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In This Together: Building Resilience When Your Partner Has Cancer
Life has taken an unexpected turn, and your partner has been diagnosed with cancer. You’re overwhelmed by challenges and uncertainties, unsure how to navigate this new reality. This podcast is here to support you.
Each episode explores the unique struggles that arise when a partner receives a diagnosis, offering practical tips, heartfelt advice, and inspiration to help you avoid burnout and build resilience.
Hosted by Resilience Coach Marika Humphreys, this podcast is your companion through the uncharted waters of caregiving. With real stories and actionable insights, you’ll find guidance to face each day with clarity, confidence, and grace.
Discover how to transform life’s toughest moments into opportunities for growth and connection. Join us as we navigate the caregiving journey together, building strength and resilience every step of the way.
To learn how to get support for yourself on this journey, go to www.coachmarika.com.
Episodes
64 episodes
64: Coach Talk: Resilience, Responsibility, and Real Life
In this episode, you’re in for a treat.I sit down with my good friend and fellow coach, Ben Pugh, for a heartfelt, hilarious, and honest conversation about everything from emotional resilience to the wisdom of Ted Lasso.Ben...
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Episode 64
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63. The Weight of Worry in Caregiving
In this episode, I’m joined by celebrity DJ and radio host Steve Harper for a powerful conversation about worry—and the huge role it plays in caregiving.Even if you already know that worry isn’t helpful (I covered this way back ...
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Episode 63
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30:45
62. What if You're Wrong?
As caregivers, we often operate from a place of urgency, love, and sheer exhaustion—and without realizing it, we start seeing the world through a very narrow lens. We make assumptions about what our partner needs, what we’re capable of, and wha...
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Episode 62
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23:02
61. The Inner Critic: When Self-Doubt Shows Up in Caregiving
In this episode, I’m diving into something that shows up often in caregiving—but rarely gets talked about: our inner critic.When you're supporting someone you love, especially in the intensity of caregiving, it’s easy to feel like you're...
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Episode 61
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34:10
60. The Hidden Growth in Caregiving
When you're in the thick of caregiving, it can feel like your life is on pause—like you're just holding on, waiting for the day when you can finally get back to living. But what if this experience is offering you something valuable
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Episode 60
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19:18
59. How to Stop Negative Thought Loops
In this episode, I share practical strategies for caregivers to break free from mental spirals, which can often occur when life’s challenges pile up. Building on last week’s episode about processing emotions, I explore how caregivers’ thoughts ...
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Episode 59
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26:45
58. How to Process Built Up Emotions
In this episode, I share a deeply personal experience of feeling overwhelmed by built-up emotions—how they compounded over time and what finally helped me work through them. When we suppress emotions, they don’t go away; they build up and resur...
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Episode 58
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39:13
57. Asking Better Questions in Caregiving and Life
Caregiving is exhausting—not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. When we’re overwhelmed, our brains tend to focus on everything that’s hard, keeping us stuck in a cycle of stress and negativity. But what if the key to feeling better ...
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Episode 57
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29:40
56. Feeling Unappreciated in Caregiving
As a caregiver, you pour so much of yourself into supporting your partner, yet it can often feel like no one notices or acknowledges your efforts. That lack of appreciation can be frustrating, even demoralizing, leading to resentment and emotio...
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Episode 56
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34:01
55. Reconnecting to Your Purpose in Caregiving
Caregiving can feel like an endless cycle of responsibilities, leaving you physically exhausted and emotionally drained. Over time, you might find yourself asking, Why am I even doing this? In this episode, I talk about wha...
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Episode 55
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29:21
54. A Bigger Life: How Naz Kling Transformed Grief into Growth
In this episode, I sit down with Naz Kling, a current client who shares her remarkable journey of transformation. Naz first reached out to me when her husband was facing cancer, looking for support as she navigated the overwhelming emotions and...
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Episode 54
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40:39
53. Turning Toward Your Partner During Tough Times
When illness enters a relationship, it can create emotional distance just when connection is needed most. As a spousal caregiver or cancer caregiver, you may find yourself overwhelmed by responsibilities, emotionally drained, and feeling like a...
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Episode 53
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36:17
52. When Your Spouse With Cancer Pushes You Away
When your partner has cancer and starts withdrawing, it can feel confusing, frustrating, and even heartbreaking. You might wonder why they’re pulling away, whether it’s about you, or how to bridge the growing emotional distance. In this episode...
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Episode 52
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41:20
51. The Power of Acceptance in Caregiving
When we’re caregiving, it’s easy to get stuck in frustration, grief, and overwhelm—especially when we believe that our circumstances shouldn’t be happening. But what if we stopped resisting reality and started seeing things as just fac...
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Episode 52
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26:44
50. The Mental Framework To Regain Control in Your Life
When your partner has cancer, it can feel like your entire world has been turned upside down. The emotional and mental stress is overwhelming, and it’s easy to feel like you have no control. But what if I told you that the way you experience th...
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Episode 50
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22:04
49. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Caregiver Edition
In this episode, I explore how our thoughts can shape our emotions and why this matters so much for caregivers. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the emotional roller coaster of caregiving—hope, fear, disappointment, and anxiety can all hit in a...
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Episode 49
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45:27
48. Simplifying Your Life To Free Up Energy
In this episode, I dive into the power of simplifying your life, especially when caregiving adds extra responsibilities and demands on your time and energy. Simplification isn’t just about decluttering your space—it’s about identifying what’s m...
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Episode 48
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29:43
47. Making Plans for When They are Gone
In this episode, I explore the emotions behind planning for life after your partner dies of a terminal illness. This kind of planning isn’t about wanting your partner to be gone or being cold to their suffering. Instead, it’s a way to find hope...
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Episode 47
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20:36
46. How to Navigate Life’s Mountains
In this episode, I share a powerful perspective shift inspired by Simon Sinek’s video Stop Holding Yourself Back and my own experiences as a caregiver and entrepreneur. We talk about the overwhelming feelings that can arise when facing...
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Episode 46
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25:23
45. Where does Gratitude fit in when Your Spouse has cancer?
In this episode, I dive into the delicate balance of grief and gratitude when caring for a spouse with cancer. Gratitude can feel impossible during such a challenging time, but it’s not about ignoring the pain or pretending everything is okay. ...
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Episode 45
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32:49
44. The Lies Caregivers Tell Themselves - and How to Rewrite Them
In this episode I reflect on a conversation with a client whose husband has end-stage pancreatic cancer. After nearly a decade of caregiving, she shared the all-too-familiar feeling: “I’m so over this. And yet, it’s not over.” Her ...
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Episode 44
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13:13
43. Facing Anger—At the Illness, at the World, at Your Partner
In this episode, we’re diving into a tough emotion that most caregivers face but rarely talk about: anger. When you’re caring for a partner with cancer, anger can show up in so many ways—anger at the world for how unfair and...
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Episode 43
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37:10
42. 6 Steps to Stay Grounded After Your Partner's Cancer Diagnosis
When your partner is diagnosed with cancer, your world shifts in an instant. Shock, fear, and uncertainty flood in, leaving you grasping for solid ground. I’ve been there, and as a caregiver coach, I’ve guided others through this life-altering ...
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Episode 42
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31:46
41. Empowered Caregiving - Create Boundaries
As caregivers, we often feel like we’re living in a constant state of overwhelm. On Day 5 of the Empowered Caregiving Challenge, I talked about one of the biggest reasons for this: caregiving is an undefined role. It pulls us in so many directi...
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Episode 41
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40. Empowered Caregiving - Prioritize You
Today, I’m sharing Day 4 of the Empowered Caregiving Challenge, where we focus on making yourself a priority. As caregivers, we often neglect our own needs, falling into the trap of putting others first—day after day, week after we...
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Episode 40
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26:04