CROC Podcast | For Cancer Survivors

Does The Suit Make The Doctor Or Does The Doctor Make The Jersey This week Dr E dives headfirst into hostile waters as he reviews the literature to see if formal as opposed to casual attire makes a difference to patients in their perception to the compassion, competence and accessibility of their caregivers. CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/have-faith-let-...

Lift Help-Changing The Culture From Me To We-Team-Building In A Modern Cancer Center This week Angel and Dr E time travel to May 1st 1988; the day Dr E started his Oncology residency. He didn't know it at the time, but events from that day would shape how his Cancer Program would look like decades later. CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/have-faith-let-it-b...

Going From "No Me" Medical Care to "Know Me" The good news is medical discovery and advancement is moving at the speed of light. But with all the advancements in genomics, protonomics, and metabolomics, we can't lose sight of staying connected to our patients: "personomics" A special shout out to Yankee pitcher Walter Brown and his daughter Walda. Thanks for inspiring today's podcast. CROC gratitu...

Don't Ever Call A Survivor A Warrior; And 9 Other Things Never To Say To A Survivor/Thriver Somebody you know and love was just diagnosed with cancer, and you think you know the right thing to say; but unfortunately, many of the things that we think are right are actually wrong. This week please join Angel and Dr E as they explore 10 Things to never say to a survivor/thriver. CROC gratitude shout...

New Years Resolutions Revisited Without fail, each time the ball drops at the stroke of midnight inTimes Square, the entire world makes pledges and promises on how they are going to make radical and drastic changes in their habits and demeanors to finally live their best lives. And without fail; they fail. So it goes without saying that our Survivor/Thrivers have enough to worry about without addi...

Module - Survivor Psychology Episode 28 - For Whom The Bell Tolls Join Angel and Dr. E. as they take a deep dive into the end of treatment Cancer Bell experience. Together with friend and survivor Becky Filipowski, they explore 2 articles looking at the pros and cons of this moving and inspiring ceremony. CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-beg...

New Year's Resolutions Revisited Without fail, each time the ball drops at the stroke of midnight in Times Square, the entire world makes pledges and promises to make radical changes in their habits and demeanors to live their best lives, finally. And without fail, they fail. So, it goes without saying that our Survivor/Thrivers have enough to worry about without adding more pressure and stress to...

Good Morning Today We Air an Episode from Have Faith Let it Begin as Dr E takes over and Explains how Both Podcast are one and the same. Happy New Year! CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlotte Larsen - http://www.charlottelarsen.net/ Michael Benzaia - https://www.michaeljohnbenz...

How Kindness Can Not Only Improve Your Life, It Can Cure Your Cancer In this third and final "podule" episode, Angel and Dr E teach 7 Kindness techniques that can make you happier, make you healthier, and can you believe make you live longer. CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlo...

Emotional Regulation In Cancer You Can't Stop The Train But You Can Change It's Direction In this 2nd part of a three part module, Angel and Dr E go from the anger and negative emotions understandably felt by our Survivor/Thrivers, to strategies of Emotional Regulation that will begin the transformation to our last part next week; the secret of kindness. CHECK OUT EPISODE 988 https://www.spreaker....

Code Gray De-escalating Anger in Patients with Cancer Day in and day out, without fail, violence occurs in our Medical Center, and Angel is the guy that has to initiate the chain of events to stop it. I know personally that every time I hear Angel call the "Code Gray", chills run down all of our spines. So I got to thinking, over the next 3 podcasts that will bring us through one of the most joyou...

CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlotte Larsen - http://www.charlottelarsen.net/ Michael Benzaia - https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/ http://www.crocvip.com/ https://twitter.com/CrocVip https://www.facebook.com/CROCVIP @Spreaker @IHeartRadio @Spotify @IHeartRadio @Spreaker @Sou...

CROC gratitude shout outs  Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlotte Larsen - http://www.charlottelarsen.net/ Michael Benzaia - https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/ http://www.crocvip.com/ https://twitter.com/CrocVip https://www.facebook.com/CROCVIP @Spreaker @IHeartRadio @Spotify @IHeartRadio @Spreaker @So...

The Thanksgiving Episode Being Grateful For Adversity It sounds counterintuitive; it sounds like self denial; it sounds like it couldn't possibly be true; except that it is!!! In 35 years of serving our beloved Survivor/Thrivers, I have never met one that has not derived something positive from their diagnosis. On this last day of our small 4 day Thanksgiving respite, Angel and Dr E discuss this p...

Listening Part 3-Listening To The Patient And Medical Gaslighting How many times have you been seen by your doctor, but not heard? A few times, a dozen times, a hundred times? And what have been the consequences of not being heard...an untreated infection, an undiagnosed malignancy, death? On today's podcast Angel and Dr E explore the newly minted term "Medical Gaslighting" and how to finally be h...

Listening Part 2-Listening to the Nurses Since time immemorial, Doctors have given the orders and Nurses have carried them out. Far too often nurses have been berated and disciplined for questioning an order, disagreeing with the mighty MD, or just standing up for their patients. Although things are better, there's still a lot of work to do to create a mutually respectful and equitable work enviro...

Listening Part 1-Listening To The Family The minute you open your eyes from sleep, you begin a day full of sights and sounds. The wind can tell you if a storm is coming, the lapping of waves can tell you the phase of tide, and the sizzle from a fry pan can tell you when dinner is served. But as the caretakers of our beloved Survivor/Thrivers the sounds and words of our patients, of their families,...

How Would You Live If You Had 5 Years Left To Live? Angel and Dr E have devoted their lives to supporting our Survivor/thrivers deal with life and living; not death and dying. This podcast is a perfect example of this philosophical commitment. CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charl...

Gallow's Humor in Oncology What your healthcare team is saying behind your back On today's podcast, Angel and Dr E once again take you behind the Wizard's curtain to reveal the humor used when your healers get overwhelmed with hopelessness and despair and reach the tipping point of their compassion and empathy. It's not right and it's not wrong It's always existed and will always exist But there i...

Making a Difference On today's podcast, Angel delivers Dr E's talk from the Ride2Survive fundraiser. We hope you like this change in format! CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlotte Larsen - http://www.charlottelarsen.net/ Michael Benzaia - https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/ htt...

Module: Survivor psychology Episode: Peace be with you! What better way to celebrate Christmas week than by honoring our special survivors with Stage 4 metastatic disease. Today Angel and Dr. E explore the "Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance" inventory questionnaire and how this tool can assist caregivers better serve our patients as they deal with end-of-life decision making and advanced care prep...

Kindness In Healthcare Part 1 On today's podcast Angel and Dr E reflect on a patient's comment on how shocked they were to be treated so nicely during an office visit. Why this is so, how we were observed to be different, and how you can motivate your team to be kind and nice will be discussed. CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduc...

The Doctor Will Get To Know You Now A billboard for inspiration and the need for a brief break from the usual serious and heavy subjects act as the platform for this week's podcast! CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlotte Larsen - http://www.charlottelarsen.net/ Michael Benzaia...

Toxicity........Really!!!!!!!!! As Survivor/Thrivers you guys have enough on your plate, so why do you put up with toxic people, toxic habits, toxic thoughts, and toxic behaviors. On this podcast Angel and Dr E explain why CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod Freeman - https://www. SmallBizUp.com Charlotte Larsen - http://...

Finding Your Center Being Your Center Keeping Your Center As a survivor/thriver, the question isn't whether or not you disconnect from your inner self and lose your way; but rather how often. On todays podcast Angel and Dr E will show you how to stay on course no matter the distraction! CROC gratitude shout outs Angel Santana - https://www.spreaker.com/show/have-faith-let-it-begin-introduction Rod...