Episode 16 - How to Survive Caregiving: 5 Practical Tips to Ease Stress and Overwhelm
Caregiving can feel like too much to carry — the constant demands, the emotional weight, and the exhaustion that lingers even when you’re doing your best. In this solo episode, host Lisa Hartung share...
24 Aug 202527min
Episode 15 - The Power of Presence: A Mother’s Story of Child Loss, Leukemia, and Finding Joy
When Suzanne Andora Barron’s son Christopher was first diagnosed with leukemia at age three, she could never have imagined the rollercoaster that lay ahead. Over the next six years, Christopher faced ...
17 Aug 20251h 1min
Episode 14 - Living with Lupus and APS After Stillbirth: A Story of Healing Through Abstract Art
Sheri Biritz and her husband were overjoyed to be expecting a baby boy. Over the holidays, they celebrated with family, imagining the joy of meeting their son, Calvin. But during a routine prenatal vi...
10 Aug 20251h 21min
Episode 13 - A Pancreatic Cancer Survivor’s Story: From Clinical Trials to the NYC Marathon
When Dan McNamee was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 40, he didn't know how much time he had left. Five years later, he’s in remission—grateful, scarred, and transformed. In this powerful episode,...
3 Aug 202548min
Episode 12 - Sibling Loss at 11: A Sister’s Story of Silent Mourning and What Could Have Been
When Jessica Kueck was just 11 years old, her 3-year-old brother Aaron drowned—an unspeakable tragedy that cracked her world open and quietly redefined her family. Jessica shares what it was like to b...
27 Juli 202545min
Episode 11 - From Ashes to Art: A 30-Day Grief Healing Program with The Ash Rose Foundation
This week we sit down with Ian McCartor—visual artist, hospice nurse, Certified Grief Counselor, and President & Executive Director of The Ash Rose Foundation. With over a decade of end-of-life care e...
20 Juli 20251h 15min
Episode 10 - It Is Never Too Late: Healing Childhood Trauma at 76
This week we sit down with Kathy Morrison of Campbell River, British Columbia to discuss how the profound loss of her father at the age of four shaped her life in ways she only came to understand deca...
13 Juli 202544min
Episode 9 - Navigating Serious Illness: A Psychosocial Oncology Counselor’s Companion Guide
This week we sit down with the incredible Kerry Irish, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW—a psychosocial oncology counselor, interfaith minister, and co-founder of the Dempsey Center and dive into the world of oncolo...
6 Juli 20251h 14min
