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

Things to Know About Support Groups

Things to Know About Support Groups

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 112Rayna 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...

Communication Assistance and Building a Care Team

Communication Assistance and Building a Care Team

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets!Episode 110Rayna 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 109This 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 108Rayna 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 107This 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 Body...

Rayna Neises: A Season of Caring