Today, Fran and John speak with Tara Shuler. Tara is a successful sales executive selling high value software packages to CEO's and CFO's. Tara employed all the techniques and skills she used as a sales executive when she pivoted to becoem the caregiver for her mom. The result was 7 years of caregiving with one argument, and stong bond between she and her mom.

John and Fran continue the conversation with VA Social Worker Carrie Brown. In this episode, Carrie talks about her own personal experience as a caregiver for her World War 2 veteran father, and later her mother and brother. Carrie is a professional, but has also walked in our shoes. Her story is poignant, and Carrie is a genuine caregiver in every meaning of the word.

In this episode, John and Fran speak with a professional social worker, whose client base are veterans. We learned about the deep and wide resevoir of services available to our veterans. Caring for a veteran brings its own unique challenges, and fortunately the Veteran Affairs Medical Centers offer a wide range of services.

In this reprise episode, we talk about a foundational element of the caregiving journey. Often the medical team, while doing a great job treating your loved one, can miss the mark when it comes to the emotional and psychological 'pain points' of the journey. Psycho-oncology addresses those emotional and psychological factors, affecting your loved one, you as acregiver, and perghaps other family members close to the situation. I think you will find this informative, and extremely helpful.

John and Fran finish the discussion on the topic of communication.

John and Fran continue the conversation about the importance of communication.

In the reprise of a vintage episode, John and Fran talk about communicating with your loved one. Including those verbal and non-verbal means by which to express or to receive information.

In another vintage episode, John and Fran speak with a Certfied Nutrionist about the value and importance of healthy eating, and how simple it can really be.