Family members "should" on patients.

Patients "should" on themselves.

And we "should" on patients too.

This week I share eight "shoulds" that we can try to avoid to improve the wellbeing of the families that we care for.

Also, today is book launch day! Check out Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself - I wrote this book for families bit also for clinicians who care for seriously ill people.

Check it out and tell a friend!
Dr. C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD
www.copingcourageously.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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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
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Acceptance is powerful.

 Many people mistakenly think that acceptance is giving up. They see it as the opposite of fighting.

I see it differently. Instead of being the opposite of fighting, I see acceptance as the opposite of pretending. When you stop pretending you open opportunities for deep wellbeing and connection.

In this episode I read a story from my book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself.

You are invited to the virtual book launch party! RSVP is required - go to www.copingcouragesouly.com. I really hope you'll join us.

Dr. Chiaramonte

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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It is challenging enough to imagine lending a stranger your car or giving them a large sum of money. Yet, some kind souls donate their precious, living body parts to people that they don't know.

Chaya Lasson, RN is just such a person.

This week she shares her personal journey with living kidney donation. Her story will fascinate and inspire you.

Chaya is happy to chat with anyone interested in learning more about living kidney donation. You can reach her at: [email protected].

She discusses the organization that helped her on the journey to donation. It is called Renewal and can be reached at www.renewal.org.

You don't need to donate a kidney, but I suggest that you consider how you can put good into the world this week.

Thanks for joining me on the journey!
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

It is our job to help our patients cope courageously.

Whether they have cancer, dementia, age-related decline, ALS or other serious condition it will cause stress for their family that we can help to relieve.

This week you'll get a sneak peak into the techniques that I have put into my book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself.

(Release date January 18th, 2023)

If you are here, you are a heart-centered person. I'm glad to be on the journey with you.

Delia Chiaramonte, MD

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

My gift to you is permission.

If you are holding on to ideas of how you're supposed to be and generating your own anxiety and stress, this episode is your answer.

For holiday season 2023 I have 5 permissions and 3 invitations for you to help make this season the calm and happy one that you deserve.

I'm glad that we're on the journey together.

Delia Chiaramonte, MD
www.integrativepalliative.com

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Do you use anchoring?

Anchoring is a powerful tool that you can use to help manage stress even when you are out and about or in a meeting with a frustrating boss.

Just like Pavlov's dogs salivated when the bell rang because they connected the bell with yummy meat, you can train your physiology to connect your sense of relaxation with any anchor that you choose. You can use this approach to manage your stress, anxiety, depression, pain, insomnia, and so much more.

Try it out and let me know how it works for you!

Delia Chiaramonte, MD
www.integrativepalliative.com

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Clinician grief: it's real, it's important and we need to talk about it.

Have you heard of secondary grief? Grief shaming?

In this important interview with hospice nurse and grief expert, Helen Bauer, we dive deeply into who experiences grief, how grief is so much more than sadness, and what we should all be doing to manage it.

Learn more about Helen at www.theheartofhospice.com and listen to her podcast called The Heart of Hospice Podcast.

Let's keep learning from and supporting each other,
Delia Chiaramonte, MD
www.integrativepalliative.com 

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Too many patients and too little time.

Most clinicians wish they had more time to spend with each patient and patients generally hate feeling rushed through their medical visits.

How can you practice compassionate medical care when you have to rush from one patient to another?

This week I discuss 8 tips for making a short visit seem longer so it is more satisfying for your patient and more satisfying for you.

What did I miss? Let me know and I'll add them in to a future episode. You can connect with me on the website (www.integrativepalliative.com ) or on LinkedIn.

Help me spread the word about integrative palliative care.

I'm glad to be on the journey with you!
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

P.S.  Join our community of integrative palliative people. We'd love to have you. Sign up here: https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Families are complicated.

Holiday events, such as Thanksgiving, can bring out stressful feelings just as we're hoping for picture perfect family moments.

This week's episode gives you 4 Truths and 4 Suggestions for staying happy and sane during family holiday moments. Use these suggestions for yourself and file them away to support your patients when they are feeling stressed about family struggles.

We can have joy in our work and in our life. 

We can be Sage Physicians.

Let's make it happen together.

Delia Chiaramonte, MD
www.integrativepalliative.com

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

What's your Dosha?  What is a Dosha? Do you know which foods work best for your unique constitution?

This week, Ayurveda expert Susan Weis-Bohlen shares her wisdom about Ayurveda and how you can use it to increase your health and wellbeing.

You will learn if you are a Pitta, Vata or Kappa Dosha and which foods are particularly suited for you.

You'll learn how Susan guides her clients to wellbeing using an Ayurvedic approach.
You can find her books and reach out to her here:

https://susanweisbohlen.com/

I'm so happy to be on the journey with you,
Dr. Chiaramonte
Delia Chiaramonte, MD
www.integrativepalliative.com 

P.S.
If you'd like to add integrative symptom management to your practice (or stress management for you), reach out through my website above. I'd love to hear from you!

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!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/