Hope Through Knowledge with Zoë A. Lewis, M.D., Talk Radio For Caregivers

Join HTK  and  Robert Mayrhofer,  founder and CEO of Pure Life NutriMedics International as we discuss  helping sufferers of stress, anxiety, panic attacks, fatigue, insomnia, mood swings and memory -related problems.  That sums up the side effects of being a 24/7 caregiver for someone with a dementing illness or other serious life limiting illness.
I invited Robert on the program  to give us the research behind his company and  discuss the benefits of Pure Life NutriMedics and their unique holistic approach when it comes to total health and well-being. He will share how to utilize  aspects of diet, nutrition, fitness and education to give the mind, body and soul exactly what it needs to reduce the negative impact of caregiving and stress-related illnesses that often occur.

Dr. Paula Bromberg is a psychologist, writer and spiritual teacher. Her latest  book, 'The Way of the Lover' is based on wisdom teachings based on her 40 years of pioneering in the field of mindful living. Finding our inner source of strength through mindful attention, learning to make conscious choices that include appropriate exercise, nutrition and loving relationships and taking responsibility for our own healthcare, has been one focus of Dr. Bromberg's life's work.
She has worked with many prominent people in her field over the years including Drs. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Rollo May. Paula's work in sacred psychology incorporates transformational therapy and ancient sacred teachings.
She now has a TV program,
Conversations" is the first television series to chronicle the real life experiences of her guests on a variety of topics.
Paula Bromberg PHD best known for an integerative psychologist, is now hosting conversations with Paula at MyMedicineTV network.
This inspirational journey begins inside the Florida's center for regenerative medicine. Dr A.J Farshchian MD will be directing the first 5 episode. "At every step in this challenging process, viewers at home will witness the struggles of these patients, who reveal themselves to be regular people in need of a helping hand as they strive for improvement, health, and future happiness," Farshchian said earlier.

Harriet Tramer is interviewed on this program. She is the  author of Rounding the Circle of Love.

Harriet's book, Rounding the Circle of Love,  shares her first hand experience of keeping a loved one at home with dementia and the essentials of caring for them.  Her book offers a good mix of these personal experiences and other  resources and options for those needing help with caring for a family member with dementia. It not only presents “guidelines” from “experts” in their fields but also practical advice from people who have served as caregivers.

http://www.amazon.com/Rounding-Circle-Love-Harriet-Tramer/dp/1889409502/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335790418&sr=1-1

I will also be discussing with Harriet the very same topics covered in my books on dementia and Alzhiemers Disease and caregiving, "I hope they know," in English and Spanish, and we will make this an important program for caregivers of a person with dementia, tackling the most difficult questions.

http://www.amazon.com/Hope-They-Know-Essential-Alzheimers/dp/1602641773/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335789455&sr=1-3

For more free resources  and  online  help and support for dementia caregivers.

http://www.zoealewis.com

Three Months: A Caregiving Journey from Heartbreak to Healing (Folkheart Press, 2012). Join me and the author J. Dietrich Stroeh as we cover  his story of his wife's terminal cancer. Dietrich Stroeh takes readers inside the Stroeh household where home care, medical decisions and much needed laughter give extraordinary shape to an unexpected and devastating illness.


Dietrich Stroeh's beautiful, heart wrenching and, yes, often humorous account of his wife's cancer is both personal and universal. It is a must-read for anyone diagnosed with terminal cancer and also, for the caregiver, who is often left navigating uncharted medical and emotional waters. The tips and resource information that lace through his book are invaluable. The diagnosis of cancer often takes the patient and family deep into dark places filled with fear, anger and loneliness. There are no simple rules to follow, no easy answers as to how to move forward. Dietrich Stroeh has taken the reader of this book on his own personal path and describes what allowed him to emerge on the other side, changed, but able to find happiness once again.

30 minutes with Sam Feldman, the founder of Men's Bereavement Network - a national Men's Bereavement Group.


Men grieve differently. That is what drove Sam Feldman to create an organization to fill the void after his wife of 53 years, Gretchen, lost her year-long battle with cancer. Finding himself reluctant to share his innermost feelings of sadness in mixed gender bereavement groups, and discovering many other widowers feel the same, he started a men-only group where he lives six months a year. When he further researched, he found that there is a paucity of men's groups focusing on bereavement and, drawing on his many years as an entrepreneur, established the Men's Bereavement Network, with a strong board of directors including Dr. George Cohn, a noted psychiatrist who served on the Board of Directors for America's first Hospice in New Haven, Connecticut.  Share this program! More information on this organization can be found:

http://www.mensbereavement.org/index.html

http://www.mensbereavement.org/MBN-makes-news.html