1. Helpful Support from a Cancer Doula Rayna Neises 21:38

This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Talaya Dendy. Talaya has developed a fulfilling career path from cancer patient to founder and CEO of On the Other Side, LLC. She started the cancer navigation enterprise that provides personalized support using a patient-centered and holistic approach after all of her learnings from her cancer journey.  Talaya is also the host of The Navigating Cancer Together Podcast and an authority in the interview series, I Survived Cancer and Here is How I Did. She shares the following insights:  

  • (6:15)  Helping to take care of your loved ones is truly helping them to heal.
  • (10:07)  Threats of some type can help us to ask what is important and how to live to our calling and purpose.
  • (11:00)  Having that person who has been through something similar is key.  
  • (12:25)  A doula is someone who supports another person through a major life change and a significant health-related experience.
  • (16:05)  Having the support of a doula can help the person worry less and that lightens the load.  
  • (18:29)  A doula can help everyone from feeling isolated by getting everything out in the open and bringing everyone together.  
  • (19:58)  Connect with Talaya at her website www.OnTheOtherSide.Life or email her at Talaya@ontheotherside.life.
  • (21:03)  This episode is brought to you by The Gratitude Challenge.  Sign up now at www.aseasonofcaring.com/gratitude. 
Rayna Neises A Season of Caring

Rayna Neises understands the joys and challenges that come from a season of caring. She helped care for both of her parents during their separate battles with Alzheimer’s over a thirty-year span. She is able to look back on those days now with no regrets – and she wishes the same for everyone caring for aging parents.

Rayna is the author of No Regrets: Hope for Your Caregiving Season, an ICF certified coach, the host of “A Season of Caring” podcast, Positive Approach® to Care (PAC)Independent Certified Trainer and speaker who is passionate about offering encouragement, support, and resources for regret-free caring aimed at preventing family caregivers from aimlessly wandering through this important season of life.

Rayna lives on a farm in southeast Kansas with her husband, Ron, and small pack of adorable dogs. She is the baby of her family, but most would never guess that. She is a former teacher who enjoys crafts of all kinds and spending time with her grandkids most of all.