If you could save your loved one from their serious illness, you would do that. Of course you would.

You love them and you want the best for them, whether they're battling cancer, Alzheimer's disease, ALS, age-related decline, or another advanced illness. You want to be the best caregiver you can be, and I'll bet you're exhausted.

Yet you may be spending your precious energy trying to fix the unfixable, rather than focusing on being wholeheartedly present with your loved one.

This episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast tackles how to show up as the best caregiver you can be and how to figure out what is yours to take on and what is not.

I'm glad you're here.

Dr. Delia

www.doctordelia.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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Palliative care chaplain Daniel Deloma shares the powerful modality that he uses with seriously ill, hospice and end of life patients - Meditative Heartbeat Therapy.

It helps reduce pain, anxiety, and fear and has powerful impacts on patient, family and caregiver wellbeing.

It is a technique that family members can use to help their own stress, help their grieving, and support their loved one.

Learn more and contact chaplain DeLoma at www.heartbeatherapy.com

I'm glad you're here,

Dr. Delia

https://DoctorDelia.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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When a loved one has a serious illness like cancer or dementia, or they have age-related decline, it can seem like your life has turned upside-down. Nobody prepares you for this.

Sometimes the skills that are helpful in regular life actually make caregiving harder. But you can repurpose those skills to make caregiving easier.

This episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast will show you why hyper-competent people can struggle when a loved one is ill - and what to do about it.

- Doctor Delia

www.DoctorDelia.com

Free Guide: Nobody Prepares You for This

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Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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Caregivers put so much energy into caregiving yet they still struggle with self-criticism and feeling like their best isn't good enough.

Every caregiver deserves self-forgiveness.

Listen this week to find out the five areas that can lead caregivers to carry shame, and what they can do about it.

Your wellbeing matters.

Doctor Delia

www.DoctorDelia.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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It is hard to be a doctor and it is hard to be a patient (or a family member of a patient). Everyone in the healthcare system is frustrated.

Both patients and doctors are doing their best, but sometimes it doesn't feel that way. Doctors are busy and burned out which can make patients and families feel blown off or disrespected.

The week on The Integrative Palliative Podcast you'll get an insider's view of how to get the best from your doctor.

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Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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Sometimes you just have an especially bad day. If you are a caregiver who cares for a mom, dad, or spouse with a serious illness like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, other dementia illnesses, or ALS you may be familiar with caregiver stress and you've probably had multiple especially bad days.

How do you handle them? What works to reduce your suffering?

On this week's episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast Dr. Delia discusses 6 approaches to reducing your suffering when you are facing an especially bad day.

#caregiver #caregiving #badday #palliative

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Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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When you visit your ill or aging parents over the holidays, you might be in for a surprise. Maybe your mom seems confused or your dad is having trouble with driving. Maybe you're not sure if the changes you're seeing are something to worry about or are just normal aging. 

What should you look for? What should you worry about? What changes are not actually concerning?

In this episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast, Dr. Delia Chiaramonte discusses what to look for when you visit your aging parents and when you should worry.

Do you know someone with an aging parent? Send them this episode.

Knowledge is power.

Happy holidays!

Dr. Delia

Delia Chiaramonte, MD

https://www.doctordelia.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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Some people have wonderful experiences with hospice, and other people say the experience was terrible. What's the difference?

If your loved one is sick enough to need hospice, it's a highly stressful time for your whole family. Whether your loved one has cancer, dementia, ALS, COPD or another serious illness, making the decision for when to request hospice care is tough.

Once you've made the decision to start hospice, how do you make sure that your loved one and your family get the very best hospice care? In this episode we discuss the 10 ways to be sure you get the very best hospice care.

Caring for you as you care for them.

Dr. Delia

https://doctordelia.com

Be sure to subscribe to The Integrative Palliative Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-integrative-palliative-podcast/id1617730043

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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Grief is tough. It is so very hard when a loved one dies. Whether it is expected because of serious illness or a total shock, grief is painful. 

And also, grief is part of life. Sometimes people compound their suffering by asking "Why am I still grieving so hard?" or "Shouldn't I be better by now?"

Trying to push grief away doesn't help. In fact, it can make grieving even harder. 

This meditation is an invitation to make peace with grief.

If you have ever lost a person, a pet, a prized possession, a job, an identity, or anything else, this meditation is for you.

Be sure you're in a safe place (no driving!) when you listen.

I'm glad you're here.

Doctor Delia

www.DoctorDelia.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

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Facing a serious loss after a loved one has died is just so tough. Without meaning to we can compound the stress of it all by how we approach our grief.

The mindful approach to grief involves noticing, not judging, and using compassionate curiosity. It makes space for grief because grief is part of life and love. 

Here is the reference mentioned in the episode: 

Huang FY, et al. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on bereavement grief: Alterations of resting-state network connectivity associate with changes of anxiety and mindfulness. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021 Feb 1;42(2):510-520. 

I'm glad you're here.

Dr. Delia

www.integrativepalliative.com

www.DoctorDelia.com (coming soon)

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com 

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
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