Caregiver's Compass
This is Caregiver's Compass. An inspirational podcast talking about all things caregiving. Therapist and caregiver Stephanie Muskat takes you through real-life caregiving stories from her own therapeutic experience and gives you the raw and personal on her own caregiving experiences as a young caregiver. Plus hear from tons of incredible experts and caregivers who are living through their day-to-day journeys. It's all here at Caregiver's Compass.
Podcasting since 2021 • 152 episodes
Caregiver's Compass
Latest Episodes
Giving and receiving care with a disability and working to shift societal caregiving assumptions and beliefs in regards to caregiving with a disability, with Elizabeth Mohler (Episode 146)
Born blind, from a very young age, Elizabeth Mohler experienced the barriers and obstacles one with a disability can face in an ableist society. With lived experience as both a care recipient and a caregiver, Elizabeth shares her insightful ...
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Season 5
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Episode 146
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32:56
Using personal pain, grief and insights from the loss of her mother, and later the loss of her father, as a way to support others in their mourning, grief and pain, with Barri Leiner (Episode 145)
Facing the loss of her mother in her 20s, Barri Leiner found herself experiencing the sudden shock of grief. Turning her pain and learning into purpose, Barri transformed her life and career into meaningful giving and support through The Mem...
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Season 5
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Episode 145
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44:29
An extraordinary multi-generational caregiver for several children, including a son with complex medical needs, who has used her experiences for systemic change, advocacy and education, with Elizabeth Marie Chambers (Episode 144)
Elizabeth Marie Chambers shares her experiences as a muti-generational caregiver in today’s episode as she highlights caring for a child with complex medical needs, multiple children, and a parent. She details her breaking point in car...
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Season 5
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Episode 144
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51:38
The importance of friendship and community in caregiving and loss (and finding chosen family), with Jacquelyn Shapiro (Episode 143)
A very common sentiment we hear from caregivers is the loneliness and isolation felt as a result of misunderstandings between other family members or friends, the feeling that others don’t understand the caregiving perspective and feeling as...
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Season 5
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Episode 143
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1:00:31
A remarkable journey of care for multiple family members (including her spouse) as a young parent and using her experiences to shape her career and the caregiving landscape as a whole, with Katie Brandt (Episode 142)
Having just started her career and life as a young mom, Katie Brandt’s entire world changed in an instant when her husband was diagnosed with FTD in his early 30s. The next several years, compounded by care for multiple family members in additi...
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Season 5
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Episode 142
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51:17