The Waiting Room Revolution
by Hsien Seow and Samantha Winemaker
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S13: Episode 142: Munira Premji: Cancer, Survivorship and the Seven…
About this podcast
This podcast can help anyone dealing with serious illness. Over the years, we have cared for and interviewed thousands of patients and families who tell us they felt overwhelmed and ‘in the dark’ during their illness journey. Yet we sometimes heard stories where individuals felt prepared, in control and ‘in the know.’ What was the difference between these experiences? The answer is the 7 keys. Join your hosts Dr. Samantha Winemaker, palliative care doctor, and Dr. Hsien Seow, health care researcher, as they share real-life stories to explain the 7 keys to being hopeful and prepared when facing serious illness.
For more information visit: waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 153 episodes
- S13: Episode 142: Munira Premji: Cancer, Survivorship and the Seven Keys · 37 min · Season 8 Episode 142In this episode Hsien chats with author, cancer survivor and consultant, Munira Premji. She tells us about her book, 'Choosing Hope: One Woman, Three Cancers', and the six…
- S13: Episode 141: Brenda Blais: Caregiving and the Seven Keys · 1 h 1 min · Season 13 Episode 141In this episode, Hsien talks with Brenda Blais, lifelong caregiver and disability rights advocate, about caring for her daughter Nikki, who lived with complex medical needs for…
- S13: Episode 140: Stephen Connor- International palliative care policy · 49 min · Episode 140In this episode, Hsien talks to Dr. Stephen Connor, Executive Director of the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, about his extensive career in hospice and palliative…
- S13: Episode 139: Linda Levine: ALS, caregiving and intimacy · 51 min · Season 13 Episode 139In this episode, grief and life coach Linda Levine shares how her husband David’s ALS diagnosis reshaped (but didn’t erase) their love story. Linda and Hsien chat about…
- S13: Episode 138: Mary Ellen Macdonald- Grief at work, death literacy and person-centered care · 49 min · Season 13 Episode 138In this episode, Hsien talks with Dr. Mary Ellen Macdonald, a social scientist and palliative care researcher working in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hsien and Mary Ellen discuss the…
- S13: Episode 137: Dr. Dan Dorevitch- Pediatrics and communication skills · 54 min · Season 13 Episode 137In this episode of Waiting Room Revolution, Hsien talks with Dr. Dan Dorevitch, a pediatric palliative care physician in Australia. Hsien and Dan discuss the nuances of pediatric…
- S12: Episode 136: Bill and Anna Harder · 1 h 1 min · Season 12 Episode 136A longtime palliative care navigator, Bill Harder returns not as a professional, but as a husband alongside his wife Anna, who is living with stage 4 breast cancer. Together…
- S12: Episode 135: Kira Goodman and Dave Lysecki · 55 min · Episode 135In this episode, Hsien and Sammy talk with RN and project director Kira Goodman and pediatric palliative care physician Dr. Dave Lysecki about what makes pediatric palliative…
- S12: Episode 134: Sunny Brouse · 1 h 7 min · Episode 134In this episode, Hsien and Sammy chat with Sunny Brouse. Sunny was diagnosed with ALS over a decade ago and leads a global community of young women with ALS. We talk about her…
- S12: Episode 133: Barbara MacLean · 55 min · Episode 133In this episode, Hsien and Sammy sit down with Barbara MacLean, Executive Director of Family Caregivers of British Columbia and a leading voice for caregivers in Canada. Barbara…
- S12: Episode 132: Ella Tan · 44 min · Episode 132In this episode, Hsien chats with Ella Tan, an Employment and Family Support Worker and Caregiver Advocate. They chat about the hidden realities of paid care providers in Canada…
- S12: Episode 131: Myles Sergeant · 54 min · Season 12 Episode 131In this episode, Hsien and Sammy chat with Dr. Myles Sargeant, family physician and planetary health expert. We chat about how healthcare can reduce its environmental footprint…
- S12: Episode 130: Pierre and Sherrie Marchand · 1 h 0 min · Season 12 Episode 130In this episode Pierre and Sherrie Marchand share how a rare, terminal uveal melanoma upended their retirement and reshaped their lives. They reflect on vision loss, caregiving…
- S12: Episode 129: Christine Aiken & Myrna Norman · 54 min · Season 12 Episode 129In this episode, Hsien speaks with Canadian dementia advocates Christine Aiken and Myrna Norman, who share how they moved from isolation and fear after diagnosis to lives filled…
- S12: Episode 128: Chetna Malhotra · 51 min · Season 9 Episode 128In this Hsien talks with Dr. Chetna Malhotra, a leading palliative care and health services researcher in Singapore. They explore the gap between what people say they want at the…
- S12: Episode 127: Sarah Sunnucks · 60 min · Season 12 Episode 127In this episode, Hsien chats with Ontario Funeral Director Sarah Sunnucks about what really happens after someone dies and why funeral pre‑planning is one of the greatest gifts…
- S12: Episode 126: Andrea Warnick · 59 min · Season 12 Episode 126In this episode, we chat with grief therapist and thanatologist Andrea Warnick. We discuss the importance of including children in conversations about serious illness and death…
- S12: Episode 125: Donna Thomson · 54 min · Season 12 Episode 125Donna Thomson, longtime caregiver, advocate, and author, returns to share a very different story: her own diagnosis of high‑grade bladder cancer. In this episode, she talks about…
- S11: Episode 125: Renee Moor · 50 min · Episode 125In this episode, Renee Moor, psychotherapist, death doula, and founder of Journey Home Support, shares her personal journey through grief, the lessons learned from profound loss…
- S11: Episode 124: Lucy Hone · 53 min · Season 11 Episode 124This episode features our conversation with resilience expert Dr. Lucy Hone. We discuss grief, living with loss, and practical tools for navigating tough times. Lucy shares…
