Caregiver Dave Podcast

Embracing the Beauty of Caregiving - Ashley Bendiksen

Ashley Bendiksen is a national speaker, award-winning activist, and author. As a speaker, she is a recognized expert in domestic and sexual violence prevention, overcoming adversity, and leadership development. A multi-passionate activist, Ashley has been lauded for her efforts in human rights, social justice, and community engagement. She is also the founder of the Blue Hearts Project, a global storytelling platform for survivors of abuse. Her memoir titled, The Language of Time, chronicles her journey as a caregiver to her mother who developed early-onset Alzheimer’s. Today, Ashley further advocates for Alzheimer's disease awareness, funding, and policy change.

Victoria Price - Daughter of Vincent Price All about Love

Mary Victoria Price is a public speaker and the author of the inspirational memoir, The Way of Being Lost: A Road Trip to My Truest Self and Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. She currently spends much of her time traveling and speaking about the life of her father, Vincent Price, as well as many inspirational self-development topics.

Dr Bernie Siegel, The relationship Between the Patient and the Healing Process

Dr Bernie Siegel is an American writer and retired pediatric surgeon, who writes on the relationship between the patient and the healing process. He is known for his best-selling book Love, Medicine and Miracles. Join Dave Nassaney and Adrienne Gruberg as they talk about the issues of Family Caregivers with Dr Siegel

Dr. Marc Siegel, Author, Physician, Professor of Medicine

You've seen Dr Marc Siegel all over media yhis past year. He is one of the great authorities on COVID-19, a physician, the Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, an author of multiple books, and a contributor to Fox News Network. I met Dr Siegel at an essential medical conference in Atlanta a few months ago. We had a chance to chat, I showed him my book, It’s My Life Too, Thrive & Stay Alive as a Caregiver. He thumbed through it, and said, “Wow you wrote this? You should come on my show” I said, “I will, and you should come on my show.” He said, “I will” and here he is.

Rationality is the Way to Happiness - John Vespasian

In a world where philosophy is often reduced to catch-phrases and empty theories, this is a passionate defence of logic and consistency as the keys to happiness. Personal effectiveness, the basis of well-being and success, results from rational goals, workable plans and relentless action. In the areas of career, health, relationships and investments, this essay shows how to let go of wasteful propositions, pursue compatible goals, cultivate perseverance and resilience, minimize problems and maximize opportunities. Inspired by the teachings of Aristotle, Maimonides, Erasmus, Montaigne, Epictetus and Spinoza, the book encourages readers to embrace rationality and adopt a self-reliant, entrepreneurial attitude.

Pantea Vahidi, Blueprint for Relieving Burnout & Fostering Resilient

Pantea Vahidi has been a caregiver in many capacities caring for loved ones with different conditions since a very young age. She is an educator, researcher, nurse, and a Compassion and Resilience Advisor. Above all Pantea identifies as a lifelong caregiver and she has expanded her nursing practice to care for the world and spread compassion and resilience in all entities around the globe.Drawing from her patient care experience as a medical/surgical/cardiac/hospice nurse and her design experience as an engineer, she has integrated the science and art of caring to develop powerful educational and training programs on Compassion and Resilience . Vahidi’s courses provide practical skills to use daily. Vahidi studies the science of compassion and is a member of the Compassion and Empathy Research team at UCSD. Vahidi has trained nurses, physicians, medical students and leaders at hospitals and universities across the nation.She holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Nursing. She was raised in a family that values helping others and recalls growing up with Rumi being recited that "Compassion transforms thorns into flowers" and has made this ancient wisdom the foundation of her personal and work life. She believes that“When all else fails, compassion prevails” -Pantea Vahidi, RN www.panteavahidi.com

ALS Caregiver Advocate, Jodi O'Donnell-Ames

Jodi’s late husband, Kevin O’Donnell was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 30, and he tragically succumbed to the illness at the age of 36. Throughout the course of Kevin’s illness, Jodi became intimately aware of the impact of ALS on the patient and on the family. Critically, in witnessing her young daughter having to take on a role as caregiver alongside her, she realized the gap in resources and community available for children who similarly realize the role of caregiver for family members with ALS. From her experience and her desire to help children and family members impacted by ALS, she founded Hope Loves Company, the only non-profit in the U.S. with the mission of providing educational and emotional support to children and young adults who had or have a loved one battling ALS. Jodi started Hope Loves Company from her home, and it has since grown into a national organization that has helped thousands of children and families whose lives have been affected by ALS.

Don't Let the Memories Fade - Kate Kunkel

When Kate Kunkel’s mother was diagnosed with dementia in 2010, Kate set out to discover why this happened, how she could help her mother, and ensure that she herself would not succumb to this terrible syndrome. What she learned inspired her to embark on what she considers the most important mission of her life – to make dementia and Alzheimer’s rare diseases, and to empower people to take control of their own health and future. Through coaching and speaking, and now in her book, "Don't Let the Memories Fade", Kate mentors others to better health to improve their health, sharpen, their cognitive abilities and protect their brains from the ravages of dementia.

If I knew I would live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Dr. Michael Glenn, Registered Respiratory Therapist graduated March, 1985 from Northwestern Medical School’s Advanced Standing Program. First hospital-based Chiropractic practice in Dallas/Ft. Worth region. 1989. Team Doctor for the Clarksville Fox Female Professional football team, Opened Chiropractic Clinic at Fort Campbell, KY, 2003 Treated Elite Military Units, Treated Elite Amateur Athletes (some were National Champions). Tech Fort Worth’s Impact Your World Award

The Sudden Caregiver: A Roadmap for Resilient Caregiving

Karen Warner Schueler became a sudden caregiver when her late husband, Joel Kurtzman, was diagnosed out of the blue with Stage IV cancer. In her book, The Sudden Caregiver, A Roadmap for Resilient Caregiving, she draws upon her own experience, the experience of other caregivers, and research from the field of Positive Psychology to offer the informal, unpaid, sudden, caregiver, a roadmap, a path to resilience, and a rational approach to planning what is, essentially, unplannable. As an executive coach and President of her coaching firm, Tangible Group, she designs and delivers premiere leadership experiences for individuals, teams, and multinational corporations. She received her Master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Beaufort, South Carolina with her husband, John; and Fenway, the world’s most empathetic dog. She is currently launching a series of learning modules for caregiver resilience. The Sudden Caregiver is her first book.