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Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dasha Kiper on The Influence Family Caregiving Has on Our BrainDasha Kiper holds a Master’s degree in psychology from Columbia University and has spent the past 15 years supporting family caregivers, professional caregivers, and mental health professionals. She currently serves as the Director of Caregiver Support at Renewal Memory Partners. Dasha’s first job—as a live-in caregiver for a 98-year-old Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease—gave her hands-on experience about the physical and emotional challenges of caregiving. She is the author of Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain, where she addresses the neurological challenges faced by family care...2025-06-2057 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Kimberly Horn on the Importance of Having Dynamic Friendships in Your LifeDr. Horn is an internationally recognized research psychologist and professor whose work bridges science and soul to improve human well-being. With nearly three decades of science and leadership in public health, behavioral research, and social connection that included authoring over 160 scientific publications, she is dedicated to helping people foster healthier, more fulfilling lives. Dr. Horn's new book, Friends Matter, For Life, introduces readers to eight special principles within a framework to help develop and manage dynamic friendships. Based on scientific research, Dr. Horn reinforces why quality relationships are essential to a better quality of life, personal well-being, and longevity.2025-05-151h 03
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Catherine Duncan on Finding Your Awakening for a More Present and Self-Determined LifeCatherine Duncan is an integrative spiritual consultant, a board-certified chaplain, and an author of the book Everyday Awakenings. As an 11 year-old Catherine was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer. Given only a 20% chance of survival and many treatments ups and downs, Catherine began praying every day and felt a connection with a greater source and experienced her own awakening resulting in a undeniable presence and unbending belief that she would be OK, was not alone, and would live. This experience was four decades ago and became the foundation for Catherine's development of her 5 special practices to help many others find their own s...2025-04-1052 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuests: Brett Fox and Suzanne Stone Topic: Educating Young Children About Cancer and the Importance of Caring for One Another Brett Fox and Suzanne Stone, leaders in their respective organizations Hopecam and Livestrong, co-authored a first-of-its-kind children’s book, My Brave Friend: Emma and Noah Face Cancer Together, for children in kindergarten through second grade. During these formative ages, this book will help teachers and other leaders lessen the fear surrounding cancer and introduce the effects of personal isolation and important qualities of empathy and supporting each other during difficult times. 2024-12-2143 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Mark Black Topic: The Steps Necessary to Develop Personal Resilience as a Dependable Life SkillMark Black is a resilience expert, coach, and author of the recently released book The Resilience Roadmap and Certified Speaking Professional, teaching audiences worldwide about the importance of developing personal resilience and how to build it for your personal needs best. Born with congenital heart disease that led to open heart surgery on his first day on earth and an improbable double lung and heart transplant at age 24, Mark discusses his life journey and the invaluable lessons learned along the way. Personal resilience is Mark's north star. By facing challenges head-on, along with the confidence an...2024-12-031h 10
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Amber Saunders, Esq. Topic: The Importance of Estate Planning Addressing Your Finances and Personal LegacyAmber Saunders, Esq. is an accomplished Estate Attorney and Principal Attorney of The Saunders Firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Through personal family experiences, Amber realized the importance of carrying forward the special memories of family members at the time of their passing. This has resulted in Ambers’s unique approach to estate planning where she works with clients and their family members to integrate financial matters with personal memories and messages to form a legacy to be remembered. mber Saunders, Esq. in her role as an Estate Attorney has developed a unique approach to her practice with the estate pla...2024-11-1544 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Gail Sheffler Topic: On Not Losing Yourself When CaregivingGail discusses what she learned about herself when caring for her husband who was terminally ill. Gail honestly describes how she evolved in her role and the importance of maintaining her husband’s dignity regardless of the health challenges that affected them. You will hear about how Gail learned to reach out to others, accept their support, and the special bonds this created. Yet, through all the challenges Gail’s self-awareness ensured she did not relinquish her persona or personal needs.2024-09-0941 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad Topic: The Importance Social Connection Has on Your Health and Well-Being and How to Best Avoid the Pitfalls of Loneliness and Social Isolation.Dr. Holt-Lunstad is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, where she directs the Social Connections Lab. She is a leading expert on the impact of social connection on health, with groundbreaking research showing that social isolation and loneliness are major risk factors for early mortality. 2024-09-0948 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Samantha Lang Topic: Thriving in Your Family Caregiver RelationshipDr. Samanatha Lang, PhD is a licensed psychologist focusing on anxiety, depression and life transitions with specializations in neuro and geriatric psychology and family caregiver support. Working closely with family caregivers and the loved one’s they care for (the care partners unit) Dr. Lang has conducted break through care partner research, guiding family caregivers to focus on the relationship between care partners versus primarily working on caregiver coping strategies. 2024-09-0957 min
Becoming Heart Strong65. Empowering Family Caregivers with Victor ImbimboIn this episode, Jess and Victor discuss the challenges of caregiving, including loneliness, having a positive mindset, building a community of helpers, and living a full life rooted in the present while also being faithful to this calling. This episode is an encouragement and soft place to land for anyone serving their loved one as a caregiver today.
Victor Imbimbo is the owner and CEO of Caring Today, LLC, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of the family caregiver community. Caring Today published Caring Today Magazine, the #1 magazine focused on family caregiver issues and resources, reaching ap...2024-07-301h 05
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboVictor Imbimbo Topic: Welcome to Bounce BackVictor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers frankly talks about what he has learned in his 20-year family caregiver journey and experience working with the family caregiver community. You’ll get a preview of topics the Bounce Back podcast covers and a front row seat to conversations with his expert guests, who provide insights most central to family caregiver's health and well-being.2024-03-2010 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Robert Leahy Topic: How to Correctly Identify the Type of Worry You're Experiencing and Learn How to Make Productive Worry a Positive Resource in Your Life.Dr. Robert Leahy is a globally recognized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) clinician and educator. Dr. Leahy provides insights into our behavior and emotions, especially during times of vulnerability. Dr. Leahy discusses steps to consider to achieve a better quality-of-life. Topics covered are productive and unproductive worry, negative forecasting, rumination, acceptance, control, resilience and more, all with the intent of living a more complete and balanced life.2024-03-181h 04Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Robert Holden Topic: How Finding and Following Your Personal Joy Is the Path to Happiness and Compass to Finding Life PurposeDr. Robert Holden is a British psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of positive psychology and well-being. He is the founder of The Happiness Project and a global thought leader on defining and achieving happiness shifting your mindset for a more peaceful and productive life. Our discussion addresses the three types of happiness and defines the immediate benefits of following your “personal” joy versus chasing happiness and how this contributes to finding your true life purpose. Within this, Dr. Holden talks about the importance of embracing gratitude and the positive influence it has regardless on what you e...2024-01-281h 00
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Katie Horwitch Topic: How Awareness and Targeted Adjustments Can Quiet Negative Shelf-TalkKatie Horwitch is an author, mindset coach, and self-talk activist with expertise in shifting the stories and habits that help shape our negative self-talk patterns. Our discussion explores Katie's personal journey growing up and how early expectations and beliefs influenced her adolescent and young adult life. Katie's work shows when addressing "self-talk" it is critical to first focus on self before working on talk. Through better self-awareness, you will identify the thoughts and stories in your life contributing to your beliefs and ongoing behavior. Katie helps you b...2024-01-2349 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Bob Rotella Topic: How Cornerstone Learnings from Sports Psychology Deliver Healthy Benefits to Family CaregiversDr. Bob Rotella is internationally known for his work in the area of applied sports psychology and is consistently recognized as the premier Sports Psychologist in the world. As a Professor of Sports Psychology for 21 years at the University of Virginia, he also served as the Director of the Sports Psychology Department as well as President of the North American Association for Applied Sports Psychology. Dr. Rotella shares his personal experience and insights as a family caregiver for both his mother and father. These valuable learnings are woven together with his proven practices including “acceptance”, “staying in the present” “avoiding perfectionism...2023-12-2032 min
Bounce Back with Victor ImbimboVictor Imbimbo on the Influence Loneliness Has on Your Life and Steps to Address ItVictor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers, talks about the issue of loneliness and the influence it has on our physical and emotional health. Included in this podcast is a review on the pervasiveness of loneliness in our society and especially within the family caregiver community and determining the level of loneliness currently in your life. Along with this, you will be introduced to the concept of “disruptors” to help you counter loneliness and help elevate your day-to-day well-being.2023-12-1822 minBecoming Heart Strong56: Finding Personal Balance as a Family CaregiverThis is a re-broadcast of an interview with Jessica on the Bounce Back Podcast with Victor Imbimbo. Jessica shares her personal story and the lessons learned during her family's journey as family caregivers to their two sons.
Jessica's memories and insights provide poignant life lessons on topics addressing how she and her husband have worked as partners to ensure their family is emotionally healthy and cared for, their relationship continues to grow, and careers are realized as they work through life, death, grief, family and everyday challenges. Learn how Jessica refocused her life challenges to hel...2023-12-1343 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Gina Moffa Topic: Grief, How It Affects Us and What To Do to Best Work Through ItGina Moffa is a licensed psychotherapist, mental health educator, media consultant and author. Gina helps people work through personal trauma, grief, as well as challenging life experiences and transitions. Our conversation focuses on the challenges we face when grief is experienced, the types of grief that exists and subsequent reactions that can result. Central to this discussion is the importance of understanding there is no one size fits all type of grief and each person has their own way to deal with it. However, one common overlap is grief, trauma and anxiety intersect in us. For family caregivers, Gina's...2023-10-0651 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboVictor Imbimbo Topic: the Influence We Have Over Our Mind-Body Connection Victor Imbimbo, a leading expert on family caregiving and owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the needs of family caregivers, talks about the mind-body connection, how it functions and the control we have, through our thoughts over our genetics and therefore body function. Included in this podcast is a segment recorded with Dr. Bruce Lipton, noted cell biologist and New Biology expert, about how placebos work and the influence they have on our mind and body reactions. Several placebo case studies are reviewed, demonstrating the power our thoughts and the degree of control we actually have ov...2023-10-0619 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Stephen Trzeciak Topic: How Acts of Kindness Deliver Physical and Emotional Health Benefits Dr. Stephen Trzeciak, a practicing intensivist and Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, is also a clinical researcher, teacher, lecturer and best-selling author whose focus is to raise awareness and participation of compassion and kindness globally. Dr. Trzeciak shares scientific research cited in the groundbreaking book, Wonder Drug, that he co-authored with Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli, along with his personal insights on the significant health benefits resulting from living a Live to Give and other-focused life. Our conversation addresses how the body and mind are biologically influenced by a mindset of giving...2023-10-0655 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Bruce Lipton Topic: The Power Our Thoughts Have on Our Biology Dr. Bruce Lipton an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit and leading voice in the new biology, discusses many of the findings and principles detailed in his groundbreaking book, The Biology of Belief. We address the importance of understanding that our genes are not the determinant of our fate as previously taught by the theory of genetic determinism. Dr. Lipton shows us how his research demonstrates that we have more control over our destiny than originally thought. And, we will discuss how our beliefs and thoughts can greatly influence how our genes are expressed, which in turn ca...2023-10-0649 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Jessica Lindberg Topic: Finding Personal Balance as a Family Caregiver Jessica Lindberg is a writer, speaker, social entrepreneur, and podcast host who built powerful resilience through personal trauma. Jessica shares her personal story and the lessons learned during her family's journey as family caregivers to their two sons. Jessica's memories and insights provide poignant life lessons on topics addressing how a wife and husband worked as partners to ensure their family is emotionally healthy and cared for, their relationship continues to grow and careers are realized as they work through life, death, grief and geographical relocation. Learn how Jessica refocused her life challenges to help improve the physical and e...2023-10-0642 min
Beyond The HeartGuest: Victor Imbimbo Topic: Caring For The CaregiverVictor Imbimbo is the owner of Caring Today, a company dedicated to supporting the emotional and physical health of our nation’s family caregivers community. The Caring Today platform has reached millions of family caregivers, enabling Victor and his support team to connect with family caregivers across the country for the past 17 years. Victor has focused efforts to help family caregivers better navigate through their challenging times and introduce steps to create a better day-to-day, quality-of-life.His new podcast, Bounce Back was just launched. Together, Nieca and Victor discuss how caregivers can also take care of themselves. 2023-02-2044 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Terri Cole Topic: Knowing Your Needs and Creating the Conditions to Live a Fuller LifeTerri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert, has a robust discussion about setting rules and parameters for healthy relationship building and personal satisfaction. Terri differentiates being burned out, stressed out and feeling overwhelmed and the best ways to navigate through these feelings. Terri carefully takes us through the steps to better understand how to best develop personal boundaries and communicate them to others, liberating us for a happier and more productive life, especially during our role as family caregiver.2022-12-0251 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Nancy Levin Topic: Setting Healthy Personal BoundariesNancy Levin is a Master Life Coach and best-selling author, talks about how family caregivers can better set healthy boundaries in their lives. Nancy shares a range of life-changing information, practical tools and easy-to-use exercises to help family caregivers who are overwhelmed understand their priorities and create clear boundaries to increase their day-to-day well-being2022-12-0244 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Dr. Kristin Neff Topic: Living a Life with Self-CompassionKristin Neff, world leading self-compassion expert an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, talks about building self-compassion into your daily life and avoiding the pitfalls that come with being too self-judgmental and unrealistically critical. Kristin will relate her experiences as a family caregiver and detail the many health benefits that come from incorporating self-compassion practices, especially during our most challenging times.2022-12-0254 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Cheryl Richardson Topic: Making Self-Care a Top PriorityCheryl Richardson, an international self-care expert and New York Times Best Selling Author, talks about understanding the importance of making self-care the centerpiece of your life, dispelling thoughts that embracing self-care is a sign of selfishness. Cheryl openly discussing her family caregiving experiences and teaches how self-care practices resulted in better life balance and quality-of-life2022-12-0252 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Kristen Boice Topic: Getting Unstuck During the Family Caregiving JourneyKristen Boice, licensed marriage and family therapist, delves into the top issues family caregivers encounter. Kristen will guide listeners through the caregiver themes of Overwhelm, Guilt, Grief, and Loneliness, which can negatively influence a family caregiver's emotional well-being. You will learn what helps caregivers identify the personal process and practices to lead more productive, purposeful and less stressful lives.2022-12-0243 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Nicole Kolenda Topic: The Intersection of Parenting and Family CaregivingNicole Kolenda is an expert pediatric speech and language pathologist working with children and adolescents addressing developmental needs. Nicole talks about the unique dynamics between parents, children and therapists within these special situations and details strategies and practices that promote the most empowering relationships for all family members. Lessons learned will benefit all family caregivers.2022-12-0253 minBounce Back with Victor ImbimboGuest: Joan Lunden Topic: Productive Aging for a Fuller LifeJoan Lunden, an American Journalist, television host, best-selling author and international health advocate, dispels the current myths of aging and replaces them with meaningful and feasible steps on how we can get the most out of everyday life in more engaging and personally satisfying ways. This includes a special discussion of Joan's experience as both a family caregiver to her mother and being the recipient of her family members care through her breast cancer diagnosis and healthy recovery.2022-12-0254 min
What's Not Being SaidVictor Imbimbo: How to care for yourself as a caregiverVictor Imbimbo is the owner of Caring Today LLC, a company dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of our country’s 45 million family caregiver community. He is launching his podcast, BounceBack, featuring inspirational guests addressing the day-to-day issues designed to enhance the quality-of-life of family caregivers. In this impactful episode Victor shares with Lisa Marie the importance of caregivers learning to care for themselves.2022-03-2844 min
Close the Chapter Podcast with Kristen BoiceFinding the Balance as a CaregiverIn this episode, Kristen interviews Victor Imbimbo, owner and CEO of caringtoday.com, on how to maintain health and well being for family caregivers. www.caringtoday.com Subscribe and Get a free 5-day journal at www.kristendboice.com to begin closing the chapter on what doesn’t serve you and open the the door to the real you. This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use...2020-04-131h 08