last week’s interview with Deborah Bakti. She expands on the suggestions Deborah provided during their talk and in her book, “Now What?”...