Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver

Mary Victoria Price is a public speaker and the author of the inspirational memoir, The Way of Being Lost: A Road Trip to My Truest Self and Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. She currently spends much of her time traveling and speaking about the life of her father, Vincent Price, as well as many inspirational self-development topics.

Ashley Bendiksen is a national speaker, award-winning activist, and author. As a speaker, she is a recognized expert in domestic and sexual violence prevention, overcoming adversity, and leadership development. A multi-passionate activist, Ashley has been lauded for her efforts in human rights, social justice, and community engagement. She is also the founder of the Blue Hearts Project, a global storytelling platform for survivors of abuse. Her memoir titled, The Language of Time, chronicles her journey as a caregiver to her mother who developed early-onset Alzheimer’s. Today, Ashley further advocates for Alzheimer's disease awareness, funding, and policy change.

JOHN VESPASIAN is the author of eleven books about rational living, including "When everything fails, try this" (2009), "Rationality is the way to happiness" (2009), "The philosophy of builders" (2010), "The 10 principles of rational living" (2012), "Rational living, rational working" (2013), "Consistency: The key to permanent stress relief" (2014), "On becoming unbreakable" (2015), "Thriving in difficult times" (2016), "Sequentiality: The amazing power of finding the right sequence of steps" (2017), "Undisrupted: How highly-effective people deal with disruptions" (2019), and "Asymmetry: The shortcut to success when success seems impossible" (2020).

Join Dave Nassaney (Caregiver Dave) and his lovely co-host, Adrienne gruberg, as the interview the ledgendary author and Doctor,of Mind/Body Medicine, Dr. Bernie Seigel.  Dr. Bernie Siegel broke new ground with his monumental book Love, Medicine and Miracles. Today Bernie continues to impart wisdom about the true nature of life and love in his entertaining and enlightening debut fiction novel Three Men, Six Lives. 

Join Dave Nassaney (Caregiver Dave) and his lovely co-host, Adrienne gruberg, as the interview Jenn Taylor, monthe of 18 and she also hosts her own podcast,  The Naked Podcaster is unconventional, gritty, explicit and raw. Her guests cry sometimes but they are willing to share and for that, she is incredibly, overwhelmingly grateful. It's edgy, vulnerable, fun, upbeat and she adores giving her guests the opportunity for shameless self-promotion. She don't think we talk about ourselves in a positive, badass way nearly enough.  

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregivers Caregiver and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they do so Cauffee Tauk about caregiver issues.

Hope After Stroke, The Holistic Guide to Getting Your Life Back, written by Tsgoyna Tanzman. Stroke affects 800,000 people yearly, but that's just a statistic. Someone you loved had a stroke.

Join Dave Nassaney, (Caregiver Dave) and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they discuss the Covid-19 issues that caregivers are concerned about.

Ken Stern is the Chair of the Longevity Project.  Launched in 2019 in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity, the Longevity Project fosters research and public conversation on the impact of greater longevity on civil society.  Stern is also the CEO of Palisades Media Ventures and Chair of ASCEND.  Previously, he was the CEO of National Public Radio and also held senior positions in Democratic politics and American international broadcasting.  Stern is the best-selling author of With Charity For All and Republican Like Me, and is a regular contributor to Vanity Fair on politics and media.  A graduate of Haverford College and Yale Law School, Stern lives in Washington DC with his wife Beth and son Nate.  Ken Stern is the Chair of the Longevity Project.$ Launched in 2019 in collaboration with the Stanford  

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, and his co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they interview author, mother of 4 and caregiver, Kathy Parry.. Like a rubber band, caregivers are stretched. But that stretch also fills us with energy. Learn tactics to be rubber band resilient. Kathy's youngest of four children is diagnosed with a mitochondrial dysfunction. She is assessed at a six-month old, and was expected to live two years. She is now 19 and she has the honor of learning from her as her caregiver.

Ann Marie Hancock is an award-winning journalist, radio personality and talk show host who has interviewed many famous people. Some of her favorites are Alan Alda, Minnie Pearl and Eva Gabor. She has appeared on Bertice Berry, Rolanda, NBC’s The Other Side, The Angel Show, and Inside Edition. Her newest book, aptly titled after her mother’s escapades, You Can’t Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral is an honest and unique book that looks at the challenges of guardianship and cancer. Written with deep spiritual insight that can only be cultivated through adversity, and tempered with humor, this book traverses the difficult passage of end-of-life caregiving and the challenges and joys that accompany it. “It was Ann Marie’s belief in God which was her strength, and this enabled this wound healer to face her greatest challenge yet.” – Susan Keefe, Midwest Book Review

Join Caregiver Dave Nassaney, and his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, as they inter view Julie Potiker. Julie was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her bachelor's degree in general science from the University of Michigan and her JD from George Washington University. Potiker's life experiences inspired her to study mindfulness. She now teaches mindful self-compassion and is the founder and chair of the Balanced Mind Meditation Center. Potiker has also created Mindful Methods for Life, a proprietary system that rewires the brain for greater happiness and resilience. She has helped bring the science behind mindfulness to people in all walks of life. Potiker lives with her family in La Jolla, California. She has enjoyed watching her three children--Michael, Cara, and Danielle--grow into happy young adults.

Join Dave Nassaney (Caregiver Dave) as he interviews Linda Byce, and amazing caregiver to her husband who had cardiac arrest and became an infant in an adult body who Linda cared for (now as his "mother") for 11 years. Hear her amazing story.

Stephanie Erickson, Author of "Plan for Aging Well," was born and raised in California. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work, is a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Specialist (CADTS) and is licensed in both Quebec and California. She founded Erickson Resource Group, a clinical practice providing decision-making capacity evaluations for legal proceedings and expert opinions related to support for older adults. She also provides online consulting services for caregivers throughout North America. As a Family Caregiving Expert, she is a regular contributor on media outlets throughout the U.S. and Canada discussing topics related to caregiving and health and well-being, as well as the host of several caregiving web series. Stephanie is passionate about sharing her experience and knowledge and encouraging others to take control of their health and advocate on behalf of vulnerable populations. As a mom and entrepreneur, free time is hard to find. Yet, Stephanie always carves out time to train on the fly

Dr. Jeff Spiess is the author of Dying with Ease: A Compassionate Guide for Making Wiser End-of-Life Decisions. He has spent his medical career with people facing serious illness and death, first as an oncologist, then as a hospice physician. He has lectured extensively and has been recognized as a leader in the field of end-of-life care. He has observed, through extensive clinical experience and innumerable conversations with the dying and those caring for and about them, the burden of unnecessary or avoidable suffering and distress engendered by the American tendency to avoid facing death as an inevitable personal reality. His medical practice and writing are informed by his interest in philosophy and theology, and he finds additional insights in depictions of dying in literature, including sacred texts, music, and popular culture. His writing provides information and inspiration, challenging readers to honestly encounter their own mortality to both die better and live more fully.

Join Dave, The Caregiver's Caregiver, along with his lovely co-host, Adrienne Gruberg, founder of The Caregiver Space, as they interview Camille Superson, who began her professional career as a Registered Pharmacist after obtaining her degree from the University of Michigan. After working in hospital and retail environments for many years, she returned to school, and became a Doctor of Chiropractic —bringing together the best of both worlds. With that concept in mind, she opened Health Concepts—one of the first comprehensive wellness clinic in the Chicago metropolitan area. She incorporated a myriad of holistic practices in her clinic—years before they were as widely accepted and utilized today.

Scott Moody is the co-founder, CEO and chief member advocate of K4Connect, a purpose-driven technology company that creates connected-life solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, along with the people, communities, and organizations that also serve them. Moody is a 40-year veteran technologist who began his career at Harris Semiconductor, now Intersil, in 1980 before co-founding AuthenTec -- the fingerprint sensor technology company that, after  being acquired by Apple in 2012, became the foundation for Apple’s Touch ID. In addition to K4Connect,  Moody is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Blackstone Network, an advisor to the National  Science Foundation’s ASSIST program at North Carolina State University and the founder of First Talent  Ventures, which advises and invests in early stage startups in the Southeast and Africa.

Meet jim Dowda, RN, and his wife, Mona Dowda, PT who both became infected with the Covid-19. Hear their perspective of what is really going on during this pandemic. This is an A-Political show, NO POLITICS, Just the facts. Join Dave Nassaney as he interviews Jim & Mona and discusses all the topics you want and need to know, separating fact from speculation.

Audrey Bond has been an entrepreneur for over 25 years.  For the last year 2 years, she has been obsessed with building a solution to a personal problem she had, which turned out to be a fairly universal problem. As a single mother and the daughter of disabled aging parents, she was stressed, disorganized and overburdened with information and schedules. She wanted a secure location to communicate and an easy way store and share important information. Her mission is to help families and caregivers stay organized and connected, alleviate stress and give people back control of their data by building an end-to-end encrypted organizational & communication platform – Vaultt. Better support for caregivers can improve the well-being of those giving and receiving care. Vaultt exists exactly for that reason – to provide support that in turn empowers caregivers to regain control and increase peace of mind.  Audrey graduated from the University of Ottawa and has worked both as a military and medical photographer.  A

Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. and Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D. are clinical psychologists and the co-authors of AARP Meditations for Caregivers—Practical, Emotional and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family (2016) and the just-published, AARP Love and Meaning After 50—The 10 Challenges to Great Relationships and How to Overcome Them.