The Integrative Palliative Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Some people have wonderful experiences with hospice, and other people say the experience was terrible. What's the difference?

If your loved one is sick enough to need hospice, it's a highly stressful time for your whole family. Whether your loved one has cancer, dementia, ALS, COPD or another serious illness, making the decision for when to request hospice care is tough.

Once you've made the decision to start hospice, how do you make sure that your loved one and your family get the very best hospice care? In this episode we discuss the 10 ways to be sure you get the very best hospice care.

Caring for you as you care for them.

Dr. Delia

https://doctordelia.com

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Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

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Grief is tough. It is so very hard when a loved one dies. Whether it is expected because of serious illness or a total shock, grief is painful. 

And also, grief is part of life. Sometimes people compound their suffering by asking "Why am I still grieving so hard?" or "Shouldn't I be better by now?"

Trying to push grief away doesn't help. In fact, it can make grieving even harder. 

This meditation is an invitation to make peace with grief.

If you have ever lost a person, a pet, a prized possession, a job, an identity, or anything else, this meditation is for you.

Be sure you're in a safe place (no driving!) when you listen.

I'm glad you're here.

Doctor Delia

www.DoctorDelia.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

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Zoom memorials or celebrations of life get a bad rap. They may be seen as a second class way to honor a loved one - far less meaningful than a standard funeral.

Let's rethink that narrative!

Having a celebration of life by Zoom can be a powerful and meaningful way to honor your loved one who has died. They are easier to plan and they allow far away friends and relatives to attend and celebrate your loved one.

This week on The Integrative Palliative Podcast I provide a practical roadmap for creating a Zoom funeral that is moving and healing.

Share with someone that you know who needs to hear this right now.

I'm here for you,

Dr. Delia

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
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You will love this week's guest!

Cal Cates is a massage therapist as well as the founder and Executive Director of Healwell, a non-profit whose mission is to touch people affected by serious illness, teach massage therapists how to provide that touch, and to advocate for a broader role for those therapists in serious illness care.

They have trained thousands of healthcare providers in the skills of resiliency, self-awareness, communication and forgiveness. They have dedicated their career to advocacy in healthcare, massage therapy as social justice, and to revolutionizing education for healthcare providers.

To reach Cal or check out Healwell:  www.healwell.org.

Let's spread the word about integrative palliative care!

- Dr. C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

P.S. Tell a friend about The Integrative Palliative Podcast!

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
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It is hard to talk to a loved one about their serious illness. And it can be hard to counsel families about how to communicate well.

Knowing your own communication style and that of the patient can help make communication easier.

This podcast will discuss 6 different communication styles: Direct & open, reserved & private, emotional & expressive, passive or reliant, information-seeking and avoidant or denying. Trying to match communication styles helps connection.

Which communication style do you use?

I'm glad you're here,
Dr C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Anticipatory grief is common and normal but it is rarely talked about, which leaves people to suffer alone.

Beginning to grieve for the loss of a loved one before they have died can be hard. In this week's podcast we discuss ten things that a grieving loved one can do with their loved one during this challenging time.

I'm glad you're here,
Dr. C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

P.S. Soon I'll be starting a Conscious Coping program to help people with ailing loved ones go from overwhelmed, depleted, and unsure to clear, balanced, and hopeful. If this speaks to you, sign up for the waiting list at www.integrativepalliative.com. I'd love to see you there!

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

What is the difference between sympathy, empathy, and compassion?

They are each approaches to other people's suffering; however, sympathy is distancing, empathy is supportive, and compassion includes a component of action.

How do you tend to respond to other people's suffering?

I'm glad you're here,

Dr. C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

P.S. I'm starting a program for people with ailing loved ones who feel overwhelmed, depleted, and unsure of how to help their loved one.  I'm committed to creating an experience that will leave you clear, balanced and hopeful. I'm filling the waiting list now. If this resonates with you, you can get on the waiting list here: www.integrativepalliative.com.

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Welcome to The Game of Joy!

This week Joy Ambassador, Yasmin Nguyen, shares his inspiring story of struggle and exploration that led him to write his book The Game of Joy.

There is so much in this episode for everyone. Discover your "joy blockers," what to do when you encounter "unjoy" and how to play the "game of joy."

Here's where you'll find Yasmin:
https://joyfullivingproject.com/about-yasmin/

Don't miss this one!

Dr. C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

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Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
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I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
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Have you said any of these things to your patients?

"Unfortunately,..."
"Your MRI is one of the worst I've even seen."
"Your knee is bone on bone"

If so, you may have elicited the nocebo response.

The nocebo response is the opposite of the placebo response and it can increase your patients' pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety and more.

Words are powerful. They can make your patients better or worse, so choosing your words carefully when you counsel your patients is important.

Come listen, review and share!

I'm glad you're here because every physician deserves to love their work and every patient deserves an effective and joyful physician.

Dr. C

Free guide to adding integrative medicine to your practice - click here:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/adding-integrative-medicine

References:
Pfingsten et al, Pain Med, 2001, 
Hauser et al, Etsch Arztebk Int 2012

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Do you have a ton of open charts? Are you charting at night in your PJs? Do you feel overwhelmed by work tasks?

Are you also intuitive and a connector? Do you get totally engaged in the things that you enjoy?

If that sounds like you, you might have ADHD.

Many high functioning people have ADHD (often inattentive type) but they just don't know it. Come learn from Dr. Diana Mercado Marmarosh, a family physician and expert in physician ADHD.  Dr. Marmarosh is not only an expert - she lives this herself!

You will pick up many practical tips, whether or not you have ADHD, that will help you  get your work done at work and get more time back in your day.

Send this episode to a friend or colleague who is feeling overwhelmed!

Dr. Mercado Marmarosh can be found at www.adhd-lifecoach.com. She offers coaching and retreat for physicians with ADHD or work overwhelm.

I'm so glad you're here!

Dr. C
Delia Chiaramonte, MD

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!

Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:
https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touch

I'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!
https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/