Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!

About A Season of Caring Podcast

mother and daughter

 A Season of Caring Podcast is a place to find hope for your Season of Caring.  Pointing listeners to the hope they can find in God even in the busyness and loneliness of caregiving.

I want you to know that I see you and God sees you.  There is no doubt what you are doing is not only difficult, and often overwhelming but it’s also important and one of the most rewarding things you can do.

I feature both everyday family members who are caregiver survivors and those who are still in the middle of their caring season.  I also bring you professionals who bring their experience and compassion for you to our conversations.

My goal is for you to walk away from our time together feeling encouraged and hopeful that you can spend this season living content, loving well and caring with no regrets!

Pat Burkett

Best of 2025: Stories of Hope with Pat Burkett

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 232 A small change in behavior can rewrite a life....
Jackie Freeman

Encore Episode #2 2025: Stories of Hope with Jackie Freeman

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 231 What happens when a self-described “overachiever”...
Encore Episode #3 Joy Kats

Encore Episode #3 2025: Stories of Hope with Joy Kats

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 230 What happens when God orchestrates seemingly...
Mandy Horne

Jesus & Autism: Stories of Hope with Mandy Horne

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 229 Caregiving rarely color‑codes itself on our...

Life Continues; Love Expands; Hope Holds: Stories of Hope with Pat Burkett

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 229 A small change in behavior can rewrite a life....

About A Season of Caring Podcast

mother and daughter

A Season of Caring Podcast is a place to find hope for your Season of Caring.  Pointing you to the hope that can be found in God even in the busyness and loneliness of caregiving.

I want you to know that I see you and God sees you.  There is no doubt what you are doing is not only difficult, and often overwhelming but it’s also important and one of the most rewarding things you can do.

I feature both everyday family members who are caregiver survivors and those who are still in the middle of their caring season.  I also bring you professionals who bring their experience and compassion for you to our conversations.

My goal is for you to walk away from our time together feeling encouraged and hopeful that you can spend this season living content, loving well and caring with no regrets!

 

Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!

Pat Burkett

Best of 2025: Stories of Hope with Pat Burkett

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 232 A small change in behavior can rewrite a life....
Jackie Freeman

Encore Episode #2 2025: Stories of Hope with Jackie Freeman

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 231 What happens when a self-described “overachiever”...
Encore Episode #3 Joy Kats

Encore Episode #3 2025: Stories of Hope with Joy Kats

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 230 What happens when God orchestrates seemingly...
Mandy Horne

Jesus & Autism: Stories of Hope with Mandy Horne

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 229 Caregiving rarely color‑codes itself on our...

Life Continues; Love Expands; Hope Holds: Stories of Hope with Pat Burkett

A podcast where we share stories of hope for family caregivers breaking through loneliness to see God even in this season of life.Stories of Hope for living content, loving well, and caring with no regrets!Episode 229 A small change in behavior can rewrite a life....

Meet Your Host

Rayna Neises, ACC

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Rayna Neises, ACC

Author of No Regrets: Hope for Your Caregiving Season, Editor of Content Magazine, ICF Certified Coach, Speaker, Podcast Host, & Positive Approach to Care® Independent Trainer offering encouragement, support, and resources to those who are in a Season of Caring for Aging Parents.

Her passion is for those caring and their parents, so that both might be seen, not forgotten & cared for, not neglected.

A Season of Caring Podcast

Past Episodes

Caregiver Toolbox: Identity and Grace

Caregiver Toolbox: Identity and Grace

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 142Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interview last week with Charlotte Bayala (Episode 141). Charlotte discussed her caregiving season and how she is now helping others to be able to love their...

Caregivers Deserve to Love Their Life

Caregivers Deserve to Love Their Life

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 141This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Charlotte Bayala. Charlotte used her training and experience as a yoga instructor and meditation teacher to enjoy her caregiving experience with her husband...

Knowing When and How to Step In

Knowing When and How to Step In

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 140Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interview last week with Carolyn Birrell (Episode 139).  Carolyn is the author of Walking with Fay: A Mother’s Unchartered Path into Dementia. While describing her...

Dementia Caregiver’s Story – A Transparent Look

Dementia Caregiver’s Story – A Transparent Look

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 139Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Carolyn Birrell.  Carolyn worked for the American Cancer Society at their National Headquarters and then as a real estate agent before retiring to Idaho. Soon after her...

Leaning Into Love and Respite for Compassion Fatigue

Leaning Into Love and Respite for Compassion Fatigue

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 138Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interview last week with Dr. Ed Smink (Episode 137).  Dr. Ed shared his personal experience with burnout and how important it is to be aware of compassion fatigue....

Rayna Neises: A Season of Caring