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"His Widowed Bride" - Exploring Widowhood and Resiliency with Lori Tucker-Sullivan

"His Widowed Bride" - Exploring Widowhood and Resiliency with Lori Tucker-Sullivan


Season 5 Episode 40


Recovery from the death of a spouse is a lifelong healing process. Each year brings a measure of healing as we move toward being able to reclaim life’s joy. Lori Tucker-Sullivan has been widowed for …


Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Advance Directives - A Guide to Documenting Your Healthcare Wishes

Advance Directives - A Guide to Documenting Your Healthcare Wishes


Season 5 Episode 39


If you are incapable of making medical decisions, who would you want to speak for you? How do you let them know what is important to you in your care?  We discuss the importance of preparation at any…


Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

How to Boost Sleep for Mental and Physical Wellbeing

How to Boost Sleep for Mental and Physical Wellbeing


Season 5 Episode 38


The expectations we put upon ourselves for a "perfect" holiday can wreak havoc on our stress levels, mood, and relationships. One of the things we can do to take care of ourselves is to get enough re…


Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Memory and Alzheimer's Disease

Memory and Alzheimer's Disease


Season 5 Episode 37


 Can multivitamin supplements help prevent memory loss and mental decline in older adults? We share research that shows encouraging results, and why you should start taking a supplement now.  

Learn a…


Published on 1 year ago

Making the Decision to Euthanize a Pet

Making the Decision to Euthanize a Pet


Season 5 Episode 36


When is it time to say goodbye to a pet at end of life? We talk about this agonizing decision in this episode, and give you a quality of life assessment tool in our show notes to help with your decis…


Published on 1 year ago

Growth and Remembrance: What to Expect Your Third Year of Grief

Growth and Remembrance: What to Expect Your Third Year of Grief


Season 5 Episode 35


Does grief get smaller over time, or do we instead we grow larger around it?

Two years after trauma of the death we typically move into a period of healing and self-correction.  The third year after a…


Published on 1 year ago

How to Avoid Falls, the Leading Cause of Death for Older Adults

How to Avoid Falls, the Leading Cause of Death for Older Adults


Season 5 Episode 34


Falling is more than a bruise to our dignity; it can lead to disability, bone breaks, brain bleeds, loss of independence, and premature deaths. Learn the risks and how to avoid them. https://bit.ly/4…


Published on 1 year ago

Dying in Good Health: Can We Have a Healthy Aging Process?

Dying in Good Health: Can We Have a Healthy Aging Process?


Season 5 Episode 33


Can making good choices extend our healthy life and shorten the dying process at the end?
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01:46 - Ready for the Holidays?06:47 - Lore Segal, Émigré Life Novelis…


Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

USA's Falling Life Expectancy, and Deaths of Despair

USA's Falling Life Expectancy, and Deaths of Despair


Season 5 Episode 32


How does the USA have a declining life expectancy while other developed countries are rising? Researchers feel it is from deaths of despair. Learn what the factors are and how we can help reverse the…


Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Dementia Care - Is there a Better Method Than Redirection and Distraction? With Rachael Wonderlin

Dementia Care - Is there a Better Method Than Redirection and Distraction? With Rachael Wonderlin


Season 5 Episode 31


Can you work with the reality someone with dementia is experiencing?  Our Guest Rachael Wonderlin joins us to explain how the method she teaches can save distress and how we need to reframe dementia …


Published on 1 year, 1 month ago





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