Tending the Fences: Setting Healthy Boundaries
“Good fences make good neighbors.” So goes the old proverb from the well-loved Robert Frost poem. Likewise, good personal boundaries make for good relationships. Boundaries are those invisible lines of protection you draw around yourself. They let people know your...
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. ...
Overwhelm
Some of my best memories are from the time I spent caring for my parents. I truly am blessed to have had the opportunity to share in their journey in such an intimate way. Looking back now, I spend time revisiting those fond memories often. But I can also recall the...
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...