Caregiving Book Club
We connect with authors of caregiving books to learn about their writing process and their caregiving experience.
Episodes
January 25, 2023 • 26 mins
Lacresha Davis, author of "Questions Now or Regrets Later," joins Denise to share the inspiration for her book as well as her process for creating the planner. To connect with Lacresha, visit https://www.notyourtypicalplanner.com.
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May 25, 2022 • 34 mins
Jennifer A. O’Brien, MSOD, joins Denise to discuss how her journal became her book, "The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal.”
About Jennifer
Jennifer O’Brien helps people talk about caregiving and end of life. She encourages compassionate, real conversation through her book, The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal, where she shares her story of caregiving through collages and writings.
After years of caring for people with serious illne...
About Jennifer
Jennifer O’Brien helps people talk about caregiving and end of life. She encourages compassionate, real conversation through her book, The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal, where she shares her story of caregiving through collages and writings.
After years of caring for people with serious illne...
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March 8, 2022 • 32 mins
Dave Iverson joins Denise to discuss his book, "Winter Stars: An elderly mother, an aging son, and life’s final journey."
About Dave
During his broadcast journalism career, Dave Iverson produced over 20 documentary specials for PBS, including the Frontline film My Father, My Brother and Me (2009), and Capturing Grace (2015). He also hosted local NPR/PBS programs at KQED in San Francisco and served as a special correspondent to the PB...
About Dave
During his broadcast journalism career, Dave Iverson produced over 20 documentary specials for PBS, including the Frontline film My Father, My Brother and Me (2009), and Capturing Grace (2015). He also hosted local NPR/PBS programs at KQED in San Francisco and served as a special correspondent to the PB...
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December 14, 2021 • 26 mins
Katie Powner joined Denise to discuss her recently-released book, "A Flicker Light." During their conversation, Katie shared the inspiration for her book, how she organizes her writing and the reason she writes fiction.
About Katie
Katie Powner (www.katiepowner.com) is an award-winning author who lives in rural Montana where cows still outnumber people. She is a two-time OCW Cascade Award and ACFW First Impressions Award winner. Kati...
About Katie
Katie Powner (www.katiepowner.com) is an award-winning author who lives in rural Montana where cows still outnumber people. She is a two-time OCW Cascade Award and ACFW First Impressions Award winner. Kati...
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October 14, 2021 • 36 mins
Willetha King Barnette joins Denise to discuss her book, The Caregiver’s Secrets. The book is an account of her 20+ year experience as a caregiver to her aging mother framed by powerful statistics and urgent policy issues. It emphasizes both the enormous scope of the demographic challenge facing America and the poignant details of coping with day-to-day caregiving responsibilities. The book aims to “open up” the experience of careg...
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September 30, 2021 • 33 mins
Norris Roberts joins Denise to discuss his book series, "The Still Here Series,” which includes “Mama Is Still Here” and “Daddy Is Still Here.” In his books, Norris shares his experiences caring for his parents while also raising his children.
About Norris
Norris is an accomplished information technology professional and educator living in the St. Louis area with his beautiful wife, jealous dog, and a very ugly student loan debt. He ...
About Norris
Norris is an accomplished information technology professional and educator living in the St. Louis area with his beautiful wife, jealous dog, and a very ugly student loan debt. He ...
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August 24, 2021 • 38 mins
Donna and Zachary, authors of The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver, join Denise to discuss how their collaboration created a book which reflects their individual experiences and their collective wisdom.
Donna Thomson is the author of The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving. She is a consultant and speaker on issues relating to family caregiving, disabil...
Donna Thomson is the author of The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving. She is a consultant and speaker on issues relating to family caregiving, disabil...
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July 27, 2021 • 18 mins
Beverly Nance shares the mission behind her book, Take Care, which is to ensure parents who care for a child on the autism spectrum receive the support they deserve.
About Beverly
Beverly is a Bestselling Author, Public Speaker, Civic Leader, Certified Caregiving Consultant, Certified Caregiving Educator and Professional Advocate. As the mother of a daughter with autism who once struggled in life as a caregiver, balancing a career, b...
About Beverly
Beverly is a Bestselling Author, Public Speaker, Civic Leader, Certified Caregiving Consultant, Certified Caregiving Educator and Professional Advocate. As the mother of a daughter with autism who once struggled in life as a caregiver, balancing a career, b...
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July 12, 2021 • 24 mins
Rebecca Warner joins Denise to discuss working with a publisher and the one piece of advice she offers to anyone wanting to publish a book.
About Rebecca
Following a successful career in banking, Rebecca Warner pursued her dream of writing with the publication of her first book, the two-time award-winning political thriller, Moral Infidelity. Her follow-up, Doubling Back To Love, was included in the popular romantic anthology, Peace,...
About Rebecca
Following a successful career in banking, Rebecca Warner pursued her dream of writing with the publication of her first book, the two-time award-winning political thriller, Moral Infidelity. Her follow-up, Doubling Back To Love, was included in the popular romantic anthology, Peace,...
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July 8, 2021 • 29 mins
Bruce and Mary Join Denise to discuss their inspiration for their books, the writing process and their perspectives on the kind of books family caregivers want.
Bruce McIntyre serves as the Executive Director of the Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma. As the author of Thrive Anyway, Parkinson Positive, Graceful Transitions, and Resilient Life, Bruce shares his expert guidance and warm humor with thousands of people each year. As a car...
Bruce McIntyre serves as the Executive Director of the Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma. As the author of Thrive Anyway, Parkinson Positive, Graceful Transitions, and Resilient Life, Bruce shares his expert guidance and warm humor with thousands of people each year. As a car...
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June 16, 2021 • 37 mins
Cameron Huddleston, author of “Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk,” joins Denise to discuss her experience working with an agent and publisher, overcoming the worries about marketing and writing while caregiving.
About Cameron
Cameron is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience writing about personal finance. Her work has appeared in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, MSN, USA...
About Cameron
Cameron is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience writing about personal finance. Her work has appeared in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, MSN, USA...
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June 3, 2021 • 34 mins
Debbie Howard joins Denise to talk about writing, the writing process and their caregiving experiences.
About Debbie
Debbie’s book, The Caregiving Journey: Information. Guidance. Inspiration., guides you through the landscape of unpaid, non-professional, family caregiving. Debbie is a former caregiver who had her own series of difficult conversations with her Mom, starting with general planning before she was diagnosed with Stage 4 l...
About Debbie
Debbie’s book, The Caregiving Journey: Information. Guidance. Inspiration., guides you through the landscape of unpaid, non-professional, family caregiving. Debbie is a former caregiver who had her own series of difficult conversations with her Mom, starting with general planning before she was diagnosed with Stage 4 l...
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June 2, 2021 • 28 mins
Bobbi Carducci joins Denise to talk about writing, the writing process and their caregiving experiences.
About Bobbi
Bobbi Carducci is a sought after speaker and workshop presenter on the subject of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or one of the many other forms of dementia. She speaks from the heart about the realities of caregiving and her personal experience as a caregiver for her father-in-law, Rodger, for whom she provided ca...
About Bobbi
Bobbi Carducci is a sought after speaker and workshop presenter on the subject of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or one of the many other forms of dementia. She speaks from the heart about the realities of caregiving and her personal experience as a caregiver for her father-in-law, Rodger, for whom she provided ca...
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May 25, 2021 • 34 mins
Deb Hallisey and Cathy Sikorski join Denise to talk about writing, their writing process and their caregiving experiences.
Deb Hallisey is a past and present caregiver. Currently caregiver to her mother, she saw her father through Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) until his death in 2015. Upon her father’s death she became responsible for her disabled mother. As she took on the roles of financial adviser, caregiver, social director—as ...
Deb Hallisey is a past and present caregiver. Currently caregiver to her mother, she saw her father through Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) until his death in 2015. Upon her father’s death she became responsible for her disabled mother. As she took on the roles of financial adviser, caregiver, social director—as ...
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