Support from Other’s Stories

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

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

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...
How Well Do You Handle Conflict?

How Well Do You Handle Conflict?

It’s a fact of life in our world today: Conflict, like taxes, is inevitable. This isn’t all bad. Naturally people are going to have differing points of view. Sometimes conflict and the resolution that comes from it, can result in a closer bond between two people or...
Communication Assistance and Building a Care Team

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

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

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

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

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

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...
Rayna Neises: A Season of Caring