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Caring for aging parents or other loved ones while working, raising children, and trying to live your own life? Wondering how to find the time for your personal health & happiness? Welcome to the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast. The show where real family caregivers share how to be happy and healthy while caring for others.


Host and Certified Caregiving Consultant, Elizabeth Miller shares her stories and content and also talks with others who are either current or former family caregivers. Real people who are figuring out how to integrate caregiving with their lives and ready to share what they have learned with you.

Happy Healthy Caregiver Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network

    • Society & Culture

Caring for aging parents or other loved ones while working, raising children, and trying to live your own life? Wondering how to find the time for your personal health & happiness? Welcome to the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast. The show where real family caregivers share how to be happy and healthy while caring for others.


Host and Certified Caregiving Consultant, Elizabeth Miller shares her stories and content and also talks with others who are either current or former family caregivers. Real people who are figuring out how to integrate caregiving with their lives and ready to share what they have learned with you.

    Exploring Alzheimer’s Treatments with Dr. Zahydie Burgos Ribot

    Exploring Alzheimer’s Treatments with Dr. Zahydie Burgos Ribot

    Dr. Zahydie L. Burgos Ribot cares for her husband, Francisco, also known as Paco, who is living with Young Onset Familial Alzheimer's Disease.






    In this episode, Zahydie and Paco share their caregiving journey. They talk about how they took time to understand and cope with Paco's diagnosis and process their feelings of grief before telling others. They also discuss Paco's treatment, including E2814 therapy and Leqembi medication, which help slow down Paco’s Alzheimer’s. And they talk about how they focus on living each day with intention and are enjoying crossing off things from their bucket list.






    Show notes with product and resource links:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPod184


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    • 59 min
    Managing Falls with Steve Powell - Caregiver Spotlight

    Managing Falls with Steve Powell - Caregiver Spotlight

    Steve Powell cared for both of his parents as their health and mobility declined. His experiences mitigating many falls for his parents, prompted his invention of a device designed to lift individuals safely and comfortably off the floor.






    In this episode, Steve and I chat about aging in place, fall prevention, perfectionism, and why he has the well-deserved nickname of ‘The Singing Wine Maker.’






    Show notes with product and resource links:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPod183


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    http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv


    Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal:


    http://bit.ly/HHCjournal


    For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth:


    https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/


    The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

    • 43 min
    Talking to Kids about Dementia with Alder Allensworth - Caregiver Spotlight

    Talking to Kids about Dementia with Alder Allensworth - Caregiver Spotlight

    Alder Allensworth cared for her mother who had Alzheimer’s and her father who had vascular dementia. Alder’s inspiration to co-create a children’s tool kit for families came from watching her mother interact with her grandchildren.






    In this episode of the Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, we talk about the resources Alder and her friend Brenda created to help children better understand dementia. Alder shares the benefits of having structure in our days, how a continuing care retirement community was the right fit for her parents for a while, how FMLA allowed her to be present for her parents in their final weeks, and what her daily energizing self-care practices look like.






    Show notes with product and resource links:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPod182


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    http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv


    Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal:


    http://bit.ly/HHCjournal


    For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth:


    https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/


    The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

    • 59 min
    Speak Your Truth with Allison Breininger - Caregiver Spotlight

    Speak Your Truth with Allison Breininger - Caregiver Spotlight

    Allison Breininger has an MA in Education and spent twenty years in the realm of education. At 31, she became a caregiver for her husband, Sean, when he was diagnosed with the rare genetic disease Fanconi Anemia. She has been by his side through countless treatments and experienced firsthand that caregivers are in what she calls ‘the negative space’: vital yet overlooked and unsupported.






    In this episode, Allison shares why caregivers are part of the story and need to be recognized, why the oxygen mask analogy falls short, what tried and true tools help her in her caregiving life, and why ‘brightsiding’ is detrimental for care advocacy and caregiver wellness.






    Show notes with product and resource links:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPod181


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    http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv


    Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal:


    http://bit.ly/HHCjournal


    For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth:


    https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/


    The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

    • 56 min
    Messy Caregiving with Sisters Natalie and JJ - Caregiver Spotlight

    Messy Caregiving with Sisters Natalie and JJ - Caregiver Spotlight

    Natalie Elliott Handy and JJ Elliott Hill are sisters. Together, along with a third sister Emilie, they manage care for their mom who is living with Parkinson’s disease. Natalie is also a caregiver for her spouse, Jason, who receives palliative care to help navigate his cancer journey.






    In this episode, we discuss all the total messiness around family caregiving. We talk about letting go of perfectionism, getting access to your parent’s finances, the benefits of palliative care, and they both confess their guilty pleasures.






    Show notes with product and resource links:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPod180


    Receive the podcast in your email here:


    http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv


    Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal:


    http://bit.ly/HHCjournal


    For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth:


    https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/


    The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

    • 56 min
    Hope for Caregivers with Peter Rosenberger - Caregiver Spotlight

    Hope for Caregivers with Peter Rosenberger - Caregiver Spotlight

    Meet Peter Rosenberger who has been a family caregiver for over 38 years for a spouse with severe disabilities. Peter is fluent in the language of caregiver and has navigated a medical nightmare that has mushroomed to 85+ major operations—including the amputation of both of his wife Gracie’s legs below the knee.






    In this episode, Peter recounts his experience attempting to admit himself to a mental hospital, discusses why caregiving shouldn't hinder us from embracing life, shares his strategies for finding moments of stillness and pursuing energizing hobbies, and outlines the ways he spreads hope among caregivers.






    Show notes with product and resource links:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPod179


    Receive the podcast in your email here:


    http://bit.ly/2G4qvBv


    Order a copy of Elizabeth's book Just for You: a Daily Self Care Journal:


    http://bit.ly/HHCjournal


    For podcast sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth:


    https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/contact-us/


    The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast is part of the Whole Care Network. Rate and Review the podcast:


    https://bit.ly/HHCPODREVIEW

    • 59 min

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