Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers frankly talks about what he has learned in his 20-year family caregiver journey and experience working with the family caregiver community. You’ll get a preview of topics the Bounce Back podcast covers and a front row seat to conversations with his expert guests, who provide insights most central to family caregiver's health and well-being.

Dr. Robert Leahy is a globally recognized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) clinician and educator. Dr. Leahy provides insights into our behavior and emotions, especially during times of vulnerability. Dr. Leahy discusses steps to consider to achieve a better quality-of-life. Topics covered are productive and unproductive worry, negative forecasting, rumination, acceptance, control, resilience and more, all with the intent of living a more complete and balanced life.

Dr. Robert Holden is a British psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of positive psychology and well-being. He is the founder of The Happiness Project and a global thought leader on defining and achieving happiness shifting your mindset for a more peaceful and productive life. Our discussion addresses the three types of happiness and defines the immediate benefits of following your “personal” joy versus chasing happiness and how this contributes to finding your true life purpose.  Within this, Dr. Holden talks about the importance of embracing gratitude and the positive influence it has regardless on what you encounter. Understanding the challenges family caregivers experience, Dr. Holden talks about the importance of communicating how we truly feel and seeing the benefits received from all experiences through the lesson we learn and opportunities to heal.

Katie Horwitch is an author, mindset coach, and self-talk activist with expertise in shifting the stories and habits that help shape our negative self-talk patterns.  Our discussion explores Katie's personal journey growing up and how early expectations and beliefs influenced her adolescent and young adult life. Katie's work shows when addressing "self-talk" it is critical to first focus on self before working on talk. Through better self-awareness, you will identify the thoughts and stories in your life contributing to your beliefs and ongoing behavior. Katie helps you better understand how personal stories cannot be ignored because ultimately, we become what we believe! This discussion will take you through steps to reshape your personal stories and practices and help you evolve and embrace the life you want.

Dr. Bob Rotella is internationally known for his work in the area of applied sports psychology and is consistently recognized as the premier Sports Psychologist in the world.  As a Professor of Sports Psychology for 21 years at the University of Virginia, he also served as the Director of the Sports Psychology Department as well as President of the North American Association for Applied Sports Psychology.   Dr. Rotella shares his personal experience and insights as a family caregiver for both his mother and father. These valuable learnings are woven together with his proven practices including  “acceptance”, “staying in the present” “avoiding perfectionism” and “understanding your role”, to deliver productive family caregiving solutions in an effort to diminish personal stress while boosting resiliency.

Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers, talks about the issue of loneliness and the influence it has on our physical and emotional health. Included in this podcast is a review on the pervasiveness of loneliness in our society and especially within the family caregiver community and determining the level of loneliness currently in your life. Along with this, you will be introduced to the concept of “disruptors” to help you counter loneliness and help elevate your day-to-day well-being.

Gina Moffa is a licensed psychotherapist, mental health educator, media consultant and author. Gina helps people work through personal trauma, grief, as well as challenging life experiences and transitions. Our conversation focuses on the challenges we face when grief is experienced, the types of grief that exists and subsequent reactions that can result. Central to this discussion is the importance of understanding there is no one size fits all type of grief and each person has their own way to deal with it. However, one common overlap is grief, trauma and anxiety intersect in us. For family caregivers, Gina's helps us to better understand how to recognize when grief is present and how to best handle its physical and emotional challenges.

Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers, talks about the mind-body connection, how it functions and the control we have, through our thoughts over our genetics and therefore body function.  Included in this podcast is a segment recorded with Dr. Bruce Lipton, noted cell biologist and New Biology expert, about how placebos work and the influence they have on our mind and body reactions.  Several placebo case studies are reviewed, demonstrating the power our thoughts and the degree of control we actually have over our regenerative processes and lives in general.

Dr. Stephen Trzeciak, a practicing intensivist and Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, is also a clinical researcher, teacher, lecturer and best-selling author whose focus is to raise awareness and participation of compassion and kindness globally. Dr. Trzeciak shares scientific research cited in the groundbreaking book, Wonder Drug, that he co-authored with Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli, along with his personal insights on the significant health benefits resulting from living a Live to Give and other-focused life. Our conversation addresses how the body and mind are biologically influenced by a mindset of giving and the dual benefits for the giver and receiver from these acts of kindness. Dr. Trzeciak also provides thoughts regarding how to begin or evolve existing kindness practices, addresses the nominal time requirement to unearth the long-term health benefits and delivers Wonder-Drug's 7-Step Prescription for the most effective ways to integrate a Live to Give life practice into our daily life.

Dr. Bruce Lipton an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit and leading voice in the new biology, discusses many of the findings and principles detailed in his groundbreaking book, The Biology of Belief.  We address the importance of understanding that our genes are not the determinant of our fate as previously taught by the theory of genetic determinism.  Dr. Lipton shows us how his research demonstrates that we have more control over our destiny than originally thought. And, we will discuss how our beliefs and thoughts can greatly influence how our genes are expressed, which in turn can have a significant impact on our physical and mental health.  Dr. Lipton one of the early pioneers of the field of epigenetics (how our behavior and environment can effect the functioning and output of our genes) helps us to understand that our mind, and the control we have over it, is the true architect of our destiny, with the result being we have the control and power to create our reality.

Jessica Lindberg is a writer, speaker, social entrepreneur, and podcast host who built powerful resilience through personal trauma. Jessica shares her personal story and the lessons learned during her family's journey as family caregivers to their two sons.  Jessica's memories and insights provide poignant life lessons on topics addressing how a wife and husband worked as partners to ensure their family is emotionally healthy and cared for, their relationship continues to grow and careers are realized as they work through life, death, grief and geographical relocation. Learn how Jessica refocused her life challenges to help improve the physical and emotional experience for others.

Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert, has a robust discussion about setting rules and parameters for healthy relationship building and personal satisfaction. Terri differentiates being burned out, stressed out and feeling overwhelmed and the best ways to navigate through these feelings.  Terri carefully takes us through the steps to better understand how to best develop personal boundaries and communicate them to others, liberating us for a happier and more productive life, especially during our role as family caregiver.

Nancy Levin is a Master Life Coach and best-selling author, talks about how family caregivers can better set healthy boundaries in their lives. Nancy shares a range of life-changing information, practical tools and easy-to-use exercises to help family caregivers who are overwhelmed understand their priorities and create clear boundaries to increase their day-to-day well-being

Kristin Neff, world leading self-compassion expert an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, talks about building self-compassion into your daily life and avoiding the pitfalls that come with being too self-judgmental and unrealistically critical. Kristin will relate her experiences as a family caregiver and detail the many health benefits that come from incorporating self-compassion practices, especially during our most challenging times.

Cheryl Richardson, an international self-care expert and New York Times Best Selling Author, talks about understanding the importance of making self-care the centerpiece of your life, dispelling thoughts that embracing self-care is a sign of selfishness.  Cheryl openly discussing her family caregiving experiences and teaches how self-care practices resulted in better life balance and quality-of-life

Kristen Boice, licensed marriage and family therapist, delves into the top issues family caregivers encounter. Kristen will guide listeners through the caregiver themes of Overwhelm, Guilt, Grief, and Loneliness, which can negatively influence a family caregiver's emotional well-being. You will learn what helps caregivers identify the personal process and practices to lead more productive, purposeful and less stressful lives.

Nicole Kolenda is an expert pediatric speech and language pathologist working with children and adolescents addressing developmental needs. Nicole talks about the unique dynamics between parents, children and therapists within these special situations and details strategies and practices that promote the most empowering relationships for all family members. Lessons learned will benefit all family caregivers.

Joan Lunden, an American Journalist, television host, best-selling author and international health advocate, dispels the current myths of aging and replaces them with meaningful and feasible steps on how we can get the most out of everyday life in more engaging and personally satisfying ways. This includes a special discussion of Joan's experience as both a family caregiver to her mother and being the recipient of her family members care through her breast cancer diagnosis and healthy recovery.