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

Three Emotions of Caregiving

Three Emotions of Caregiving

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 94 This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks about a few of the emotions that are a part of this season of life.  There are 53 million unpaid family caregivers in the United States it is easy to feel alone...

Advocating, Honoring, and Respecting During Your Caring Season

Advocating, Honoring, and Respecting During Your Caring Season

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 93 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the thoughts shared during last week’s interview with Tracy Crump.  She expands on the concepts Tracy shared regarding advocacy and the important role it is for family...

Advocacy Reminders for Family Caregivers

Advocacy Reminders for Family Caregivers

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 92This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Tracy Crump.  Tracy is an author and regular contributor to many well-known publications. She is best known for her input of more than 30 stories to Chicken...

Family Roles in the Caregiving Journey

Family Roles in the Caregiving Journey

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 91 Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the thoughts shared during last week’s interview with Leslie McLeod.  She expands on the concepts Leslie shared regarding relationships within families and how they...

Building Relationships During the Caring Season

Building Relationships During the Caring Season

Hope for living, loving and caring with no regrets!Episode 90This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Leslie McLeod.  Leslie is a writer, artist, mom, and co-owner of a technology company.  From her experience with her siblings caring for their parents, she has...

Assistance Navigating the Long-Term Care Part of the Journey

Assistance Navigating the Long-Term Care Part of the Journey

Hope for living, loving, and caring with no regrets! Episode 89Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the thoughts shared during last week’s interview with Deborah Bakti.  She expands on the suggestions Deborah provided during their talk and in her book, “Now What?”...

Rayna Neises: A Season of Caring