The Traveler's Guide to Life

Season 5 Episode 3: Car Ride Conversations Hosts Linda & Mary discuss a new upcoming project called the "Life Story Project" tune in to hear more about the program and other tips for how to live life to the fullest and create a legacy. 

Part 2 of the discussion between Mary Jones, Hospice Director of Family Support Services and Brother John Youngblood, Hospice Spiritual Care Coordinator

Season 5 Episode 1: Holding Hands Walking Each Other Home (Part 1)  In this episode Mary Jones, sits down with Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley's Spiritual Care Coordinator, Brother John Youngblood. Together they discuss the importance of Spiritual Care as part of the holistic approach to caring for Hospice patients and their families, meeting their needs and often having difficult conversation...

Starting Point- In this episode, Mary Jones sits down with current and founding Hospice SLV Board Member Frank McLaughlin to discuss the origin of Hospice care and the early evolution of care in the North Country, Frank also walks us through our organization's starting point and progression over the years.

In this episode, Linda and Mary discuss the details of our recently launched community resource workbook called, "Road Maps for the Journey's End."

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Season 3 Episode 1: Mary Jones sits down with Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley's, We Honor Veterans Program Coordinator Amanda Mason. In this episode, they discuss the history of the program, details about the program, where it is headed in the future, and the plan for the upcoming Veterans Day on Friday, November 11th.  To learn more about Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley's, We Honor Vetera...

Season 2 Episode 8 - First Aid Kit - In the face of all kinds of loss, how to heal yourself (so you can better care for others). Guest Speaker: Kate Favaro, Hospice Bereavement Coordinator

Season 2 Episode 7- Dead Battery - What you need to know about funerals   In this episode, Mary Jones sits down with Chad Green, Funeral Director/ Owner of Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena, and Donaldson- Seymour Funeral Home in Potsdam. This discussion provides an overview of the funeral planning process.   Welcome, Chad to the podcast! 

Season 2 Episode 6 - Dead Battery - What you need to know about funerals   In this episode, Mary Jones sits down with Chad Green, Funeral Director/ Owner of Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena, and Donaldson- Seymour Funeral Home in Potsdam. This discussion provides an overview of the funeral planning process.   Welcome, Chad to the podcast! 

Season 2 Episode 4 - Who Is Driving the Car? - Being in control of your healthcare decisions for advance planning     Advanced Care Planning is not about planning for your death. It is about making health care decisions that are right for you. We don’t' consider planning for important health care decisions because that won’t happen for a long time and discussing dying is sad and depressing. A...

Season 2 Episode 3:  The teen years are the bridge between childhood and adulthood. As with any change, there is grief to navigate . Here are the key discussion points from todays episode  with Linda and Mary.  Adults supporting teens do not assume and lower your expectations.     Teens need support, understanding, a listening ear and boundaries.   Encourage teens to create their own coping strate...

Season 2 Episode 2:  On this episode of the Travelers Guide to Life, Linda and Mary uncover the facts about how to handle grieving kids (12 and Under) The conversation leads to identifying key actions and conversation points, such as not excluding (protecting) children from the conversation and using concrete language and terms to help them process and understand death.  Listen in for all the full...

Season 2 Episode 1:  Welcome back to Season 2 of the Travelers Guide to Life. In this episode Mary and Linda pick up where we left off from Season 1's episode of Welcome to Holland. We read the second part of the essay and dive into a deep discussion, as we analyze this wonderful essay and how it applies to theme of our podcast. Listen, Share and Enjoy! 

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Season 1 Episode 6:  On today's episode we talk about gratitude, intention, and celebration or, to put it another way, this is about why it is important to stop and smell the roses