Heather Zoccali is the current founder and director of the No Barriers Caregiver Program. She is also a co-host for The Brutally Beautiful podcast. Heather has been on the giving and receiving end of care throughout her life. In this conversation with Chris and Christina, Heather talks about her personal health issues as well as her son Connor's life-changing accident and how he's doing now. She also reflects on forgiveness and self-compassion and shares how modeling this behavior in our own lives can help others do the same. Heather offers advice on how to let others know when we need them to listen to us. She explains what happens at a No Barriers retreat and the tools attendees gain to incorporate self-care and empowerment pracrices into their caregiving.
This season of How We Got Here is sponsored by Anthem.
The application and nomination deadline for all 2022 No Barriers Caregiver retreats is March 18.
How We Got Here Podcast
Whether we’re in it or bearing witness to it, caregiving impacts everyone and profoundly shapes our purpose and identity. How We Got Here is a podcast that enriches our understanding of what it means to give and receive care by talking to people about the circumstances that introduced them to caregiving and how these experiences changed them.
Meet the Hosts
Affectionately known as “The Bow Tie Guy” to a vast network of family caregivers, Chris MacLellan is the Founder and CEO of The Whole Care Network™ and the author of “What’s The Deal with Caregiving?” Chris brings his signature soothing style to How We Got Here.
Christina Best is a writer and editor, and she is currently the editor-in-chief of Caregiving.com. Christina is committed to creating opportunities for caregivers and those that support them to connect and share stories and information.
Bill Odman, the “OD” in ODVOX Productions, is a full-time professional podcast producer and voice-over talent living in the American Midwest. Bill brings a varied and successful background spanning more than 35 years in information technology, management, health care, and performance to voiceover and podcast production projects.
Bill is an Executive Producer for and the “voice” of the Whole Care Network (WCN). You can hear his work on such podcasts as “Healing Ties 2.0” (WCN) and “Your Future Self” (WCN), “PodPourri” (The Ehlers Group), and upcoming podcasts from Caregiving.com, as well as the audiobook Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences (available on Audible and iTunes).