Healing Ties From The Bow Tie Guy

On this episode of Healing Ties we welcome National Home Expert Caroline Blazovsky! With over 18 years of experience working with the public and physicians to create healthy living spaces and improve wellness. Caroline loves making people healthier! She is also CEO of MY HEALTHY HOME®, a green company that offers testing services, products and consultations for homes throughout the US. Listen in and learn how Caroline is creating Healing Ties all around us!

The Weight of Honor is the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the lives of families caring for their catastrophically wounded solders returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Over the course of five years, Stephanie Howard followed the arc of what happens when some of America's best and strongest volunteer to protect our nation, but return home physically and emotionally broken. What happens when they return is not only a personal journey, but also the story of their family caregivers who have no training other than the love for their wounded.Listen in and learn how Stephanie Howard and the Weight of Honor are creating Healing Ties all around us!

December 1 is World AIDS Day and Roland Chesters was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2006 and given two weeks to live at the time of his diagnosis. In his book, Ripples from the Edge of Life, Roland gathers stories from 13 other people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS between 1982 and 2015 and how they have managed their diagnosis and the in particular, the mental ill health created by the stigma that still surrounds HIV/AIDS. In this episode of Healing Ties, Roland shares his story about his diagnoses while encouraging others to do the same. Listen in and learn how Roland Chesters is creating Healing Ties all around us.

It goes without saying that our teeth are vital to our personal health an nutrition and sometimes we take our teeth for granted. On this episode of Healing Ties, Dr. Dave Baer from from the Pueblo Dental Surgery Center, explains the variety of options available for dental implants while providing a clear understanding of the procedures to ensure implants are safe fore everyone. Listen in and learn how Dr. Baer is creating Healing Ties all around us.

Dental Hygiene plays an important role in our over all health and well-being. Yet many of us have just a tad bit of anxiety when it comes to going to the dentist. On this episode of Healing Ties our guest is Dr. Dave Baer from the Pueblo Dental Surgery Center in Pueblo, Colorado. Dr. Baer's soothing style will put you at complete ease as he explains how new trends in dental care, including IV sedation, helps remove our anxiety for better dental care. Listen in and learn how Dr. Baer and his staff are creating Healing Ties all around us!

On this episode of Healing Ties, I have the pleasure of visiting with writer and journalist, Michelle Seitzer. Passionate about care, Michelle writes about caregiving and lives the caregiving life too. She's a co-moderator for the once weekly #CareChat, cares for her daughter with special needs, and helped care for her beloved grandparents, who passed away in 2009 and 2017. Listen in and learn how Michelle is making room in the margins while creating Healing Ties all around us!

Laura Boedges is an experienced wealth manager, Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, who, as a divorcee herself, dedicates a large portion of her time to working with women and men in transition. She is also a Caregiver! Listen in and learn how Laura Boedges is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Leda Rosenthal is a 22-year-old caregiver and entrepreneur dedicated to making life-enhancing technologies accessible to caregivers and their loved ones. Leda became passionate about innovative caregiving methods when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease during her first year at Colgate University. As the Founder & CEO of Alz You Need, Leda has both built and used dementia assistive technology, now it is her mission to share it with others. Listen in and learn how Leda Rosenthal is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Jay Newton-Small is the founder of MemoryWell, a national network of more than 500 journalists who tell the life stories of those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia in order to improve their care. MemoryWell grew out of Jay's experience with her father, who was living with Alzheimer's disease. Our network of more than 500 professional writers works with families, senior living communities and home care providers to replace burdensome intake questionnaires with brief, intimate stories which build empathy and are poignant keepsakes for families. Listen in and learn how Jay Newton-Small and the entire staff at MemoryWell are creating Healing Ties all around us!

Two Irishman came into a bar...NO! Two Irishmen joined together on a podcast to talk about something that they are both passionate about...Caregiving! My guest on this episode of Healing Ties is Ryan McNniff. Ryan is owner of Minute Women Home Health and the host of The Caregiver's Toolbox podcast and has quite a story to share about his personal journey into caregiving and home health. Listen in and learn how Ryan is creating Healing Ties all around us!

As corporate finance attorney and raising two children of her own, Catherine Hodder was thrusts in the role as family caregiver for her father after he suffered a series of mini-strokes. Suddenly balancing a career, raising children, and taking care of her father, Catherine joined millions of Americans in the Sandwich Generation. Through her experience as a caregiver, Catherine shifted her focus from corporate finance to estate planning and helps guide family caregivers along their journey of caregiving. Listen in and learn about Catherine’s new book, Estate Planning for the Sandwich Generation: How to help Your Parents and Protect Your Kids, her caregiving experience with her father and how she is creating Healing Ties all around us!

Janet Fouts has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and a caregiver for her partner, diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer 12 years ago. The combination left her burning the candle at both ends; burnout comes quickly and stays. Over time, Janet discovered how to use mindfulness to reduces stress and anxiety. Now Janet brings what she has learned to other caregivers, through book "When Life Hit's The Fan - A mindful guide to Caring For Yourself While Caregiver for Others" sot that caregivers can be their best selves and take good care of themselves, too. Listen in and learn how Janet Fouts is using mindfulness as a way to create Healing Ties all around us!

While in the midst of caregiving we are all looking for the one tool that will make our caregiving day just a little less worrisome. And with technology changing the way we live at an alarming rate, what if the two collided? On this episode of Healing Ties, my guest is Jerry Wilmink from CarePredict. CarePredict is changing the way we care so caregivers can worry less, while catching indicators that impact care. Listen in and learn how Jerry Wilmink and the entire team at Care Predict are creating Healing Ties all around us!

As caregivers, we understand sometimes just getting through the day can be challenging, yet music can help bolster our spirits! On episode 6 of "Songs For The Caregiver Soul" Barbara McAfee asks us to dwell in the spirit of YES! It's a little Gospel, it's a little Irish Blessing, its a song that rasies our hearts to whatever lift brings us! Listen in and learn how Barbara McAfee is creating Healing Ties all around us!

On episode 5 of "Songs For The Caregiver Soul" Barbara McAfee introduces to two songs that continue us on the path of self thought and self-enrichment. When I Die and Living in the Light are two very personal songs that talk about a taboo subject, our own death. Or is our own death a taboo subject? Could you write your own death song? While the topic matter might seems out of sorts, after you listen to these two wonderful songs, you'll learn about the bond between two friends and how music brings healing, even in the most difficult of times. Listen in and learn how Barbara McAfee and the Morning Star Singers are creating Healing Ties all around us!

People often think of the elderly when discussing caregiving and end of life. But there are parents, who give birth to a child, discovering their precious child will need lifelong care and have challenges they were not expecting. This sets us off on a journey we never imagined and often feels isolating and frightening. There are countless families and individuals living with extra challenges. On this episode of Healing Ties we visit with Lois Swope, as she shares her story of caring for her daughter Karly who was born with Rett syndrome; Karly blog, music and story continues to inspire all of us! Listen in and learn how Lois Swope is creating Healing Ties by sharing sharing their life story. Stick around until the end where you'll hear a track from Karly's CD In My Own Voice!

Tracey Lawrence is a serial caregiver who survived helping both of her parents through their illness with love, compassion and humor. Tracey shares her insights with readers through her ground-breaking book, "Dementia Sucks", and through her family coaching practice, Grand Family Planning. Having been through caregiving both of her parents who each had different types of dementia, Tracey turned her experience into a platform for helping others so they will not have to walk the caregiver road alone. Listen in and learn how Tracey Lawrence is creating Healing Ties all around us!

On episode 4 of "Songs For The Caregiver Soul" Barbara McAfee introduces us to the Morning Star Singers, a volunteer singing group Barbara established to bring comfort, hope and nourishment to those who are ill. Through Barbara's song "Surrounding You", we learn the essence of creating a compassionate presence and how to bring water to someone in a desert. Listen in and learn how Barbara McAfee and the Morning Star Singers are creating Healing Ties all around us!

As a full-time photographer from Canada, Jay Perry has traveled the country and beyond to capture the moments and memories that matter. Then "My Dad Got Sick" and in 2013 I decided to pretty much give up my life to take care of my dad full time. Jay believes his time with his Dad was "way more valuable than money". Listen in and learn how Jay Perry is creating "Healing Ties" all around us.!

That voice in our head. We've all heard it, we've all experienced it. Those darn Brain Rats! On our On our 3rd episode of Songs For The Caregiver Soul, we focus in on Barbara McAfee's popular song, "Brain Rats" and learn how to combat and eliminate all that "junk in our head." Listen in and learn how Barbara McAfee is creating Healing Ties all around us!