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Healing Ties

Journaling To Nourish The Caregiving Soul

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  • July 11th 2013

Writing For Wellness Coach and Speaker, Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW, CPCC joins me on our first hour long episode of 'Be A Healthy Caregiver'.  We'll be chatting about soulful self-care and resiliency for Caregivers.  We will be taking your calls while chatting on twitter too at #BAHC 
Lynda is the founder of Creative Wellness, a Registered Social Worker and a Certified Co-Active Coach specializing in serving the well-being and growth needs of people who make a difference with their caring.  She is the author of Life Source Writing™: A Reflective Journaling Practice for Self-Care, Self-Discovery, Wellness & Creativity.  She is the creator of the Creative Wellness Guided Meditation CD which includes 6 mini-retreats for balance and stress relief.  Lynda has 20+ years in the health and wellness field.  She regularly speaks and teaches in the areas of writing for wellness, self-care, burnout prevention and personal growth.
Through our conversation with Lynda, we will all learn how to 'Be A Healthy Caregiver!'
 

Healing Ties

Beyond Caregiving...How do care?

How do we care for our family, friends, and the strangers we meet? How do we care for the community we live in?

How do we heal the physical, social, financial, spiritual aspects of our life and the lives of those around us?

We do this by creating Healing Ties!

By sharing their stories with host Christopher MacLellan, our guests reveal how they are creating Healing Ties in their community by their words, actions, and deeds.

Meet the Team

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Christopher MacLellan
Host

Affectionately known as “The Bow Tie Guy" in the vast network of family caregivers, Christopher MacLellen is the Author of "What's The Deal with Caregiving" and the host of Healing Ties podcast featured on The Whole Care Network.

The story of Chris and his deceased partner, Richard Schiffer was chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize nominated story “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey” about their journey of caregiving. Seen by over 500,000 people world-wide the story told of the challenges that LGBT partners have in dealing with the medical and legal system, but it also told of the love and joy that Richard’s last years had on their relationship.

Chris' masters degree thesis, Caregiving, Stress and its Impact on the Work Place was accepted by the faculty at Gonzaga University in 2016 where he earned a masters degree in Leadership and Communication.

Chris founded the Whole Care Network in 2016, presents regularly on topics that impact family Caregivers and now is Aging Gayfully after caregiving has ended.