The Caregivers Podcast

Dr. Mark Ropeleski

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The cost & courage of caring - stories that spark resilience.

1D AGO

How To Build Capacity As A Caregiver w/ Susan Ackland

In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, Host Dr. Mark sits down with Susan Ackland, a psychotherapist with decades of experience who has spent the last 10 years navigating the complexities of caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s and a father-in-law with Lewy body dementia, all while raising children and maintaining her professional practice. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Follow us:▶️All things CGP: https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

1h 23m
FEB 20

Do You 'owe' Aging Parents Care? w/ Elizabeth Miller

In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, Dr. Mark sits down with Elizabeth Miller, founder of Happy Healthy Caregiver, to tackle the question nobody wants to say out loud: When parents age and need care, what do their adult children actually owe them? As a veteran podcaster and sandwich generation caregiver, Elizabeth shares the raw reality of balancing a career and children while managing the declining health of aging parents. We discuss the mudslide of caregiving, the difference between being a caregiver and a care partner, and how to handle the burnout that comes with the impossible squeeze of the sandwich generation. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Support our guest:▶️Book: https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/product/journal/▶️Podcast: https://happyhealthycaregiver.com/podcast/▶️Newsletter: https://happyhealthycaregiver.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=67480242b62b2c452bd227174&id=36cc22d7fb Socials:▶️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyhealthycaregiver/▶️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/happyhealthycaregiver▶️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethbmiller/▶️X: https://x.com/HHCaregiver▶️Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/HHCaregiver/▶️TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyhealthycaregiver▶️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAcYkpMK6I3Y0ep-kyvrZaQ Follow us:▶️All things CGP: https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

1h 13m
FEB 13

Decolonizing Medicine: A New Vision for Future Doctors w/ Dr. Jamaica Cass

Why do Indigenous communities distrust the healthcare system, and how do we fix it? In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, Dr. Mark sits down with Dr. Jamaica Cass - the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn both an MD and a PhD. Dr. Cass shares her mission to decolonize medicine, from reshaping medical school curricula to building localized health education programs. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Follow us:▶️https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

55 min
FEB 6

Parenting a Child with Pulmonary Hypertension w/ Cynthia Neilson

In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, host Dr. Mark sits down with Cynthia Neilson to discuss the emotional and practical realities of raising a child with a rare heart-lung condition. Cynthia shares her journey from the initial shock of a complex diagnosis at SickKids to the "stress tests" of everyday parenting—navigating medical equipment at bedtime, setting boundaries with school, and eventually empowering her daughter, Clare, to become her own advocate. It is a story of resilience, finding peace in the face of uncertainty, and the vital importance of caregiver communities. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Follow us:▶️https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

1h 4m
JAN 30

Is Caregiving a Life Sentence? w/ Kate Washington

In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, author Kate Washington joins us to discuss her powerful memoir, Already Toast, and the invisible crisis of caregiver burnout. We explore the raw emotional realities of spousal caregiving, the "slow slide" into medical responsibility, and how systemic failures in the healthcare system leave families feeling abandoned. Kate Washington is the author of Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America, a powerful blend of memoir and reporting that exposes how quickly love and responsibility can become total, invisible labor when a partner becomes seriously ill. Her story traces the psychological narrowing caregivers live through: identity erosion, relentless coordination, and the quiet reality of doing high-stakes care with little training, pay, or recognition, all inside a system that often treats caregiving as private “family stuff,” not real work. Washington is also a longtime journalist and food writer based in Northern California, and a frequent speaker on the systemic challenges facing family caregivers. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Support our guest: ▶️ Website: https://www.kawashington.com/ ▶️ Buy Kate's book, Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America:https://www.kawashington.com/already-toast Follow us:▶️https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

1h 35m
JAN 23

Caregiving in 2026: What's IN and What's OUT

Is caregiving consuming your life, or are you surviving the work? In this episode of The Caregivers Podcast, Dr. Mark breaks down why the "hero narrative" is breaking caregivers and why 2026 is the year we shift from mindless sacrifice to strategic sustainability. We explore the 10 things that are IN (like boundaries as a clinical skill and energy management) and the 10 things that are officially OUT (like toxic empathy and productivity worship). If you are a professional clinician, a family caregiver, or an advocate, this conversation provides a new framework for protecting your health while caring for others. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Follow us:▶️All things CGP: https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

13 min
JAN 16

Nurses on the Edge: Fear, Burnout, & Hope w/ Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions President Linda Silas

In this powerful episode of The Caregivers Podcast, Dr. Mark Ropeleski sits down with Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions (CFNU), to discuss the precarious state of nursing in 2026. Far beyond simple "burnout," Linda describes a "moral injury" occurring across Canada—a systemic failure where nurses are forced into 30-hour shifts, face escalating workplace violence, and are unable to provide the level of care their patients deserve Watch the full video episode here:▶️YouTube: https://youtu.be/W0kbtWNrGL4 Support our guest:▶️Twitter: https://x.com/CFNUPresident▶️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CFNUPresident/ Follow us:▶️All things CGP: https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast

1h 13m
JAN 9

2026: Caregivers Reset

Caregivers don’t need more motivation, they need more margin. In this Season 2 premiere, Dr. Mark Ropeleski addresses the "diffusion of energy" that leads to caregiver burnout. If you find yourself saying "yes" to every crisis but "no" to your own well-being, this episode is your permission to simplify. Watch the full video episode:▶️YouTube: https://youtu.be/lzn6qzCgHag Follow us: ▶️https://linktr.ee/thecaregiverspodcast Books referenced in this episode:📖 Essentialism by Greg McKeown📖 The One Thing by Gary Keller📖 Atomic Habits by James Clear📖 The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

11 min

The cost & courage of caring - stories that spark resilience.

Creator

Dr. Mark Ropeleski
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

23
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© The Well-Timed Corporation 2025