The Cancer Caregiver
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Cancer Caregiver episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Cancer Caregiver for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Cancer Caregiver episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Improving Quality of Life and the Importance of Palliative Care with Carol Bush
The Cancer Caregiver
11/02/23 • 23 min
In today's episode, we continue our conversation with Carol Bush, a passionate advocate for palliative care. Host Charlotte Bayala dives deeper into the topic, addressing the common issue of many people being unaware of palliative care and how to advocate for it for their loved ones. They discuss the importance of asking for palliative care at any stage of a medical journey, whether it's before a procedure or while facing unknown symptoms. Together, they highlight how palliative care focuses on improving quality of life for both the patient and their caregivers.
Tune in to this enlightening episode as we explore the significance of palliative care and the impact it can have on the caregiving journey. Find the links mentioned on the transcript page at https://www.loveyourcaregivinglife.com
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Caregiver Connection Podcast
The Cancer Caregiver
03/20/20 • 6 min
Get to know Charlotte and her experiences as a Caregiver for her husband, who has thyroid cancer. In this episode, you will get a little background information and what you can expect from the podcast.
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January Reset: Navigating Caregiving Life After the Holiday Season
The Cancer Caregiver
01/04/24 • 15 min
Congratulations, you made it through the holiday season. Now you're left with cleaning up and settling into the new year. This week may be even more difficult than the last month because now everything has quieted down and you're left with a holiday hangover. Just trying to figure out how to actually settle into your caregiving life again. Let's talk about your caregiving life after the holidays, join Charlotte Bayala and Roberta Schneider. As they talk together about how caregivers can adjust to life after the holidays are over.
Find the transcript at https://www.loveyourcaregivinglife.com
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From Oncology Waiting Rooms to Self-Care: A Caregiver's Year in Review
The Cancer Caregiver
01/11/24 • 14 min
Welcome to Love Your Caregiving Life, the podcast that understands the challenges and triumphs of being a caregiver. In this episode, host Charlotte Bayala takes us on a raw and emotional journey through her experience as a caregiver for her husband who is battling cancer.
She reflects on the intense emotional rollercoaster of waiting in the oncologist's office, and how that moment led her to evaluate her own caregiving and self-care. Charlotte shares her realization that caregivers often neglect their own needs while focusing solely on their loved ones, and she challenges herself and her listeners to prioritize self-care in the midst of caregiving.
With empathy and understanding, Charlotte offers a roadmap for caregivers to prioritize their well-being throughout the year, and she extends a supportive invitation for listeners to join her in this transformative journey. Tune in and embrace the opportunity to love your caregiving life.
Find ways to take 5 minute breaks from caregiving here
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How to Make Yourself the Main Character of Your Caregiving Story
The Cancer Caregiver
06/30/22 • 10 min
Do you believe that understanding who you are right now is the next step toward finding more happiness in life?
In the episode I share steps you can take to figure out who you really are and how to adjust your expectations to align with the life you are currently living.
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From Mealtime Stress to Connection: How Culinary Care is Supporting Caregivers One Meal at a Time
The Cancer Caregiver
06/01/23 • 23 min
Feeling stressed about mealtime as a caregiver?
It's a common struggle that can create a lot of unnecessary pressure. But what if I told you there's an organization that can help ease that burden? Listen to the latest episode of our podcast as we talk to Courtney Johnson, founder of Culinary Care, and learn how her organization is supporting families living with cancer, one meal at a time.
Don't miss out on this inspiring conversation! Find full transcript at https://www.loveyourcaregivinglife.com
Caregiver Conversation with Emma Crooke
The Cancer Caregiver
03/04/21 • 35 min
Emma is from Victoria Australia and the author of "The Blind Side of Caregivers". She became a full-time caregiver for a close friend who had terminal liver cancer. He passed away in August 2019. When he passed she became the primary caregiver to his mother who also had terminal liver cancer who passed in December 2020.
You can find more about Emma and her book at https://emmacrooke-author.godaddysites.com.
Listen to how she coped with caring for someone with terminal cancer.
Just F*Cking Breathe: Counting Breaths
The Cancer Caregiver
11/19/24 • 6 min
This is a bonus episode for The Cancer Caregiver Podcast.
This six minute breathing exercise will help you learn how to use your breath as a self-preservation tool.
Technique: Counting Breath Duration: 6 min Level: Everyone Focus: Learning to focus on counting breaths as a tool to fall back to sleep.
Caregiver Conversation with Kayla Estenson Williams
The Cancer Caregiver
06/03/21 • 49 min
Deep down there is a little part of you that knows you need therapy.
If you are a caregiver you can find a million reasons why you don't have the time/can't go.
This episode is for everyone who wants to know...
What happens in that first therapy session
How therapy is different than a FB Group or an App.
How to navigate the fear of being judged by friends and family.
The benefits of therapy for caregivers.
How therapy can help you become a more effective caregiver.
Learning how to set boundaries.
Listen to my conversation with Kayla Estenson Williams (@kaylaestensonwellness), Minnesota based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist here, and find the links Kayla mentions in the show notes below!
Show Notes
2:30 How to know if therapy is right for you.
3:11 Benefits of Therapy.
4:00 Reasons therapy is beneficial for caregivers
4:25 Expectations for your first therapy session.
7:30 Vulnerability and feeling uncomfortable is ok.
8:41 Worries about being judged by family and friends
10:00 The Therapist has a plan. No need to worry about having things to talk about.
11:30 Finding a therapist you’re comfortable with.
14:40 Making the decision to finally go to therapy.
15:15 The difference between therapy and Facebook groups and phone apps.
23:00 Your own personal cheerleader.
24:00 Knowing you need therapy but living around people who stigmatize therapy.
25:00 Honoring your needs and processing boundaries with your therapist.
28:00 Therapy is more that talk. The tools and skills you can learn with your therapist.
30:00 How therapy can help you become a more effective caregiver.
33:00 Problem solving and processing emotions.
36:00 Therapy is what you need for it to be.
38:03 You don’t need to know what you need help with when you go to therapy. Your therapist will help you figure that out.
39:36 Crying
40:00 Therapy is there for YOU.
42:19 Things to think of if you are still hesitating.
44:00How to find a therapist. Links mentioned.
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
Therapy Den: https://www.therapyden.com/
Open Path Collective: https://openpathcollective.org/
46:00 Charlotte relates her experiences with therapy.
48:00 Realizing, once you go to therapy, that you should have started a long time ago.
Find Kayla :
www.facebook.com/kaylaestensonwellness/
www.instagram.com/kaylaestensonwellness/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kayla-estenson-wellness-podcast/id1488846404
Cancer in your face
The Cancer Caregiver
07/29/21 • 5 min
Have you noticed when you or someone you know buys a new car you start seeing that care everywhere? Or maybe that color care shows up everywhere and even though you know that car or color existed before you never noticed it until then?
That’s how it was with cancer after my husband was diagnosed.
Once we found out he had cancer everything around us had to do with cancer.
It was as if the universe said - oh, now they know - so now their life feed will be 100% cancer messaging.
It was everywhere we went to try to relax!
Every time we watched TV it felt like every commercial was about cancer.
Cancer treatments
Cancer studies
Cancer marathons
Cancer telethons.
It was cancer season on tv.
Characters on tv shows we liked watching got cancer.
Famous people seemed to be getting cancer diagnoses left and right.
It felt like it was all around us!
I’m sure it wasn’t any more than it had been before but it was like buying a white car and then only noticing white cars.
I remember going to an action movie, which felt safe to do, there was no mention of cancer so we didn’t even think about that being part of the story but of course it was there.
What I feel was a pivotal moment was when we went to a comedy club and the comedian started telling cancer jokes. There were maybe two jokes but they stung.
My husband was sitting across from me and we both looked at each other and that was when we could have decided to go into so many directions at that moment.
We could have just started to cry and break down right there. Finally succumbing to what felt like the universe just continuing to throw cancer in our faces.
We could have gotten indignant and mad and left in the middle of the set in a huff. OR worse yet taken it out on the comedian and heckle him.
We could have not looked at each other and ignored it altogether.
We didn’t do any of that though.
We looked at each other and we laughed.
Not at the comedian. Not at the joke but at the fact that we just couldn’t get away from it.
It was a shared connection between the two of us. We both communicated through the look on our faces and were just so connected in that moment that we both knew what we needed to do.
Out of all the emotions I could have thought back at, this the one that has stayed with me is how warm and loved it makes me feel.
I don’t remember how loud it was or the people we were sitting next to. I vaguely remember the club we were at or who the comedian was.
What I remember is how good it feels to recollect the connection we had. The look we gave each other that said it all without saying it. The shared experience while coming to the topic from two different angles. At that moment we were in it together equally. It was us against the world that apparently wanted to throw cancer in our faces until something happened.
And it did.
We decided that it wasn’t going to break us.
That we were going to do this together and somehow we were going to get through to the other side of it.
Things didn’t get easier after that but it was as if that moment planted a seed of strength in both of us that helped us get through the next phase of his cancer treatment.
We both chose to be positive that night. There are so many different ways to respond to the world but we knew that at that moment the best way for us to move forward was to find a way through together.
And after that, cancer stopped showing up everywhere.
For caregiving support and to download your "Top 5 Tools for Caregivers" Guide go to www.loveyourcaregivinglife.com
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Cancer Caregiver have?
The Cancer Caregiver currently has 251 episodes available.
What topics does The Cancer Caregiver cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Cancer, Personal Journals, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education and Selfcare.
What is the most popular episode on The Cancer Caregiver?
The episode title 'Improving Quality of Life and the Importance of Palliative Care with Carol Bush' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Cancer Caregiver?
The average episode length on The Cancer Caregiver is 14 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Cancer Caregiver released?
Episodes of The Cancer Caregiver are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Cancer Caregiver?
The first episode of The Cancer Caregiver was released on Mar 20, 2020.
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