A Season of Caring Podcast

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Honoring the Caregiving Season You’re In

2026-10-0822:14

Send us Fan Mail Caregiving can feel like it changed overnight: what used to be manageable now feels heavy, your emotions sit closer to the surface, and the old plan just doesn’t work anymore. I’m talking about that moment with as much honesty as I can, because sometimes the problem isn’t that you’re failing. Sometimes the season of caregiving has shifted, and wisdom begins when we tell the truth about what’s being asked of us right now. I reflect on two very different seasons from my own st...

Loving Through the Hardest Season: Stories of Hope with Susan Norcom

2026-09-2421:42

Send us Fan Mail The hardest caregiving lessons rarely show up in a doctor’s office. They show up in the quiet routines you almost rush past: a familiar restaurant booth, a favorite TV show, the simple comfort of having your mom “right around the corner” when life feels heavy. We sit down with Susan Norcom, a Certified Nursing Assistant with over 20 years of experience, to share the real story behind caring for her mother through years of change and decline, and why those ordinary moments can...

Faithfulness Over Fixing in Caregiving

2026-09-1023:06

Send us Fan Mail There’s a moment many family caregivers quietly dread: the day you realize love, effort, research, appointments, and prayers may not produce a “fix.” When the diagnosis remains and the decline continues, it can feel disorienting, even like you failed. We’re naming that fear out loud and offering a steadier framework that can carry you through chronic illness, dementia caregiving, and end-of-life care without crushing your spirit. I share personal stories from my parents’ jou...

What If Caregiving Is A Leadership Role: Stories of Hope with Mark Wilson

2026-08-2728:18

Send us Fan Mail Five years. That’s the estimate Mark Wilson heard after his mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia and he decided he wasn’t going to accept the timeline as the final word. He left a 22 plus year career as an HR and leadership executive to become his mom’s full time caregiver at home, then turned that same leadership mindset into a practical system for dementia care that helped her live longer and happier than anyone expected. We dig into what it really take...

Caregiving Juggle: Wisdom for Next Steps

2026-08-1329:23

Send us Fan Mail Your brain feels like it has 20 tabs open, and none of them will stop auto-refreshing. That’s the reality of the caregiver mental load: not just the errands and appointments, but the constant remembering, anticipating, tracking, deciding, and worrying that follows you into work, church, the grocery store, and the middle of the night. In this episode, Rayna talk through why caregiving is never “just one thing” and why feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re failing, it often ...

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