73 episodes
This Caregiver Life ™ Mary Hahn Ward
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- Health & Fitness
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4.8 • 13 Ratings
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Hosts Jennifer Smith Jenkins and Mary Hahn Ward are long-time caregivers. "This Caregiver Life" podcast explores the journey of caregivers from all walks of life. Whether you are a caregiver, clinician, or community member supporting caregivers, you'll connect with our stories, resources, and insight. We share an unfiltered look into the frontlines of caregiving, of #thiscaregiverlife.
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E71: Feed Your Body
Hello!
We had hoped to drop a podcast every month this year. We started strong until we hit February. Sound familiar caregivers?
We did record this one, technically, in February. It's taken a few days to get back to writing show notes and publishing.
In this podcast we focus on eating well. It's an overall way of caring for ourselves every day. Eating nutritious meals and snacks has a way of helping us feel better even under stress. It doesn't take our stress away but can often help us manage it better.
Neither of us is a dietician or nutritionist. We do, however, have to eat. We have a collective experience of over a hundred years of eating. Often during those years, we have cared for others who need guidance and assistance with eating, which includes food choices.
We hope you will learn a thing or two from us. More than anything, we hope we have encouraged you to take care of YOU through good eating because you matter.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans is a good place to begin!
Feel free to drop us a note at either or both of our emails.
maryhahnward@gmail.com
jenniferjenkins724@gmail.co
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E70: Give Your Mind a Rest
Jenn and Mar welcome in 2024 with a new podcast episode!
In "Give Your Mind a Rest" they chat about the usefulness of developing a meditation mindfulness practice. Food meditation is one of their favorites because, you know, why not. Food is a source of joy at times, so why not incorporate it into your daily practice?
There are a variety of meditation practices to employ. It is our hope you will find one that works for you and it becomes one of your many supportive tools in your caregiver toolbox. See below for links to meditation mindfulness resources.
Reclaim Yourself
The Power of Meditation
Tara Brach - Guided Meditations
Calm App
Koru Mindfulness
We would love to hear from you if you enjoy other mindfulness meditation resources and would like to share them.
Mary's email: maryhahnward@gmail.com
Jenn's email: jenniferjenkins724@gmail.com
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New episodes coming in 2024!
Mar & Jenn are excited to reconnect with you. We have all new episodes coming for 2024, but of course our episodes are always evergreen. We look forward to hearing from you on our social media pages on Facebook and LinkedIn. Please let us know what’s important to you as you live This Caregiver Life.
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See you later 2023
As we near the end of 2023 Mar gives a quick update and a look ahead to 2024. We look forward to posting more episodes in 2024.
As always we hope to hear from our listeners on ideas for future content, questions they may have, and thoughts they'd like to share.
Our Facebook page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/thiscaregiverlife
Mary's email: maryhahnward@gmail.com Jenn’s email: jenniferjenkins724@gmail.com
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E69: Caregiver Maintenance
In this episode, we chat about good sleep, good maintenance tips for caregiving, and ways we have learned to cope with all things caregiving.
Interested in a Meditation Mouse? Find one for yourself here: https://amzn.to/3J19dVl https://amzn.to/3J19dVl
Coming soon: Navigating the NICU
Jenn explores tiny miracles of life inside the hospital's most precious, and sometimes scariest, ward: the NICU.
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E68: Hire Us!
Are you a caregiver looking for meaningful employment? Is your company making room at the table for caregivers? In this episode, we discuss the challenges caregivers face in the workplace, how employers can support caregiving employees, and the many assets caregivers have that can add to, not take away from, a company’s culture and productivity. Our guest is Sharon Grassi, a caregiver who has experienced workplace roadblocks. Whether you’re a caregiver or an employer, you won’t want to miss this episode!
If you’re an HR professional or work in the C-suite and want to share your company’s wins for caregivers, send us an email: maryhahnward@gmail.com
We’d love to have you on the show. And if you’d like a guest speaker for your organization, Jennifer is available. Email for details: jenniferjenkins724@gmail.com.
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Mar and Jen go deep and keep it real in this fascinating podcast. Whether they are sharing their personal experiences as caregivers or are interviewing professionals or other caregivers, they keep their focus on the actionable steps caregivers can take to bolster their mental, physical, spiritual and financial skills to stay the course of caregiving and remain healthy and balanced. Whether you are a newcomer to caregiving or a veteran, their is support and valuable information in every episode.