How We Heal

About How We Heal

The Bridges Between Us shares stories of real families navigating traumatic health challenges - including cancer, traumatic brain injuries, stroke, Alzheimer's, and more. Through intimate, thoughtful conversations with caregivers, patients, healthcare experts, and advocates, the podcast explores what it truly means to navigate illness, recovery, loss, and everything in between. Each episode is a window into lived experience - how people found strength when they least expected it, how communities rallied around families in crisis, and how connection became a form of care all its own. These stories are raw, honest, and deeply human. At its heart, The Bridges Between Us is about exactly what its name suggests: the bridges we build between people, between isolation and community, between hardship and hope. Wherever you are on a health journey - as a caregiver, a patient, a supporter, or someone who simply wants to understand - this podcast invites you to listen slowly, reflect openly, and feel a little less alone.

Publisher

CaringBridge

Category

business · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Oct 2020

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 15 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Twenty-Five Percent: Dr. Wayne Jonas on Social Support, Cancer Survival, and the Medicine We're Not Prescribing

   Dr. Wayne Jonas, a physician and researcher, discusses how social support significantly increases cancer patient survival rates, exploring why this vital element is often overlooked in medicine.

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Live a Great Life for the Rest of Your Life: Les Whitney on Eight Years with Stage Four Lung Cancer, Perfect Moments, and the Choice to Not Let Anything Get in the Way

   CEO mentor and author Les Whitney shares profound lessons on gratitude and presence learned from eight years living with stage four lung cancer in this interview.

3. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Everyone Was There With Us: Travis Scott & Jessica Hammond on Zoe's Leukemia, the Village That Showed Up, and Life on the Other Side

   Travis Scott and Jessica Hammond share their profound journey through Zoe's leukemia diagnosis, the community support they received, and life's resilience in this interview.

4. 

   31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   One Obstacle at a Time: John Carter on His Son Cannon, a Congenital Heart Defect, and What Thirty Days in a Cardiac ICU Taught a Healthcare Insider About Being a Patient

   Healthcare insider John Carter shares his profound experience navigating his son Cannon's congenital heart defect, revealing the patient's perspective learned in a cardiac ICU.

5. 

   17 Jul 2026

   Ferocious, Loyal, and Absolutely in Control: Sarah Krevens on Caregiving for the Sister Who Refused to Be Defined by Cancer

   CaringBridge board chair Sarah Krevens shares her sister Rachel's courageous fight against cancer and the profound bond they shared during the journey.

6. 

   3 Jul 2026

   Three Minutes and Forty-Nine Seconds: Paolo Narciso on Cardiac Arrest Mid-Run, the Tech That Saved Him, and Why Data Isn't Destiny

   Host Dr. David Spiegel interviews Paolo Narciso, a technologist and CaringBridge board member, about his near-fatal cardiac arrest and how data can inform but not dictate life-altering decisions.

7. 

   19 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   You Can Influence the Journey: Tina Jackson on Rare Disease, Radical Advocacy, and Raising Miss T

   Host [Host Name] interviews rare disease advocate Tina Jackson about her journey raising her daughter and the power of radical advocacy.

8. 

   5 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Do We Do Now: One Family's Road Through Paralysis, Building Community and Connection

   Mason and his mother Stacy share their family's journey through paralysis, highlighting community support and advocacy in this interview.

9. 

   22 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Close to Home: Paurvi Bhatt on Immigrant Family Caregiving, the Loneliness Epidemic, and Why Gen X Has to Start Asking for Help

   Paurvi Bhatt shares her personal journey as an immigrant family caregiver, revealing the profound loneliness and the critical need for Gen X to seek support.

10. 

    7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Grieving Twice: Sally Zibrowski on Alzheimer’s, Caregiving From a Distance, and Showing Up for Her Family

    When Sally Zibrowski’s dad, Andy, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and primary progressive aphasia in 2021 at age 71, her family began to quietly reorient around a new and uncertain reality. Over time, earlier signs - subtle behavioral changes, growing confusion, and moments of paranoia - began to make sense in a way that was both clarifying and heartbreaking. In this episode of The Bridges Between Us, Sally shares what it has meant to support her family through Alzheimer’s - not as the...

11. 

    7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

    The Stranger Who Stopped, and the Road Back: Jeff Winston and Jackie Klinkner on Survival, Recovery, and Reconnection

    ⚠️ Content note: This episode includes descriptions of a serious accident and traumatic injury. On a Sunday afternoon outside Minneapolis, Jeff Winston was in a life-altering motorcycle accident that he somehow survived - pulling himself safely to the side of the highway and calling for help. Just behind him, Jackie Klinkner, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), noticed something wasn’t right and made a split-second decision to stop. Using what she had on hand, she stabilized Jeff...

12. 

    7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Living with Joy: Cris Ross on Two Cancer Diagnoses, Learning to Receive Support, and the CaringBridge Page That Changed Everything

    Cris Ross spent more than a decade serving as Chief Information Officer at Mayo Clinic, helping lead one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world through periods of enormous change and complexity. Then, in 2018, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Used to solving problems and carrying responsibility for others, Cris approached treatment the same way he approached work: stay focused, push forward, and keep going. But cancer - and eventually cancer recurrence - forced hi...

13. 

    30 Apr 2026

    The Bridges Between Us Trailer Episode

    Host Andy Thieman interviews guests about navigating health journeys with resilience and connection, offering hope and support.

14. 

    12 Nov 2020

    How We Heal: Caroline Wright

    In this episode of How We Heal, a podcast collaboration between CaringBridge and End in Mind, host Brigid Bonner and Emmy-award winning journalist Cathy Wurzer reflect on how CaringBridge user Caroline Wright has found her own path toward healing in cooking, writing and making "meaning" out of a life-changing diagnosis of brain cancer. For more stories of healing, visit www.caringbridge.org/healing. For more information about End in Mind, visit www.endinmindproject.org. This episode was produced by Palisade Productions. The editor is Jennilee Park.

15. 

    26 Oct 2020

    How We Heal: Michael Bischoff

    In this episode of How We Heal, a podcast collaboration between CaringBridge and End in Mind, host Brigid Bonner talks with Emmy-award winning journalist Cathy Wurzer about a framework for healing based on a person's ability to "belong, believe and be." The conversation centers on CaringBridge user Michael Bischoff, who said living with brain cancer offered a chance for healing, if not cure. Those who knew and loved Michael reflect on the ways in which he opened himself to the love of family and friends, and how he worked to make sense of a senseless diagnosis. For more stories of healing, visit www.caringbridge.org/healing. For more information about End in Mind, visit www.endinmindproject.org. This episode was produced by Palisade Productions. The editor is Jennilee Park.

Inside a recent episode

Twenty-Five Percent: Dr. Wayne Jonas on Social Support, Cancer Survival, and the Medicine We're Not Prescribing

Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And yet we know that kind of socialization, social interaction and support is needed throughout life. And loneliness is, you know, the last surge in general. You know, highlighted loneliness as the key epidemic in our culture. Here is a tool that can help alleviate some of that in those areas. The beautiful way that CaringBridge allows for that customization is it allows both private introverts, you know, who are less likely to know how to reach out and address that. It allows them to do it in a way that's comfortable for them. And it allows people with huge social networks who may or may not also be lonely because the solution to loneliness is not a lot of contacts. […]

Who has been a guest on How We Heal

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Wayne Jonas
• Les Whitney
• Travis Scott
• Jessica Hammond
• John Carter

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

475,244

Score snapshot 9 May 2026

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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Quality

0

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

26

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