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The Integrative Palliative Podcast
Hosted by integrative palliative medicine physician, Dr. Delia Chiaramonte, The Integrative Palliative Podcast helps physicians and clinicians guide families facing serious illness to physical and emotional wellbeing. Listeners will find insights, skills and knowledge in evidence-supported integrative symptom management, as well as attention to their own self-care, because you can't pour from an empty cup!
Everyone who cares for seriously ill people will find something for themselves and their patients in this podcast. It is targeted not only to those who practice palliative care, but also to physicians and clinicians in oncology, radiation oncology, neurology, geriatrics, rheumatology, hospital medicine, intensive care, and more.
While the podcast is targeted to those who care for patients and clients, family caregivers will find many pearls to help them care for their ill or aging and loved one, while also caring for themself. All are welcome!
Visit The Institute for Integrative Palliative Medicine for more information on clinician and caregiver trainings and to book Dr. Chiaramonte as a speaker www.integrativepalliative.com
Episodes
167 episodes
A Meditation to Make Peace With Grief
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 "Wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 167
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14:29
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The Mindful Approach to Grief
Facing a serious loss after a loved one has died is just so tough. Without meaning to we can compound the stress of it all by how we approach our grief.The mindful approach to grief involves noticing, not judging, and using compassionate...
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Season 3
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Episode 166
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14:15
The Responsible One, The Favorite, and The Ghost: How Childhood Roles Shape Caregiving
Caregiving doesn't just happen in the current moment - it brings old family roles that we've been playing out since childhood back to life. The "responsible one" burns out, and the "favorite" expects everyone to defer to them. The "ghost" fades...
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Season 3
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Episode 165
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17:42
Writing a Meaningful Letter to a Loved One
When someone is nearing the end of life, the idea of leaving behind a “goodbye” or legacy letter can feel meaningful, but also overwhelming. What do you say? How do you start? In this episode, Dr. Delia offers a gentle guide to writing a letter...
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Season 3
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Episode 164
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16:58
How to Receive Love: A Powerful Interview with Michael L Smith
We all need this episode. Whether you're a family caregiver, caring for an ill or aging loved one, or you're a busy clinician who cares for seriously ill patients, this episode is for you.Michael L Smith shares his wisdom and inspiration...
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Season 3
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Episode 163
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37:27
Caring for Yourself as You Care for Your Aging Parent
Caring for a parent who is aging or who has dementia, debility, or serious illness such as cancer can be absolutely exhausting. It can feel like you're hanging on by your fingernails. This week on The Integrative Palliat...
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Season 3
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Episode 162
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19:12
When Your Parent Won't Accept Your Help: 20 Ways to Make it Better
If your parent has cancer, dementia, serious illness, or is just declining because they're getting older, you may feel the urge to help them as they get weaker. Perhaps you make space in your busy life, juggle responsibilities with both your pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 161
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25:20
Grieving is Not a Competition
There are so many kinds of grieving. You may be grieving the death of a loved one, a pet, a breast, a job, or you may be experiencing anticipatory grief for a loved one who is ill or aging.Grief is not a competition.There is no hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 160
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19:48
Caring for an Aging Parent with Siblings Who Are Driving You Crazy
Caring for an aging parent is hard in the best of circumstances. Whether your parent has cancer, Alzheimer's disease, another form of dementia, or an end of life condition, it can be overwhelming, exhausting, and stressful to support them as th...
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Season 3
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Episode 159
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23:06
Zoom Funerals: How to Make a Powerful and Meaningful Service Without Leaving Your House
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 158
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21:03
Beyond the Urn: Creative Things to Do with Your Loved One's Ashes
After the death of a loved one, it can be difficult to know what to do with their ashes. In this episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast we explore the many meaningful ways people can honor their loved ones by using their ashes in creativ...
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Season 3
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Episode 157
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13:19
The Power of Permission When Times are Tough
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 in...
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Season 3
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Episode 156
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11:10
Three Words That Help Reduce Distress in Difficult Times
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 155
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10:56
Fragments and Light: An Exploration of Traumatic Grief
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 154
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23:16
A Call for Medical Aid in Dying: A Tale of Autonomy and Desperation
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 wha...
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Season 3
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Episode 153
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17:57
Bearing Witness to Grief: A Powerful Way to Support Someone Who is Grieving
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 witnes...
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Season 3
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Episode 152
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9:51
Anticipatory Grief: A View From the Inside
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 151
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19:10
Advance Directive Dos and Don'ts: Key Advice for Your Patients, Your Family and Yourself
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 h...
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Season 3
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Episode 150
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21:21
What is Holding You Back? Five Steps for Finally Doing What You've Been Avoiding
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 149
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19:07
Palliative Care Updates with Dr. Janet Abrahm
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 148
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44:53
The Physician Entrepreneur: An Inspiring Interview with Dr. Una
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 147
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52:01
How to Start the Conversation: 5 Tips for Initiating Talks About End-of-Life Wishes
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 146
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14:24
From Cold Showers to Going Flat: Katie Duke's Empowering View of Breast Cancer From the Inside
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 fla...
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Season 3
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Episode 145
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38:24