About US vs THEM: Patients and Caregivers Confront Healthcare
Us vs Them Podcast is giving patients and caregivers (and those who support them) the opportunity to tell their stories and talk about how we transform healthcare… as we tackle tough topics that don’t get enough attention… from the perspective of those with lived experience. We will do deep dives into topics such as gender bias in healthcare, frozen shoulder, transitioning from pediatric to adult care, mental health, over-medicating our seniors, family caregivers as partners (not visitors) in healthcare, and more. Join us for compelling stories, smart analysis, and creative solutions.
Publisher
MaryAnne Sterling Featured On The Whole Care Network
Category
health & fitness · health & fitness · society & culture · society & culture
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8 Mar 2026
Patients vs. Health Insurance Companies
In this episode, MaryAnne is joined by the one and only Matthew Zachary, American Healthcare’s Unfiltered Voice of Reason, Cancer Survivor, and Co-Founder, We the Patients, to discuss the consequences of health insurance companies deciding what healthcare you receive (or don’t).
5 Feb 2026
Caregiver Burnout: The Women’s Health Issue Nobody Talks About
In this episode, MaryAnne joined by two of my favorite caregiving voices for a frank discussion about caregiver burnout and its impact on women’s health: host of the Caregiver Chronicles Podcast, Sarah Stelmach-Brown, along with author and speaker Carrie Severson.
6 Jan 2025
Chronic Pain: The Silent Epidemic
This episode is focused on a topic that does NOT get enough attention: chronic pain. A 2022 study published in the journal Pain found that 50.2 million adults in the U.S. (that’s over 20% of us) reported pain on most days or every day… that makes it one of the most common chronic health conditions in America. Let’s rip the band-aid off! I’m joined by one of my favorite advocates for this important discussion… Barby Ingle from the International Pain Foundation.
4 Oct 2024
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD): the Younger-Onset Dementia Often Mistaken for Alzheimer's
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is a younger-onset form of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease. Join me and my guests Sharon Hall and Amy Johnson for a candid discussion about their life-changing journeys having spouses diagnosed with this common form of dementia. Their stories will inspire you!
25 Aug 2024
Mental Health Services for Adult Children
You don’t know the whole story about mental illness until you’ve heard it from a mother’s perspective. Sydney Graham of Families for Addiction Recovery (https://www.farcanada.org/) (Canada), and Lindsey Hoggle, a Health IT Consultant, share their stories as mothers who have struggled for decades to get mental health services for their adult children -- in American and Canadian healthcare and social services systems that were never designed to support mental health. Their revelations will shock you.
20 May 2024
Pediatric Transition
Join me for an eye-opening discussion with two phenomenal fathers of young adults with special needs, Jeff Cousins from Navigating Life’s Detours (https://navigatinglifesdetours.com/) and Vik Sharma from tech startup MiraKare (https://www.mirakare.com/). Jeff and Vik spoke to me about the challenges they’ve faced getting appropriate healthcare for their kids as they have transitioned from pediatric to adult care in a healthcare system that is completely unprepared to provide this care. This is an amazing discussion and may impact someone you know.
18 Aug 2023
Frozen Shoulder: What Every Woman Aged 50+ Needs To Know (Part 1)
Join us for Episode 2 of Us vs Them: Patients and Caregivers Confront Healthcare (https://thewholecarenetwork.com/us-vs-them-patients-and-caregivers-confront-healthcare/), a no-ground-rules conversation about a condition you may not know about: Frozen Shoulder, featuring my friends Michele Houck of CircleOf (https://circleof.com/) and Theresa Wilbanks of Sustainable Caregiving (https://www.sustainablecaregiving.com/) (check out Theresa’s new book “Navigating the Caregiver River: A Journey to Sustainable Caregiving (https://www.sustainablecaregiving.com/book/)”). If you are a woman aged 50+, this is a discussion you don’t want to miss! Why? Because Michele, Theresa, and I all developed this condition when we hit menopause. Odds are... you may have it or know someone who does.
14 Jul 2023
Gender-Bias In Healthcare: What Every Woman Needs To Know
Join me for the inaugural episode of Us vs Them: Patients and Caregivers Confront Healthcare, as we tackle the complex issue of Gender Bias in Healthcare, featuring Journalist and Author Maya Dusenbery (https://www.mayadusenbery.com/about), author of "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (https://www.mayadusenbery.com/book);" and MS Advocate Julie Stamm (https://iamstamm.com/), author of "Some Days: A Tale of Love, Ice Cream, and My Mom's Chronic Illness (https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2021/some-days/)" and her latest project, "52 Essential Inclusion Skills: An A-Z Guide To Kindness, Compassion, and Respect for Diverse Abilities (https://mindbrainemotion.com/products/52-essential-inclusion-skills)."
21 Jun 2023
Us Vs. Them: Patients and Caregivers Confront Healthcare Podcast Trailer
The Us vs. Them Podcast featuring host MaryAnne Sterling is giving patients and caregivers (and those who support them) the opportunity to tell their stories and talk about how we transform healthcare as we tackle tough topics that don’t get enough attention from the perspective of those with lived experience.
MaryAnne has been an advocate in the Alzheimer's space for 25 years, having had multiple parents with dementia. It has been a long journey for her and along the way, MaryAnne has met some amazing people with fascinating stories that are compelling and... needs to be heard by everyone who is impacted by Health Care
The Us Vs. Them Patients and Caregivers Confront Healthcare podcast will take listeners on a deep dive into some of the taboo subjects in Health Care as MaryAnne provides an outlet for people to tell their stories about how difficult situations are confronted and dealt with while amid care.
Our trailer episode will provide a clear insight into the taboo topics, exciting guests, and those heartfelt stories that will help all of us become better healthcare advocates.
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