Celebrating the Old and Welcoming the New
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 48 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, introduces her new cohost, Karen Weave, and they reflect on 2020 and what is to come for 2021. Welcome, Karen! She is currently in a caregiving season helping both her dad and her...
Encore Episode- Reaching Up for Comfort
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 47 Encore Episode: #1 listened to podcast in 2020. Rayna Neises, A Season of Caring Podcast Host, interviews Karen Weaver, PCC coach, author, and caregiver. Karen will also become A Season of Caring Podcast...
Encore Episode- Caregiving The Hardest Right Thing
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 46 Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Diane Clark. She has served in various positions with the church for over 20 years where she has honed her gifts of serving and administration. She especially loves her...
Encore Episode Healed Relationship
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 45 Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Kinsey Oglesby. Kinsey is a coach, speaker, blogger, and writer who seeks to help women heal after trauma. After a five-year journey with her mother, she adds an...
Encore Episode Grief
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 44 Encore Episode Rayna Neises, your host interviews Nancy Miller, Caregiver Survivor, and Grief Recovery Specialist. Grief is an everyday part of a caring season. Nancy and Rayna discuss: what was most...
Celebrating and Connecting During the Holidays
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 43 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Eric Kolb. Eric, along with his wife, Cheryl, cared for her mother. It was their love for singing and their experience with caregiving that prompted them to...
Thankfulness, Gratitude, and Hope
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 42 Rayna Neises, your host, provides a special message in celebration of National Family Caregiver Month and Thanksgiving. She also shares some exciting announcements for 2021. November is National Family...
Benefits of Day Stay Programs
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 41 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, reflect on last week’s conversation with KC Schumacher. From her work at an adult day program, KC was able to share lots of great information regarding...
Adult Day Services
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 40 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, interviews KC Schumacher. Since before she graduated high school, KC has been working in the social services field. She is drawn to helping others and is passionate...
Caregivers and Moms Share Similar Struggles/Solutions
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 39 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, reflect on last week’s conversation with Amy Rienow. As the mom of seven, Amy’s experiences in raising her children and the things that she has learned...
Ditch Perfectionism and Guilt
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 38 Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Amy Rienow. Amy is a wife and mother of seven. She and her husband, Rob, founded and lead Visionary Family Ministries created to help others live for Christ. She...
Don’t Skip Respite!
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 37 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, reflect on the conversation with Diane Clark who shared how grateful she was to have been able to care for her father and her father-in-law. When...
Caregiving – The Hardest Right Thing
Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Diane Clark. Diane is a caregiver survivor who poured her heart and life into caring for her father and father-in-law during the last years of their lives. She shares her passion and wisdom in this podcast.
Keys to Communicating and Avoiding Conflict while Caring
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 35 Last week’s guest, Carolyn Miller Parr, shared from her book, Love’s Way, her experience related to families who did not have the tough conversations. Now, Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN,...
Avoid Disputes: Have the Tough Conversations
Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Carolyn Miller Parr. The author of Love’s Way: Living Peacefully With Your Family As Your Parents Age, a valuable tool for seniors and their adult children. Her hope is that it helps families navigate the journey without disputes that end up in the courts or mediation.
Thinking More About Advanced Directives
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 33 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, further discuss the topic of Advanced Directives which was started last week during the conversation with Kira Reginaldo. Additional...
Advanced Directives – Everyone Needs One Now!
Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Kira Reginato. Kira is a geriatric care manager who has helped the elderly and their families in a variety of settings. Her vast experience coupled with her entrepreneurial nature has allowed her to develop an app for family caregivers and to author a book that she recently updated and rereleased, Tips for Helping Your Aging Parents: (without Losing Your Mind). She has so many tools to help caregivers, but focuses in this interview on tips regarding Healthcare/Medical Directives.
Thinking About the End of the Journey
Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, reflect on the conversation with Karen Hafner who, along with her sister, cared for their father. Their family, like many, had a caregiving journey that lasted over several years, but then ended after a quick decline. Guidance for this final part of the caregiving journey is provided in this episode.
A Family Caring Together
Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Karen Hafner. Karen’s father died just over a year ago and she shares insights regarding her caregiving journey with him and her sister.
Wearing the Advocacy Hat
Rayna and Aly reflect on the conversation with Kelly and how important the advocacy hat is in caregiving.
Advocacy- An Important Skill of Caregiving
Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Kelly Johnson. Kelly lives in Chicago where she serves as the Director of Adult Faith Formation at St. Mary’s of Gauston Catholic church. She is also the co-developer of the Nourish for Caregivers curriculum. Kelly’s caregiving journey began several years ago when her young son was unexpectedly diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her experience formed her passion for providing resources and support for other caregivers.
Caregiving = Juggling Pumpkins
Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, reflect on the conversation with Nancy Bouwens who provided a helpful analogy as she discussed her caregiving journey with her mother. Listen to hear how juggling pumpkins is just like a caring season.
Mindfulness and Self Care: Must Haves During a Caregiving Journey
Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Nancy Bouwens. Nancy is a writer, life coach, cancer survivor, and caregiver. Nancy and her husband moved in with her aging mother and shares insights regarding her caregiving experience,
Caregiving Perspective – Duty vs. Heart
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 25 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, reflect on the conversation with Kinsey Oglesby who experienced an unexpected healing during her caregiving journey. Additional insights discussed are:...
Healed Relationship – Unexpected Benefit From Caregiving Journey
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 24 Episode 24 – Healed Relationship - Unexpected Benefit From Caregiving Journey Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Kinsey Oglesby. Kinsey is a coach, speaker, blogger, and writer who seeks to help women...
Caregiver Stories and Learning from Others
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 23 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, recap Michele Howe's story and explore some of the stories from her book Caring for Our Aging Parents. Don't be a hero, find your limits and get help....
Caring for Our Aging Parents
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 22 Episode 22 Rayna Neises, A Season of Caring Podcast Host, interviews Michele Howe. Michele is an author who has been a caregiver herself and wrote an inspiring book Caring for Our Aging Parents: Lessons...
Keeping Peace While Caregiving
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 21 Rayna and Aly explore family dynamics and the importance of finding peace in your caring season. Finding your roles are important. Your core values make a difference in how your season goes....
A Caregiver’s Faith
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 20 Rayna Neises, A Season of Caring Podcast Host, interviews Bosede Santos. Bosede cared for her mom during her mom's journey with cancer. She shares how her faith impacted her caring season. It is a season...
Emotions, Grief, and Caregiving
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 19 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, explore the emotions of caregiving, focusing on grief in response to Laura Beth DeHority's episode #18. Processing emotions is crucial Grief begins the...
The Many Emotions of Caregiving
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 18 Caregiving is filled with many emotions. Rayna Neises, ACC, your host, talks with Laura Beth DeHority, a Licences Marriage and Family Therapist, who specializes in supporting caregivers. Emotions are a big...
The Impact of Boundaries and Communication on Caregiving
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 17 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, is exploring more about child caregivers and boundaries in caregiving in response to my interview with Deborah Harlow. There are 1.3 to 1.4 MILLION child...
Sacred Relationships in Caregiving
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 16 Episode 16 Rayna Neises, your host, interviews Deborah Harlow. Deborah is a caregiver, coach, speaker, facilitator and mentor who shares a unique perspective on creating sacred relationships in caregiving....
Caregiving with Legacy and Crisis in Mind
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 15 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, talk more about the tricks of turning stuff into a legacy and handling a crisis from last week's podcast with Kathi Lipp. More on helping your...
Ready for Anything and Stuff
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 14 Episode 14 Rayna Neises, A Season of Caring Podcast Host, interviews Kathi Lipp. Kathi is an author who is on a mission to help you have less clutter and more life. Kathi shares her wisdom in preparing...
Tips to Care for You and Them All the Way to the End
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 13 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, and Aly Neises, RN, cohost, dig dipper into the interview with Karen Weaver. Sharing more tips on caring for you and them all the way to the end. Provide care with...
Reaching Up for Comfort in Your Time of Caring
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 12 Rayna Neises, A Season of Caring Podcast Host, interviews Karen Weaver, PCC coach, author and caregiver. During their discussion, Karen shares about her 25+ years of being a caregiver: Faith is extremely...
Resources for Alzheimer’s Families
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 11 Rayna Neises, ACC and Aly Neises, RN, explore different avenues of support for Alzheimer's families and other caregivers. There are many opportunities for support in a variety of different avenues....
Caring for a Loved One with Dementia
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 7 Rayna Neises, A Season of Caring Podcast Host interviews Kathy Adkins, who supports families caring for a loved one with dementia. In this interview Kathy shares what you might need to know about: The...
Use Your Caregiver Tool Box to Find a New Normal
Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets! Episode 9 Rayna Neises, Host and Aly Neises, CoHost continue the conversation around what Deb Kelsey-Davis shared about taking what you have learned in past caring to adjust to the unique season of Coronavirus. Use...