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

Additional Help with End-of-Life Preparations

Additional Help with End-of-Life Preparations

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 130 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on her interview from last week with Pastor Rick Craig (Episode 129) and the discussion related to end-of-life preparations.  In his book, When It’s Time: End-of-Life...

End-of-Life Planning – Pre-Need vs. At-Need

End-of-Life Planning – Pre-Need vs. At-Need

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 129This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Rick Craig. Rick is an experienced caregiver, author, and ordained pastor.  He felt led to share his personal and professional experiences to help others...

What They Really Need

What They Really Need

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 128Rayna 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

Helpful Support from a Cancer Doula

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 127This 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

Caregiver Tool: Gratitude

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 126Rayna 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

Tips for Caring from Someone Who Has Been There

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 125This 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 status...

Rayna Neises: A Season of Caring