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As a young adult, and well into her married years, Monica suffered the symptoms from years of fear, worry, phobias and crippling panic attacks. It wasn’t until the sickness, and later death, of her six month old son, Ty, that she started down the road to being delivered from all of the fear that had plagued her. Her amazing story of how the darkest hour of her life actually became the catalyst to...

Randy Cooper has had many jobs and careers, ranging from lumberjack in the woods of the Pacific Northwest to serving as a special education teacher, from an operator at a Westinghouse plant to a developer and teacher of the Total Quality Management program at two of their facilities. As an artist, he credits his attention to detail to this latter experience at Westinghouse. Randy's mother was a ma...

Robert Sidell is nationally published author, motivational speaker, attorney, and radio host. He hosts the weekly radio show Success and the Law on CBS Radio 100.5 FM, KXNT Sunday evenings at 6:00pm. Robert will be speaking about his dad, and the time he was a caregiver to him, as well as going through the grief process His book "The Gateway, Discover the Power to Live an Outrageously Prosperous a...

Kris and his wife, Monica, lost their son, Ty, The grief process was a hard one for them, almost causing them to split, but their faith brought them through the darkest hours of their lives, and today they have two beautiful daughters, and a happy marriage. Listen as you hear the process they went through to come out on the other side, and the lessons they learned. Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregive...

Maryann was a highly skilled and educated professional, prosecuting attorney, and ministry leader, Maryann struggled with oppressive perfectionism, shame, and worry formed early on by childhood abuse, discrimination, and abandonment. External cultural expectations on women in the workforce and the church, caused further damage to her sense of worth and value. However, in His faithfulness, God resh...

Patty is a registered nurse and the CEO and Founder of North Star Elder Care, a division of MLHCC, Inc. She is certified in rehabilitation nursing, case management,  life care planning, and is an elder care specialist, and testifying expert. As a registered nurse with close to 25 years  experience  working in a variety of settings, both in and outside the hospital, she has seen what a difference t...

Author, Speaker, Executive, Former Pastor, Anthony DeFelicis will be speaking on the grief process and how to get through it while he is still grieving his beloved mom's very recent passing. Anthony is currently authoring two books:  “Never Give Up – Light between a Rock and a Hard Place” and “Rite of Passage – Celebrating our Young Men and Women into Adulthood.”  He also sells anti-aging skin car...

  Marc Richards was leading a great life when an incredibly unexpected and horrific tragedy changed life as he knew it. Follow him on his journey from a healthy, walking man to navigating through life with paraplegia. He has not let that stop him from living a very full and fulfilling life, however. He is currently Are Governor at Quest Toastmasters, after serving as President. He is now working o...

Judy Augino, caregiver to her husband who had severe diabetes and kidney failure talks about her experiences with caregiving, burnout and the grief process, along with her sister, Suzy Golden, who offers emotional support to her disabled husband due to severe and constant hip and thigh pain from a fall. Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, author of numerous articles and books, speaker, ...

What do you do when your parent needs care, but doesn't deserve it? Christopher was a caregiver to his mom before she died of cancer. He really didn't WANT to take care of her, but he felt that he HAD to take care of her, even though she didn't really take care of him as a child and teenager very well.  With his father nowhere in sight, his mother nearly gave him up for adoption. Instead, she stru...

Carmen Berry, MSW, is a New York Times bestselling author who has authored, co-authored and ghost written over 25 books. Her books have been published by large houses such as HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin, and smaller publishers as well. She has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including Oprah, Montel and Sally Jesse Rafael. Her story has been published in People Magazine...

Asking for help is not easy. Losing your independence is probably everyone's greatest fear. At Preferred Care at Home, in Valencia Ca. they understand this, and want to be there for you, by your side, every step of the way. They pledge to you that If you are not happy, neither are they, and they will not rest until you are 100% satisfied. They Promise! As a home care company, they assist clients t...

Dr. Todd learned at the age of 28 that he had most of the traits of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and then later a type of dyslexia. Finally, he thought, there was a reason for his thoughts and actions over the years! Since then, he discovered what works for him, and so he helped many others to harness their own gifts. He found what worked to increase brain performance and how to increase produ...

Maria is: Fun, Creative, Inspiring, Passionate, Innovative, Honest, Sincere, Joyful, Engaging, Calming, Welcoming, Down to Earth, Playful, Interesting, Knowledgeable, & Motivational. Constantly combining all of her experience and intuition, she started creating inspirational classes to help people learn about themselves and live a life that brings them joy. She is very excited to be helping th...

Pastor Craig Johnson is the Senior Director of Family Ministry at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, which draws 40,000 weekly worshipers to its Houston, Texas arena, developed a ministry in 2008 for families with special needs children who find it challenging to attend church on a regular basis. The Houston location, which consists of an educational room, a physical therapy room and a sensory room, s...

Entrepreneur, Craig Duswalt is the creator of the RockStar System For Success - How to Achieve RockStar Status in Your Industry. Craig's background includes touring with Guns N' Roses, as Axl Rose's personal manager, and Air Supply, as the band's personal assistant. In his presentations, Craig shares numerous stories of his days with Guns N' Roses and Air Supply, and behind-the-scenes encounters w...

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A month before the murder of his wife, Nicole, O.J. Simpson posed for Margaret Susan Lowell in the living room of his Bel Air home. Lowell sketched his face, mixed paint to match his skin tone and then took photographs to aid her later. As she had done with dozens of players before him, Lowell did her preliminary work at the football player's home, then returned to her studio to complete the portr...

In the summer of 2009, Andrew crashed his motorcycle that left him with a T7 spinal cord injury. He continued on despite the changes to his life and began putting his experiences online through his YouTube channel: “Angl747″. He just wanted to make videos about the things he did and the places he went and those experiences to share with the online community. He also thought, what if there was more...

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews Jan De Felicis, cancer survivor, (still under treatment) while at the same time being a caregiver to her husband (who is in the beginning stages of dimentia and is in need of both knee replacements). You won't want to miss this powerful inspirational fighter's story, (Jan has since gone to be with the Lord shortly after this interview...

You may not be a caregiver, but everyone knows a mom who is overwhelmed by caring for her small children, or a friend who is caring for a cancer patient or a stroke survivor, or a parent with dementia or Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, M.S., Muscular Dystrophy, etc. Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and his guest, Lynn Barrington, Best-Selling Co-Author, Speaker, Life, Songwriting and Writing Coach...

There are over 100 million caregivers just in the United States, that is roughly one third of the population. That means that every single one of you probably knows someone who is caring for a loved one that is disabled, elderly, or has some kind of disability. That doesn't even include all the parents that are giving care to their kids who might have special needs, or the ones who are grieving th...

Tune in to my new radio show, where we will be discussing Caregiver Burnout,and how to avoid it. This week, we will discuss The Grief Process with my guest, Lisa DeLong. Hear her inspirational story. She is a Registered Nurse, a bereaved mom, writer, and co-founder of Justin Time Children`s House, an art based grief center for children and families experienced in the death of a loved one. She is a...