Guest: Jessica Lindberg Topic: Finding Personal Balance as a Family Caregiver
Bounce Back with Victor Imbimbo
Release Date: 10/06/2023
Guests: Brett Fox and Suzanne Stone Topic: Educating Young Children About Cancer and the Importance of Caring for One Another
Bounce Back with Victor Imbimbo
Brett Fox and Suzanne Stone, leaders in their respective organizations Hopecam and Livestrong, co-authored a first-of-its-kind children’s book, My Brave Friend: Emma and Noah Face Cancer Together, for children in kindergarten through second grade. During these formative ages, this book will help teachers and other leaders lessen the fear surrounding cancer and introduce the effects of personal isolation and important qualities of empathy and supporting each other during difficult times.
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Guest: Mark Black Topic: The Steps Necessary to Develop Personal Resilience as a Dependable Life Skill
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Mark Black is a resilience expert, coach, and author of the recently released book The Resilience Roadmap and Certified Speaking Professional, teaching audiences worldwide about the importance of developing personal resilience and how to build it for your personal needs best. Born with congenital heart disease that led to open heart surgery on his first day on earth and an improbable double lung and heart transplant at age 24, Mark discusses his life journey and the invaluable lessons learned along the way. Personal resilience is Mark's north star. By facing challenges head-on,...
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Guest: Amber Saunders, Esq. Topic: The Importance of Estate Planning Addressing Your Finances and Personal Legacy
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Amber Saunders, Esq. is an accomplished Estate Attorney and Principal Attorney of The Saunders Firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Through personal family experiences, Amber realized the importance of carrying forward the special memories of family members at the time of their passing. This has resulted in Ambers’s unique approach to estate planning where she works with clients and their family members to integrate financial matters with personal memories and messages to form a legacy to be remembered. mber Saunders, Esq. in her role as an Estate Attorney has developed a unique approach...
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Guest: Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad Topic: The Importance Social Connection Has on Your Health and Well-Being and How to Best Avoid the Pitfalls of Loneliness and Social Isolation.
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Dr. Holt-Lunstad is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, where she directs the Social Connections Lab. She is a leading expert on the impact of social connection on health, with groundbreaking research showing that social isolation and loneliness are major risk factors for early mortality.
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Guest: Gail Sheffler Topic: On Not Losing Yourself When Caregiving
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Gail discusses what she learned about herself when caring for her husband who was terminally ill. Gail honestly describes how she evolved in her role and the importance of maintaining her husband’s dignity regardless of the health challenges that affected them. You will hear about how Gail learned to reach out to others, accept their support, and the special bonds this created. Yet, through all the challenges Gail’s self-awareness ensured she did not relinquish her persona or personal needs.
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Guest: Dr. Samantha Lang Topic: Thriving in Your Family Caregiver Relationship
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Dr. Samanatha Lang, PhD is a licensed psychologist focusing on anxiety, depression and life transitions with specializations in neuro and geriatric psychology and family caregiver support. Working closely with family caregivers and the loved one’s they care for (the care partners unit) Dr. Lang has conducted break through care partner research, guiding family caregivers to focus on the relationship between care partners versus primarily working on caregiver coping strategies.
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Victor Imbimbo Topic: Welcome to Bounce Back
Bounce Back with Victor Imbimbo
Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers frankly talks about what he has learned in his 20-year family caregiver journey and experience working with the family caregiver community. You’ll get a preview of topics the Bounce Back podcast covers and a front row seat to conversations with his expert guests, who provide insights most central to family caregiver's health and well-being.
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Guest: Dr. Robert Leahy Topic: How to Correctly Identify the Type of Worry You're Experiencing and Learn How to Make Productive Worry a Positive Resource in Your Life.
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Dr. Robert Leahy is a globally recognized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) clinician and educator. Dr. Leahy provides insights into our behavior and emotions, especially during times of vulnerability. Dr. Leahy discusses steps to consider to achieve a better quality-of-life. Topics covered are productive and unproductive worry, negative forecasting, rumination, acceptance, control, resilience and more, all with the intent of living a more complete and balanced life.
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Guest: Robert Holden Topic: How Finding and Following Your Personal Joy Is the Path to Happiness and Compass to Finding Life Purpose
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Dr. Robert Holden is a British psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of and . He is the founder of The Happiness Project and a global thought leader on defining and achieving happiness shifting your mindset for a more peaceful and productive life. Our discussion addresses the three types of happiness and defines the immediate benefits of following your “personal” joy versus chasing happiness and how this contributes to finding your true life purpose. Within this, Dr. Holden talks about the importance of embracing...
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Guest: Katie Horwitch Topic: How Awareness and Targeted Adjustments Can Quiet Negative Shelf-Talk
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Katie Horwitch is an author, mindset coach, and self-talk activist with expertise in shifting the stories and habits that help shape our negative self-talk patterns. Our discussion explores Katie's personal journey growing up and how early expectations and beliefs influenced her adolescent and young adult life. Katie's work shows when addressing "self-talk" it is critical to first focus on self before working on talk. Through better self-awareness, you will identify the thoughts and stories in your life contributing to your beliefs and ongoing behavior....
info_outlineJessica Lindberg is a writer, speaker, social entrepreneur, and podcast host who built powerful resilience through personal trauma. Jessica shares her personal story and the lessons learned during her family's journey as family caregivers to their two sons. Jessica's memories and insights provide poignant life lessons on topics addressing how a wife and husband worked as partners to ensure their family is emotionally healthy and cared for, their relationship continues to grow and careers are realized as they work through life, death, grief and geographical relocation. Learn how Jessica refocused her life challenges to help improve the physical and emotional experience for others.