Island Treasures

About Island Treasures

Island Treasures began as a platform for caregivers with its guests sharing their stories to encourage, provide insights, and resources to support those in the midst of caregiving. With over 100 heartfelt episodes, it reminded caregivers they were not alone, as it uplifted voices of wisdom, empowerment, and compassion. In October 2025 Island Treasures enters a new chapter. This relaunched season explores life after caregiving—the transitions, transformations, and moments that follow with former caregivers sharing how they have transitioned into their next chapter. In addition to these heartfelt episodes addressing life after caregiving, from time to time we will celebrate the treasures of Vancouver Island with an episode highlighting a place or experience unique to Vancouver Island—after all that’s where the podcast calls home. Whether you’re just beginning to rediscover life beyond caregiving or caregiving is part of your distant past, Island Treasures offers stories that we trust will resonate with you and inspire you as you move forward after caregiving. Or if you’re curious about Vancouver Island and want to hear more about the people and places that make it special, we’re delighted to have you join us for those episodes as well. Please note: the original episodes remain available and provide a rich archive of support for caregivers. This new season simply expands the journey.

Publisher

Alison van Schie

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Oct 2020

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

135 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Life After Caregiving: A Conversation with Lindsay Friedman

   What happens when caregiving ends — and who do we become after giving so much of ourselves to someone else? In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Friedman, whose journey from nursing assistant to multi‑generational family caregiver shaped the work she does today. Lindsay shares the story of caring for her grandmother, a fiercely independent Holocaust survivor, and how one preventable fall became the catalyst for her mission to support families navigating long‑term care. Together, we explor...

2. 

   23 Aug 2026

   Life After Caregiving: Where Grief, Boundaries, and Real Self‑Care Come Into Focus

   In this episode, Jeanette Yates reflects on four decades of caregiving that began when she was just nine years old. She shares how early messages about being “a good girl” shaped her caregiving identity, how burnout crept in despite doing all the self‑care things, and how she slowly learned to listen to what her body and spirit actually needed. Jeanette speaks openly about anticipatory grief, the fog that followed her mother’s death, and the courage it took to make hard decisions—like m...

3. 

   23 Jul 2026

   Life After Caregiving: Being a Care Leader

   Mark Wilson spent his career of more than 25 years heading the Leadership and Organization Effectiveness & HR functions at Fortune 500 companies, including PepsiCo, Taco Bell and YUM! Brands. And yet, when his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, he left his career behind to take care of her at home. He didn’t know how he would care for her at the beginning of his caregiving journey, but he had the resolve and ambition to figure it out and learn as much about Alzheimer’s ...

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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