Women 4 Women Network

HANDYPRO: ADAPTING A HOME FOR A PATIENT’S NEEDS WITH AN EYE ON SAFETY My guest is Robert Gurinowitsch with HandyPro, a franchise whose mission is to provide professional handyman service with a focus on independent living for people with in-home care needs. They do home modifications to keep loved ones enjoying their families and maintain [...]

THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNSELING SUPPORT FOR THE CANCER FAMILY My very special guest is Ben Weast (MA, LPC, NCC, CT), a medical family therapist at the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Hospital. Ben provides counseling support to patients, their family members, and caregivers primarily with lung cancer, head/neck cancer, sarcoma, or melanoma. It takes a [...]

TERRI CORCORAN: WIFE OF A DEMENTIA PATIENT AND BOARD MEMBER OF WELL SPOUSE Terri’s story from my book: Understanding with Compassion: Help for Loved Ones and Caregivers of a Brain Illness Patient: “My husband is severely impaired cognitively and physically by a genetic condition similar to Alzheimer’s in that it attacks the brain. He has [...]

We’ve seen the headlines: One report screams that vitamin E is suddenly bad for men. Another howls that supplements can shorten a woman’s lifespan. It’s no better when it comes to food: One day we read that caffeine is good, the next it’s bad. Red wine today helps the heart, tomorrow it hurts it. What [...]

CAREGIVER SAFETY: WHEN A BRAIN ILLNESS PATIENT BECOMES AGGRESSIVE On this first show dealing with brain illness caregiving, my guest is Nataly Rubinstein, MSW, LCSW, who authored the award winning book: Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias; The Caregiver’s Complete Survival Guide. Nataly’s advice applies to any brain illness, including brain tumors and brain cancer. During [...]

Do you take supplements? Most of us do. Join journalist-blogger Susan Rich as she chats with listeners about how to Learn, Eat, Thrive on her internet radio show, Rich&Gluten-Free. This week Susan interviews Gary Kracoff, naturopathic physician and registered pharmacist, at Johnson Compounding & Wellness Center located in Waltham, MA. They’re going to talk about [...]

CANCER S.O.S. on Monday, November 21st, at 2:00 p.m. EST on www.W4WN.com JONNY IMERMAN, CANCER SURVIVOR AND FOUNDER OF IMERMAN ANGELS Imerman Angels carefully matches and individually pairs a person touched by cancer with someone who has fought and survived the same type of cancer (a Mentor Angel). Cancer caregivers (spouses, parents, children and other [...]

LADIES WHO INSPIRE on Friday, November 18th, at 2:00 p.m. EST on www.W4WN.com with Joni Aldrich KATHERINE BROWN: ARTIST, MOTHER, AND STAGE IV BRAIN CANCER SURVIVER I knew immediately that Katherine inspired me from our first meeting on the Web. As a young, beautiful artist (see the photo attached), she has a great eye and [...]

He’s the ultimate champion in get-noticed strategies. And that’s not an idle claim. In the last year Shel Horowitz, copywriter, marketing consultant, author and public speaker, was cited or quoted in more than 131 of our nation’s leading publications. How he reached this level of success — and how others can do the same — [...]

www.W4WN.com SURVIVING SUPER-EMOTIONAL HOLIDAYS With the holidays approaching, there will be much more to do than is humanly possible for the caregiver. Add to that many natural fears and emotions, if you believe that this may be the last holiday for someone you love. Anticipatory grief is an unwelcome visitor. I know this very well, [...]