The Travelers Guide to Life: Recent Episodes
Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley
Why Travelers Guide to Life? Hospice is much more than end of life. This is a podcast about how to live fully so when you do get to the end you will feel happy about your choices. It's about living and reaching the end of life with conscious choice. We will be sharing tips and life lessons for a fulfilling life and ways to best prepare for an end of life that is aligned with your values. Sometimes we will talk about subjects that people like to avoid, but these are important conversations that do bring peace of mind. We hope you will listen, share and explore the resources you can find at the Hospice website. www.hospiceslv.org
Season 5 Episode 4: Reading on the Road
Join hosts Mary and Linda in an inspiring journey through the pages of some captivating books in this episode of our podcast. As avid readers, they delve into a discussion about their current literary companions, focusing on works that explore the art of seizing life's moments to the fullest. From seizing opportunities to cherishing every experience, they explore the profound messages embedded in these reads. Tune in as Mary and Linda share insights, reflections, and personal anecdotes sparked by these thought-provoking narratives. Whether you're a bookworm or simply seeking inspiration, this episode promises to ignite your passion for living fully.
Season 5 Episode 3: Car Ride Conversations
Hosts Linda & Mary discuss a new upcoming project called the "Life Story Project" tune in to hear more about the program and other tips for how to live life to the fullest and create a legacy.
Part 2 of the discussion between Mary Jones, Hospice Director of Family Support Services and Brother John Youngblood, Hospice Spiritual Care Coordinator
Season 5 Episode 1: Holding Hands Walking Each Other Home (Part 1)
In this episode Mary Jones, sits down with Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley's Spiritual Care Coordinator, Brother John Youngblood. Together they discuss the importance of Spiritual Care as part of the holistic approach to caring for Hospice patients and their families, meeting their needs and often having difficult conversations. John also talks about his experience as a new member of the team, along with his day-to-day responsibilities and his ideals and approach of implementing spiritual care to meet the needs of our patients or connecting with them with the people in their own faith community.
Starting Point- In this episode, Mary Jones sits down with current and founding Hospice SLV Board Member Frank McLaughlin to discuss the origin of Hospice care and the early evolution of care in the North Country, Frank also walks us through our organization's starting point and progression over the years.
In this episode, Linda and Mary discuss the details of our recently launched community resource workbook called, "Road Maps for the Journey's End."
Season 3 Episode 1: Mary Jones sits down with Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley's, We Honor Veterans Program Coordinator Amanda Mason. In this episode, they discuss the history of the program, details about the program, where the program is headed in the future, as well as the plan for the upcoming Veterans Day on Friday, November 11th.
To learn more about Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley's, We Honor Veterans program visit us on the web at www.hospiceslv.org/wehonorveterans or contact Amanda Mason at amason@hospiceslv.org
Episode 2 - First Aid Kit - In the face of all kinds of loss, how to heal yourself (so you can better care for others).
Guest Speaker: Kate Favaro, Hospice Bereavement Coordinator
Episode 6 - Dead Battery - What you need to know about funerals
In this episode, Mary Jones sits down with Chad Green, Funeral Director for Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena, and Donaldsons- Seymour Funeral Home in Potsdam. This discussion provides anoverview of the funeral planning process.
Welcome, Chad to the podcast!
Episode 4 - Who Is Driving the Car? - Being in control of your healthcare decisions for advance planning
Advanced Care Planning is not about planning for your death. It is about making health care decisions that are right for you. We don’t' consider planning for important health care decisions because that won’t happen for a long time and discussing dying is sad and depressing. At Hospice we have learned over the last 40 years that talking about and planning for serious health issues allows patients and family to spend time with each other making memories and sharing stories until the patient’s last breath.
The teen years are the bridge between childhood and adulthood. As with any change, there is grief to navigate . Here are the key discussion points from todays episode with Linda and Mary.
- Adults supporting teens do not assume and lower your expectations.
- Teens need support, understanding, a listening ear and boundaries.
- Encourage teens to create their own coping strategies
Thank you to the Potsdam Public Library, for the use of their podcasting studio!
On this episode of the Travelers Guide to Life, Linda and Mary uncover the facts about how to handle grieving kids (12 and Under) The conversation leads to identifying key actions and conversation points, such as not excluding (protecting) children from the conversation and using concrete language and terms to help them process and understand death. Listen in for all the full details and to learn more through another important in depth discussion, on the Travelers Guide to Life.
Welcome back to Season 2 of the Travelers Guide to Life. In this episode Mary and Linda pick up where we left off from Season 1's episode of Welcome to Holland. We read the second part of the essay and dive into a deep discussion, as we analyze this wonderful essay and how it applies to theme of our podcast. Listen, Share and Enjoy!
On todays episode we talk about gratitude, intention and celebration or, to put it another way, this about why it is important to stop and smell the roses
Prompts & Ideas to get the conversation started. As a kid, one of the best parts of going on a road trip was the games we played in the car. Games like, I spy, 20 questions and License plate bingo, kept us busy for hours. Not only were they amusing but they sometimes led to great conversations and family stories. That's what good games do; they help us to remember and talk about what really matters.
Did your family call it the glove box or the glove compartment? The glove box has long been viewed as the place to store information for journey; like user manual, maps and trinkets collected along the way. In this episode Linda & Mary discuss the important documents we need to complete and have on hand at the end of life. The glove box is an important document holder. But it serves no purpose when it's empty.
For more information and resources visit our website: http://www.hospiceslv.org
Why Travelers Guide to Life? Hospice is much more than end of life. This is a podcast about how to live fully so when you do get to the end you will feel happy about your choices. It's about living and reaching the end of life with conscious choice. We will be sharing tips and life lessons for a fulfilling life and ways to best prepare for an end of life that is aligned with your values. Sometimes we will talk about subjects that people like to avoid, but these are important conversations that do bring peace of mind. We hope you will listen, share and explore the resources you can find at the Hospice website. www.hospiceslv.org