The Integrative Palliative Podcast

When a loved one is sick and caregiving gets exhausting, it can be powerful to have someone give you permission to take a break.Should you need their permission? Of course not. But the voices in your mind can be critical and bossy and insist that you continue to work or take care of other people until you're completely exhausted, stressed and depleted.This week we discuss the power of permission when we offer it to other people and also when we offer it to ourselves.What permission can you offer this week?Delia Delia Chiaramonte, MDCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

When someone you love is is ill or had died, life feels hard. Yet sometimes we add to our distress by judging how we are feeling or behaving. We feel sad and then we feel critical that we're still sad. We feel angry and then feel guilty that we feel angry.It is the "shoulds" that cause us distress - it doesn't have to be that way.This week I'll share the 3 words that can help reduce your suffering.I'm glad you're here!Deliawww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

In this deeply personal and powerful episode, Dr. Delia Chiaramonte shares her experience of traumatic loss of both her father and her father-in-law. Traumatic grief is not just about missing someone—it's about having your sense of the world torn apart. It can show up in surprising ways: emotional numbness, panic, guilt, dissociation, and even physical symptoms. In this episode, you'll learn how traumatic grief differs from more typical grief, and what helps people begin to heal.You'll also hear:Surprising aspects of traumatic grief that many people don't talk aboutEvidence-supported tools to support healing after traumatic lossThe importance of the body in trauma recoveryWhether you're grieving a traumatic loss or supporting someone who is, this episode offers a space for truth, tenderness, and the possibility of healing.Mentioned in This Episode:Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 (24/7 free support)Therapies that may help: EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, trauma-informed grief therapyMind-body tools for trauma: grounding, breathwork, guided imagery, gentle movementConnect With Dr. Delia:Website: www.integrativepalliative.comLinkedIn: Delia Chiaramonte, MDIf This Episode Helped You…Please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyShare it with someone in your life who would benefit from hearing itSubscribe for more heart-centered episodes about serious illness, caregiving, and the healing journeyCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Not having access to Medical Aid in Dying can drastically increase suffering for dying people and their families.This week I'll share a deeply personal and painful story about a dying man who wanted to have control over his death and what why he had to face it alone.Helping healers heal others and themselves.DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

It's been an interesting experience for me to experience the loss of my dad and both feel my own grief and also observe it with the lens of a palliative care physician.I have noticed how healing it has been for me when others bear witness to my pain and also when they bear witness to my dad as a person.This is how we can best support people who are grieving after someone they love has died: bear witness to the pain or bear witness to the person.Helping healers heal others and themselves.DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Grief isn't only an issue after a person dies. Anticipatory grief shows up long before a person has passed away. Families facing dementia, ALS, cancer, renal failure, and other serious illnesses can experience anticipatory grief long before the very end of life.This week we take a look at anticipatory grief from the inside because my family is facing it right now.This episode is for you if you are a clinician who cares for the ill and aging or if you are a person who has an ill or aging person in your life.Share this episode with someone in your life who needs it.I'm glad you're here.Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Everyone should have an advanced directive. Full stop. You, your parents, your partner, your adult kids - everyone.Most people know that having an advance directive is important but they feel awkward or anxious about actually making it happen.I've seen patients with stroke have a terrible outcome from a poorly done advance directive. And I've seen family members of people with cancer suffer because their loved one didn't have an advance directive even though their illness was very severe.In this episode you will learn all that you need to know to create a high quality advance directive for you and your family.I'm glad you're here,DeliaP.S. Don't forget to subscribe to The Integrative Palliative Podcast on your favorite podcast platformDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

What have you been avoiding? Is there a courageous conversation you should be having? A boundary you should be setting? A household task that needs to be completed?I wrote Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself about a year ago and I never recorded the audio book! I meant to. I wanted to. But I just never made it happen - until this week!Why do we put off things that we truly want to do? I explore this topic in this week's episode and give you steps to finally accomplish what you've been putting off.What have you been putting off?Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comwww.coping courageously.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Dr. Janet Abrahm is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physicians, Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a former practicing oncologist, and an internationally recognized expert in supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. She has over 20 years of experience in the forefront of palliative care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She is the author of the newly updated Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer as well as an award-winning clinician and educator in palliative care. This week she joins me to talk about the latest updates in palliative care. We chat about palliative precedes, the treatment of cancer related fatigue, new thinking about cancer cachexia and more.You can learn more about Dr. Abrahm and her work at janetabrahm.com.Here's to healing the heart of the healers,Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Physicians are expert learners, yet many have the feeling that they can't be entrepreneurs. This week, Nneka Unachukwu, MD (affectionately known as "Dr. Una") will convince you that you can learn the skills to become a physician entrepreneur or a physician "intrapreneur" and create the life that you want.If you have a tiny voice inside that dreams of starting a business or advancing in your employed position, you'll want to listen to this episode. Creating the life you want reduces burnout and supports your journey to wellbeing.You can find Dr. Una's podcast, books, and online business school at www.entremd.com.Supporting healing for the healers,Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com/cliniciansCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Talking about advance directives, goals of care, and end-or-life wishes can be scary. Even if the conversation doesn't scare you, finding the right time and the right way to bring it up can be a challenge.This week I share my own recent experience of having a goals of care conversation with a loved one, and give practical guidance for how to get started with your own courageous conversations.Let's talk about it!Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com#palliativecare Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

In this episode, Katie Joy Duke (@katiejoyduke) shares her wisdom as a woman and life coach who experienced treatment for stage IV breast cancer. She shares the tough parts and the growth parts, including her decision to pursue an aesthetic flat closure rather than breast reconstruction.She is open and engaging and wise. I know you'll love learning from her.You can find information about her coaching practice, book, and speaking at www.katiejoyduke.com.I'm glad you're here!Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

We create much of our own suffering, and I suggest that we all cut that out! Life sends us enough stress and challenge - why would we add to our suffering for now good reason?Expectations can add to our suffering. Learning to modulate your expectations allows you to stay in the moment and enjoy your experiences, your people, and your moments.Holidays are packed with expectations which can turn happy times into frustrating times - but it doesn't have to be that way.Have a listen and share with a friend.I appreciate you,Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

In the serious illness space, regret is rampant. Caregivers often regret what they did or didn't do when caring for their loved one with cancer, dementia, or other life-limiting illness. Physicians and other clinicians may regret the goals of care conversations that we meant to have but didn't get around to.Regret is terrible and its negative impact can linger long after the ill person has died. One of the key tasks in serious illness care is to help everyone involved avoid regret.This week I discuss four steps that we can all use to help us, our loved ones, and our patients to avoid regret.Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Emergency Medicine physicians face life and death situations as part of their normal work day. They train for that! But what about when an ailing person with a very advanced cancer comes to the ED without an advanced directive? What if half the family wants aggressive care and half the family wants to let the patient die peacefully at home?This week's guest is Dan Morhaim, MD who is an accomplished emergency medicine physician, legislator, and so much more. He has focused his teaching and research on advanced directives because he saw how important they are when an emergency hits the family.You will love this conversation.Thanks for joining us on the integrative palliative path.Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Holidays can be joyful times that bring you together with the people that you love. But what if someone is missing? Maybe your loved one has died, or maybe someone important to you can't join you for the holidays this year. How do you balance grief with expectations of holiday joy?This week I discuss how to cope with the holidays when someone you love won't be with you.In support and gratitude,DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

We've just had a big election and many people have strong feelings about the result. Some people are happy about the outcome, and others are feeling deeply distressed.In palliative care we are experts at helping people cope with highly unwanted outcomes. We can use some of our palliative care skills to help people cope with their feelings right now.What other tips would you suggest?#meded #hospice #electionDeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative,comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Can you define cisgender? Transgender? Intersex? Gender non-conforming?Do you know the difference between sex and gender? Have you heard of a 'dead name?'Do you know why using "Sir" and "Ma'am" can cause you to be inadvertently hurtful to your patients? Providing gender affirming care is important but you may not have learned this in school. Join us this week for a primer in the basics of gender affirming healthcare.What did I miss? Reach out and let me know.DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Sarah Freeman Smith is a blind inspirational speaker and author, former HR/recruiting leader and disability advocate. She went blind in midlife and in this week's episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast she shares her journey, the tech that she uses to increase her independence, and guidance for physicians and clinicians to help their visually impaired patients.Rayban Meta smart glasses have been a game changer for her!Sara has many resources for the visually impaired and you can find them on her website www.urgems.com. October is World Vision Awareness month. If you like the podcast be sure to subscribe!DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Many patients are embalmed or cremated after death, but this isn't the only option. Embalming and cremation have a negative impact on the environment, and other, more eco-friendly, options are becoming popular.Options such as green burials, human composting, and reef balls give people options for how to handle their loved one's body after death.Do you think that accepting, and even facilitating, decomposition of a body after death helps us engage in "circle of life" coping? Or are standard funeral services more helpful?Let me know what you think!If you like this podcast, please subscribe!Delia Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Many physicians, and other clinicians, are wiped out and burned out. They may wonder if they should stay in medicine, or if there is another path that would make them happier.Yet running away from unhappiness isn't a great strategy because sometimes the unhappiness follows you to your next destination. Dr. Heather Fork is a dermatologist and physician career coach who guides physicians to a career, and life, that makes them happy.  Sometimes her clients decide to remain in clinical practice and sometimes they find non-clinical positions, but either way Dr. Fork helps them to create happier lives for themselves and their families.You can find more information about working with Dr. Fork at https://doctorscrossing.com/.You deserve to be happy!Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Sometimes patients or family members express their stress with anger. And when the anger is directed your way you may get defensive or annoyed and it can put a pall on your day.Listen to this week's episode for clear guidance about what to do when your patient gets angry so that both of you leave the visit feeling calm.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Don't be afraid to talk about dying.We don't learn to talk about dying and so many people are afraid because they don't know what to say. Here are four key topics to bring up with people who have advanced illness such as progressive metastatic cancer. In patients with Alzheimer's disease or other kinds of dementia, it is important to have these conversations early in the disease course.Today we'll discuss:Fear of deathNeed for connection and closureLife review Legacy or Love projectsWhat kind of legacy would you like to leave?In gratitude,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Mental status changes in hospice patients are extremely common. Yet are they always due to disease progression?If a patient suddenly gets confused or sleeps all day, what should you do? Should you counsel the family that this is normal? Order testing? Assess the medication list?Family members sometimes worry that sending their loved one with advanced cancer, dementia, or other serious illness to hospice will mean that they'll just get morphine but no medical attention. Let's make sure that this stereotype isn't accurate.Look out for premature closure and keep the patient/family goals in mind.DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comWhole person care for people with serious illness using all the tools that workCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Your patient is in terrible pain from cancer and you have the tools to relieve it. Yet they won't take the oxycontin or morphine that you prescribed. You can see that they are suffering yet you feel powerless to help. This is a common scenario and it can lead to discord between you and your patients. You may feel like saying, "Well fine then. I can't force you to help yourself..."You feel frustrated and the patient may not feel supported. Here are 30 reasons why your patient may be hesitant to take their pain medication and guidance on what you can do about it. Help your patients, improve your doctor-patient relationships, and reduce your frustration.Let me know how it goes!Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comFree guide for physicians to reclaim their wellbeing at work and in life: https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010 Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com A free guide for physicians to help reclaim your joy at work and in life https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148540010Please 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Ketamine is in the news right now because Matthew Perry died from improper use of ketamine and his physicians just got arrested for making that possible.It is always a bit shocking when physicians get arrested for prescribing medication. It does seem like his physicians were not acting in accordance with their hippocratic oath - if that's true, shame on them.I do wonder, though, will this make clinicians less inclined to use ketamine to help reduce their patients' suffering. In addition to being an anesthetic, ketamine is used to help reduce severe and persistent chronic pain and depression. In the palliative population it can be used orally, but for most people it is used IV and only under the direct (in office) supervision of a physician or other clinician.Do you use it in your practice? Did this case impact your plans to use ketamine in the future?Join us in the Integrative Palliative Medicine interest group on Facebook and share your experience.I appreciate you,Deliawww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

We live in a soup of uncertainty and so do our patients and clients. Caring for patients with serious illnesses such as cancer or Alzheimers dementia can be extremely stressful because the experience is filled with uncertainty.Having a clear approach to dealing with uncertainty reduces stress and increases joy. This week we discuss 4 Dos and 4 Don'ts for dealing with uncertainty in health and in life.I'm happy that you're part of the joyful palliative care tribe!DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

The LovingKindness, or Metta, meditation (not a typo - that's how it is spelled) is one of my favorite meditations. It offers kindness and healing to you, the people in your life and the world.This week I offer you a LovingKindness meditation for your own wellbeing. You'll notice that there is no intro or ending because I'd like you to hang on to this meditation to use any time you could use a boost of positive energy.Enjoy! (And then share with a friend)DeliaP.S., Can you do me a favor? If you find value from this podcast please write a review on iTunes and tell a friend about the podcast. This will help me reach more people, which will help to feed my soul. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Leave your heirs the gift of organization.  Estate planning is crucial but many people put it off because they aren't sure how to proceed.Adam Zuckerman is an attorney and entrepreneur who created a company, Buried in Work, after losing his father to cancer. Adam is passionate about making estate planning and end of life preparations as easy as possible for families facing serious illness.His site covers vast topics, from having tough conversations to green burials. He even has card "games" to help families communicate about goals, wishes, legacy, and life stories.You can find all of these resources at www.buriedinwork.comWellbeing for your patients and for you,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

We've all had challenging patient or client interactions. It can be hard to know how to handle them and it can make us feel lousy or even derail our day.You want to be an empathetic physician, nurse, therapist, PA or other clinician but how do you balance empathy with boundaries when a patient or family is angry or mean?This week join me to reflect on the 8 steps to managing a challenging patient interaction. Let me know what I missed! Join us on Facebook in the Integrative Palliative Medicine Interest group or reach out through the website at www.integrativepalliative.com.I appreciate you!Delia Chiaramonte, MDCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Dr. Gary Sprouse is the Less Stress Doc. He is a family physician with expertise in stress management and he's the author of Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress.This week Dr. Sprouse shares tools and insights to help you manage stress, banish guilt and regret, and live a happier life. You can find more information about Dr. Sprouse at www.thelessstressdoc.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Caring for a loved one who is aging or ill is hard. It is especially hard if you've had a challenging relationship with them. If you had a difficult childhood and now find yourself caring for a parent with cancer, a stroke, or Alzheimer's dementia, you may be experiencing extreme stress and overwhelm.Ask yourself these 3 questions and ponder these 3 truths to make a hard time less stressful.Thanks for listening,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Chiropractic care is widely misunderstood by the medical community. In this interesting interview, chiropractor Brian Morrison clues us in to how we got here and the ways in which chiropractic education and clinical care have changed for the better in recent years.Dr. Morrison discusses who benefits most from chiropractic care, and which patients should not be referred.Here's to an expanded clinical toolbox.Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Our internal judge has us judging ourselves, other people, and our circumstances. This makes practicing palliative care (and any patient care) harder and generates stress for us that we certainly don't need.This week you'll learn strategies for noticing your own judge and practical techniques for calming it, so you can enjoy your practice more, have less burnout, and be a happier person.Try it out and let me know how it goes!I'm glad you're here,DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comP.S., This approach is based on the work of Shirzad Chamine and his book Positive Intelligence. I provide positive intelligence-based coaching for palliative care clinicians who want to provide heart-centered care for their patients in a way that allows their own light to shine. Reach out at www.integrativepalliative.com if you'd like to work with me.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Dr Gordon is a world-recognized authority and pioneer in mind-body medicine, and he is the founder and executive director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC.He is a Harvard educated psychiatrist and a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical School. He was chair of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, and he has a recent book called Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing.Dr. Gordon has created and implemented extraordinary programs for healing population-wide psychological trauma. He and his colleagues have brought this program to diverse populations including refugees from wars in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa; firefighters and U.S. military personnel; school shooting survivors – as well as stressed out professionals, stay-at-home mothers, inner-city children, and people struggling with mental and physical disorders and end of life challenges.   Through his decades of first-hand experience, Dr. Gordon believes that the heartbreaking devastation that trauma causes can also open our hearts and minds to deeper understanding, enhanced meaning and purpose, and greater love. You can reach him at www.cmbm.org. Don't miss this episode.DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Moral distress and moral injury are common in healthcare, yet few physicians, nurses or other clinicians talk about it on a regular basis.Stuffing the shame, guilt, anger and other powerful emotions that can accompany moral injury can lead to clinician burnout, compassion fatigue, depression or even suicide. And it can also result in excellent, empathetic clinicians leaving healthcare,Let's talk about it!DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCome join us for the Joyful Palliative Care program. The cart closes this Saturday 5/25/24 at midnight. Don't miss your chance.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

The term self-care has a bad rap lately. It can seem like healthcare organizations use terms like "self-care" and "resilience" to make their doctors, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners work harder and harder. They offer free yoga, while piling on more and more work!There is truth to this scenario, yet pushing away the concepts of self-care is not the solution.This week we cover 4 myths of clinician self-care. This episode is appropriate if you are a physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant/associate, chaplain, social worker, therapist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or other person who cares for seriously ill or aging people.Caring for you is a key part of caring for your patients!DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comCoping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Many clinicians, especially physicians, don't learn in school what to do when a patient is crying. When we don't know what to do we feel uncomfortable, and no one likes to feel uncomfortable.I've seen many physicians sit in the presence of a crying patient, continue to work on their computer, or awkwardly shift in their seat. This gives the patient the message that their tears and feelings aren't welcome.This week we talk about what to do when your patient starts crying.I'm glad you're here,DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com My book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Is Joyful Palliative Care possible? Palliative care clinicians are often kind and highly empathetic people, but uncontrolled caring can lead to compassion fatigue or even burnout.Yet approaching the care of seriously ill people with an intentional approach can indeed make palliative care joyful.Here are the steps:1. More tools to relieve your patients' suffering (integrative symptom management)2. Develop your healing presence3. Know yourself4. Become a heart-centered leader5. Fill your cupI'm offering a Joyful Palliative Care program for clinicians who take care of people with cancer, dementia, neurologic disease, and other serious illness. If this podcast episode sparks something in you, come join us.Get on the Joyful Palliative Care waiting list so you'll be the first to know when the program starts. Also, people who join the program from the waiting list will get a discount or bonus.https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148314858Welcome to the tribe,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

The 2024 Integrative Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health was held recently in Cleveland and there were so many wonderful sessions. I attended and have picked out 8 key learnings to share with you.The 8 topics are:1. Microskills for wellness2. Healing presence3. Boundaries4. Photobiomodulation5. Vagus nerve6. Psychedelics7. A key values question 8. A surprise!Listen, share and subscribe!Here's the website of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health https://imconsortium.org/Dr. Chiaramontewww.integrativepalliative.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Effective doctor-patient communication is crucial for effective patient care. Yet effective communication is challenging when visits are time pressured, and both clinicians and patients are often stressed.Using the tools of negotiation can help make doctor/clinician-patient communication more effective. This week I discuss an 8 step approach to negotiating effectively with patients.In support of heart-centered healing,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com My book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Harvey Chochinov, MD, PhD is an esteemed clinician and researcher in the field of palliative care. He shares his research on dignity, dignity therapy and the Dignity Question that is vital for providing the highest quality end of life care.You will be inspired by his work and learn tools that you can bring right to the bedside.You can find Dr. Chochinov on Linked in or at:Twitter: @hmchochinovHarvey.chochinov@cancercare.mb.caThank you for being a heart-centered healer!Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com My book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Michelle Pearce, PhD is a psychotherapist, coach and integrative health educator who is passionate about guiding people to well-being.She shares her insights about health coaching, both private and group. She also shares information about the integrative health and wellness certificate program that she leads at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. This program is for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychotherapists, social workers, and more.I teach in the Integrative Health Certificate program too!If you'd like to connect with Dr. Pearce for information or coaching  you can reach her at drmichellepearce.com or email her at info@drmichellepearce.com.Reach out anytime. I love to hear from you!Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.copingcourageously.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 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-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Dementia is hard on families.It is hard to watch a loved one decline, hard to provide personal care, and hard to lose the connection with the person that you once knew. One of the hardest things may be that the person loses their language, and language is often how we connect.This week I share 7 ideas for fostering connection with people with dementia.If you're a clinician, share these ideas with the families that you care for. If you have a person in your family with dementia, try them out yourself.In support of whole person care for families facing aging or illness, using all the tools that work. I'm glad you're here.Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.copingcourageously.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.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! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Behavior change is hard. Integrative nutrition and wellbeing coaches are an important part of a healthcare team.Joel Edman, DSc, FACN is an integrative nutrition and health coach and he shares his wisdom this week about how to facilitate practical and realistic behavior change.Healthy nutrition, exercise and stress management is important for people with autoimmune disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease and more.If you'd like to contact him for a consult, check out his website at:edmanwellness@comcast.netIn gratitude for the heart-centered healer that you are,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

As clinicians it is crucial that we are aware of our blinders. Sometimes the obvious cause of pain isn't the actual cause of pain and we need to be willing to look past our first impressions.This week I discuss the case of one of my patients (de-identified of course). He had widely metastatic cancer and a pain that I couldn't control with medication. Come find out what worked to relieve his pain.Celebrating the heart-centered healer that you are,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comP.S. please write a podcast review - it helps me spread the word to other heart-centered clinicians!My book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

It is painful to watch other people suffer, whether they are your patients or your loved ones. They may suffer with illnesses, such as cancer or dementia, or may suffer with emotional pain, anxiety or depression.You want to help, but don't want to be swallowed up by their suffering.Join me this week to learn six important ways to protect your own well-being while also  being a loving caregiver, physician or clinician.Celebrating the heart-centered healer that you are,Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comwww.copingcourageously.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

This week I share the story of one of my patients and the woman he loved. Nick was a man in his 20s with an advanced cancer and caring for him touched my heart.He had to face the difficult reality in front of him in order to create the life that he wanted. He embraced acceptance and it changed his future.Come listen to a reading from Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself. You'll hear Nick's story and several others and you'll come to believe that acceptance is badass.My patients who practiced acceptance resolved to live their life fully, regardless of their diagnosis. Whether they were facing chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or an end of life illness the squeezed all the juice out of life that they could.They coped courageously.This week I challenge you to consider your own life through the lens of acceptance. Let me know what you come up with.Celebrating the heart-centered healer that you are,Dr. DeliaDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.copingcourageously.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Breath is powerful. We carry it with us, it keeps us alive, and it can either increase our stress or reduce it.Slow breathing is a secret weapon for reducing the stress response, reducing anxiety and improving wellbeing.This week you'll hear from Fernando David Pinon and Nancy Estaphanous, the co-founders of BreathNote. BreathNote is a unique and effective tool that uses music to guide relaxation breathing. It can be used in clinical settings, such as chemo suites or physician exam rooms, and it can be used individually by patients, families and clinicians to facilitate well-being.In this episode you will not only learn about BreathNote and how it can be used to help pain, anxiety, and other discomforts, but you will experience it for yourself.  Whether you're seeking a personal wellbeing tool or a professional tool for patient care, our conversation provides insights into the power of music and breath.How to contact Fernando and Nancy at Breathnote:www.breathnote.compartnerships@breathnote.comCelebrating the heart-centered healer that you are,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

There is wonder in unexpected places.When you look for it you will find it, and when you find it life feels just a bit lighter. From an Uber ride that turned into an impromptu therapy session to a conversation in a wellness store that may just save a local business, this week we'll uncover the magic hidden within everyday interactions. How is this relevant to palliative care? Dealing with patients with dementia, cancer, and other serious or progressive illness can entice us to slow down and look for moments of wonder. When we decide to we can start to notice the 'nuggets of magic' all around us... and then we can create moments of wonder ourselves.Celebrating the heart-centered healer that you are,Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com My book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Neurofeedback is a brain-based treatment that is effective and safe. It can be used to manage ADHD, anxiety, depression, insomnia, Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment, post concussive syndrome and more.This week we have Francesco Amico, PhD and Alvaro Villegas who are experts in neurofeedback, especially neurofeedback that can be administered remotely, sharing their expertise.They work with a product called Myndlift that allows people to have personalized neurofeedback treatment from their home. More information about Myndlift is available at www.myndlift.com. Dr. Amico can be contacted at linkedin.com/in/dr-francesco-amico-phd-b7170649Mr. Villegas and Dr. Amico  can we reached at www.helloneotherapy.com (Spanish and English).Let's be Sage Clinicians who provide whole person care to people with serious illness, using all the tools that work.Dr CDelia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.comMy book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.My book has launched! Order your copy of Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself, and buy one for a friend. www.copingcourageously.com Creating Integrative Palliative Solutions for Hospices and Clinicians Who Care for People With Serious IllnessPlease review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/