During Caregiving, the Search for Completion Caregiving can feel like one long list of incompletes — the to-dos unfinished, the routines abandoned, the projects stalled. But what if life isn't grading us at all? In this episode, Denise explores what it means to be a beautiful work in progress, and why moving from one moment to the next is enough. You are not failing. You are not lacking. You are complete, just as you are.

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During Caregiving, Why Can't Someone Else Just Take the Lead? Why does it always fall to you? Why are you the one making the difficult decisions, starting the uncomfortable conversations, and speaking the heartbreaking truths?In this episode, Denise explores the weight of caregiving leadership—and why you're actually the one best equipped to carry it. You'll discover how understanding your natural leadership strengths can transform the way you see your role, and learn practical ways to lead effectively without doing it all alone. If you've ever wondered why the burden falls on your shoulders, this episode offers both validation and clarity—plus three concrete ways your leadership creates solutions, gets the help that helps, and protects your own wellbeing. Resources - Connect to our support through our programs and services. - Read our https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/8525015/feed. - Purchase Denise's http://caringourway.com/books so you always have comfort with you. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/edar-609103/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=968592 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=968592

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During Caregiving, How Do We Manage Uncertainty? n this episode, Denise shares her latest Caregiving Comfort, "Thank You for Being Our Certainty" and the real conversation that inspired it—a community member's honest reflection on searching desperately online for answers that don't exist, only to pretend those fragments of information provide clarity. When so much of caregiving is unknowable—how long will this last? How will we afford it? What comes next?—where do we find solid ground? Denise explores what is certain in the midst of all that uncertainty: you. Your commitment. Your effort. Your resilience. Your ability to keep going, even when the storms are darkest. And how your refusal to pretend caregiving is fine is actually changing the conversation about what family caregivers need. This episode offers grounding and perspective for anyone caught in the exhausting cycle of searching for certainty in an inherently uncertain experience. Related resources: - https://denisebrown.substack.com/p/do-we-search-for-a-way-out - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/denisembrown_caregiving-support-stress-share-7418657471029862400-x3fg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAADSF_YBTUQgsPmzuERJ1JiA20X3WigE394 - Join us for https://join.caringourway.com/posts/96260037?utm_source=manualand receive a free coaching session. - Read our https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/8525015/feed. - Purchase Denise's http://caringourway.com/books so you always have comfort with you. - (Image by https://pixabay.com/users/nennieinszweidrei-10084616/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7862490 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7862490) About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 600 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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During Caregiving, Boiling Over with Purpose Family caregivers boil over for really important reasons. Join Denise as she reframes your breaking point—not as failure, but as evidence that systems have failed you. Discover how to turn your boiling point into a teaching moment and powerful advocacy. Resources - Join us for https://join.caringourway.com/posts/96260037?utm_source=manualand receive a free coaching session. - Read our https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/8525015/feed. - You also can purchase Denise's http://caringourway.com/books so you always have comfort with you. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/kboyd-680916/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=653673 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=653673

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A Caregiving Break From Bad News When caregivers hear they need to take a break, it often misses what they really need—a break from the constant bad news. In this episode, discover how to give yourself the good news your mind and heart are craving, and why daydreaming isn't escape; it's preparation for the life you're building. Resources - https://join.caringourway.com/posts/91234080?utm_source=manual helps you do just this -- add in more of what could help and reduce what no longer serves you. Our program fits every budget, including the availability of scholarships. - Watch the archive of https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/20953519/page. - You also can purchase Denise's http://caringourway.com/books so you always have comfort with you. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/kiberstalker-8605132/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=8346368 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=8346368 About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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A Caregiving Comfort: Demand Demands pile up in caregiving—from your to-do list to care plans to systems that seem to multiply on their own. But here's what many caregivers don't realize: when others make demands of you, they also give you authority. In this episode, we explore how you can reclaim that authority to create a caregiving experience that actually works for you—your own office hours, your own care plan, your own systems. Because you don't have to ask permission. You just do. Resources - https://join.caringourway.com/posts/91234080?utm_source=manual helps you do just this -- add in more of what could help and reduce what no longer serves you. Our program fits every budget, including the availability of scholarships. - https://join.caringourway.com/posts/79545004?utm_source=manual - https://media2-production.mightynetworks.com/asset/44f4695c-5bfc-4e92-93e0-fee36e17e055/Your_Care_Plan_for_Wellness.pdf#_gl=1*1x8maxb*_ga*MjA5MDQ1MzI5NS4xNzEzODMxODYy*_ga_T49FMYQ9FZ*czE3NjQ2MDUyNTEkbzIyMzMkZzEkdDE3NjQ2MDc2MzgkajQ0JGwwJGgw*_ga_NEGJ2SXNP7*czE3NjQ2MDUyNTEkbzIyMTgkZzEkdDE3NjQ2MDc2MzckajQ1JGwwJGgw - Our https://join.caringourway.com/plans/1931892?bundle_token=7abebf95392293b66403a6acfbe3706b&utm_source=manual through December 2, 2025. - You also can purchase my http://caringourway.com/books so you always have comfort with you. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/stocksnap-894430/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=2607082 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=2607082 About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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During Caregiving, What's Enough? Feeling like you're never doing enough? This week on the podcast, we're challenging that voice and asking the question that changes everything: "What's enough for me?" Discover how knowing your personal threshold for "enough" isn't selfish—it's essential to having enough of yourself for as long as you need to show up. Stop by our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/8525015/feed, and tell us what how you define enough for yourself. Resources - You also can purchase Denise's http://caringourway.com/books so you always have comfort with you. (Image by https://pixabay.com/users/alexas_fotos-686414/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1642455 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1642455.) About Denise Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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A Caregiving Comfort: Turn You're always the one taking the turn. Everyone else gets to step away, but somehow you're still there—stuck in place while the life you want seems to pass you by. In this episode, we explore what happens when we compare our caregiving lives to everyone else's seemingly easier ones, and how that comparison can make us sell ourselves short. How will you take a turn? Visit https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/8525015/feed and tell us. Resources - You also can purchase Denise's http://bit.ly/caringbooks so you always have comfort with you.  About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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Caregiving Book Club: Meet Bruce McIntyre, Author and Family Caregiver Bruce McIntyre joins Denise to talk about writing, his writing process and his next book.Bruce is the author of Receiving Peace, Thrive Anyway, Parkinson Positive, Graceful Transitions and Resilient Life. He serves as the CEO of the Oklahoma Parkinson’s Alliance. Bruce shares his expert guidance and warm humor with thousands of people each year. As a caregiver for his wife since 2004, Bruce understands the world of chronic illness and caregiving. To learn more about Bruce, visit https://brucemcintyre.com/. Are you a caregiving book author? Denise would love to have you as a guest on her show. Learn more and tell her about your work: https://join.caringourway.com/posts/89992660?utm_source=manual Be sure to join Denise on her online community, https://join.caringourway.com/feed.

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