Podcast Episodes
Dr. Stephen Trzeciak on How Acts of Kindness Deliver Physical and Emotional Health Benefits
Dr. Stephen Trzeciak, a practicing intensivist and Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, is also a clinical researcher, teacher, lecturer and best-selling author whose focus is to raise awareness and participation of compassion and kindness globally. Dr. Trzeciak shares scientific research cited in the groundbreaking book, Wonder Drug, that he co-authored with Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli, along with his personal insights on the significant health benefits resulting from living a Live to Give and other-focused life.
Victor Imbimbo on the Influence Loneliness Has on Your Life and Steps to Address It
Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers, talks about the issue of loneliness and the influence it has on our physical and emotional health. Included in this podcast is a review on the pervasiveness of loneliness in our society and especially within the family caregiver community and determining the level of loneliness currently in your life. Along with this, you will be introduced to the concept of “disruptors” to help you counter loneliness and help elevate your day-to-day well-being.
Dr. Kristin Neff on Living with Self-Compassion
Dr. Kristin Neff, world leading self-compassion expert an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, talks about building self-compassion into your daily life and avoiding the pitfalls that come with being too self-judgmental and unrealistically critical. Kristen will relate her experiences as a family caregiver and detail the many health benefits that come from incorporating self-compassion practices, especially during our most challenging times.
Terri Cole on Knowing Your Needs and Creating the Conditions to Live a Fuller Life
Terri Cole, licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert, has a robust discussion about setting rules and parameter for healthy relationship building and personal satisfaction. Terri differentiates being burned out, stressed out and feeling overwhelmed and the best ways to navigate through these feelings. Terri carefully takes us through the steps to better understand how to best develop personal boundaries and communicating them to others, liberating us for a happier and more productive life, especially during our role as family caregiver.
Cheryl Richardson on Making Self-Care a Top Priority
Cheryl Richardson, an international self-care expert and New York Times Best Selling Author, talks about understanding the importance of making self-care the centerpiece of your life, dispelling thoughts that embracing self-care is a sign of selfishness. Cheryl openly discussing her family caregiving experiences and teaches how self-care practices resulted in better life balance and quality-of-life.
Dr. Bruce Lipton on The Power Our Thoughts Have on Our Biology
Dr. Bruce Lipton an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit and leading voice in the new biology, discusses many of the findings and principles detailed in his groundbreaking book, The Biology of Belief. We address the importance of understanding that our genes are not the determinant of our fate as previously taught by the theory of genetic determinism. Dr. Lipton shows us how his research demonstrates that we have more control over our destiny than originally thought.
Victor Imbimbo on the Influence We Have Over Our Mind-Body Connection
Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers, talks about the mind-body connection, how it functions and the control we have, through our thoughts over our genetics and therefore body function. Included in this podcast is a segment recorded with Dr. Bruce Lipton, noted cell biologist and New Biology expert, about how placebos work and the influence they have on our mind and body reactions. Several placebo case studies are reviewed, demonstrating the power our thoughts and the degree of control we actually have over our regenerative processes and lives in general.
Joan Lunden on Productive Aging for a Fuller Life
Joan Lunden, journalist, television host, best-selling author, and international health advocate, dispels the current myths of aging and replaces them with meaningful and feasible steps to get the most out of life everyday in more engaging and personally satisfying ways. This includes a special discussion of Joan's experience as both a family caregiver to her mother and as the recipient of her family members’ care through her breast cancer diagnosis and recovery.
Gina Moffa on Grief, How It Affects Us and What To Do To Best Work Through It
Gina Moffa is a licensed psychotherapist, mental health educator, media consultant and author. Gina helps people work through personal trauma, grief, as well as challenging life experiences and transitions. Our conversation focuses on the challenges we face when grief is experienced, the types of grief that exists and subsequent reactions that can result. Central to this discussion is the importance of understanding there is no one size fits all type of grief and each person has their own way to deal with it.
Jessica Lindberg on Finding Personal Balance as a Family Caregiver
Jessica Lindberg is a writer, speaker, social entrepreneur, and podcast host who built powerful resilience through personal trauma. Jessica shares her personal story and the lessons learned during her family's journey as family caregivers to their two sons. Jessica's memories and insights provide poignant life lessons on topics addressing how a wife and husband worked as partners to ensure their family is emotionally healthy and cared for, their relationship continues to grow and careers are realized as they work through life, death, grief and geographical relocation. Learn how Jessica refocused her life challenges to help improve the physical and emotional experience for others.