Healing Ties

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Beyond Caregiving...How do care; we also have to care for ourselves. How do we treat friends, family, strangers we meet? How do we heal the physical, social, financial, spiritual aspect of life? How do we heal after caregiver ends/ We do this by creating Healing Ties! By sharing their caregiving stories with host Christopher MacLellan, our guests reveal how they are creating Healing Ties in their community by their words, actions, and deeds.

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Sam Timbrook: Helping Caregivers Heal

Feb 15 2022 53 mins

Having served as a Pastor and public school special educator, my life changed when I became a caregiver for his wife and child. Holding a Master's degree in counseling, and a Dr. of Ministry, Sam was not prepared for this life-changing responsibility. Now, as a Board Certified Master Mental Health Life Coach, Sam has created a 501(c3) program focusing on caregivers and grief. Lis

Claire Sachs: My Path to Patient Advocacy

Dec 15 2021 44 mins

38 years ago, Claire Sachs' healthcare journey began with a near-fatal illness that put her in a wheelchair for 18 months. This experience evolved into a life that includes balancing 13 chronic and recurring conditions followed by caregiving for her mom. Angry, combative, and frustrated for a long time, Claire didn't want to talk about her personal health story, but that all change

No One Without Song

Sep 21 2021 48 mins

Through her marvelous book: "The Courage to Care: Being Fully Present with the Dying" Rev. Linda Bryce's mission is to pass on her understandings and show us how to be there at the bedside, fully present with anyone who is dying, and sharing in the mystery and wonder of death—and after. When there is someone at our side, challenging times become more bearable. Whether it is an

Caregivers: The Journey Begins with You!

Sep 19 2021 46 mins

For more than thirty-five years, Author Susan Ryan has been in roles of non-professional (unpaid) caregiving support for family and loved ones. Through her experience as a family caregiver, (currently navigating her husband’s care with his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease), Susan has moved from feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and yes - sometimes frightened, to confident and ba

Learn About the LGBTQ Caregiver Center

Sep 15 2021 49 mins

Zander Keig, MS, MSW, LCSW, and Jennifer Henius, LCSW are caregivers and social workers embarking an ambitious and much-needed project to launch the LGBTQ Caregiver Center as a new online resource hub as part of the Caregiver Wellness Collective Inc, a new nonprofit startup based in greater Tampa Bay, Florida. The LGBTQ Caregiver Center aims to raise awareness of the unique chall

Empowerment through Wellness: Jodi O'Donnell-Ames

Aug 31 2021 49 mins

Jodi O’Donnell – Ames is a professional speaker, wellness and empowerment coach, author, podcaster, and tireless advocate for Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Jodi is also the founder and current board member of Hope Loves Company, a non-profit organization committed to providing educational and emotional support to children and young adults who hav

BJ Miller: From Caregiver to Care Reciever to Palliative Care Physician

Jul 27 2021 49 mins

Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. He currently sees patients and families via telehealth through Mettle Health, a company he co-founded with the aim to provide personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and

Enjoy a Cup of Comfort with Trish Laub

Jul 20 2021 49 mins

Award-winning author Trish Laub’s expertise is derived from the full-time care of her parents, one with Alzheimer’s and one with stage 4 cancer, for whom she delivered the care and end of life they desired. She served not only as a hands-on caregiver but also as the manager of both of her parents’ daily and medical care, as well as their in-home caregivers and overall care te

The Waiting Room Revolution

Jul 12 2021 49 mins

Dr. Hsien Seow and Dr. Samantha Winemaker have worked their entire careers helping those who are facing serious illnesses. For years, they often heard patients and families say they felt unprepared and overwhelmed. Despite years of education, research, and advocacy, they continued to hear patients and families say “Why didn’t anyone tell me that sooner…” They started the

Why Is Grandma Naked?

Jul 06 2021 45 mins

Ellen Prober Rittberg is an award-winning journalist whose humorous essays and features have appeared in the NY Times, HuffPost, Reader's Digest, and other major platforms. After being a caregiver to her mother for six years and realizing even though as an attorney she'd represented senior citizens for many years and had written reports and recommendations for judges on other cases