If you or someone you love has ever faced a health scare, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. My guest today is Dr. Edward G. Rogoff, an accomplished educator and advocate whose personal journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Diagnosed with hemophilia as a child, Dr. Rogoff faced a lifetime of uncertainty—until a liver transplant in adulthood led to an unexpected cure. His experience sparked a lifelong commitment to patient advocacy, organ donation awareness, and reshaping how we approach chronic illness.

He’s served on the boards of the Hemophilia Association of New York since 1980 and LiveOnNY, the major organ donor organization for the New York City metropolitan area, and now he’s sharing his wisdom in his new book: "Scary Diagnosis: Navigating Fear, Finding Strength, and Securing the Health Care You Deserve."

In this conversation, we explore the power of building the right medical team, managing uncertainty, denial, having tough conversations, staying resilient and how to not let a scary diagnosis overtake your life and keep it all in perspective.

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Scary Diagnosis Navigating Fear, Finding Strength, and Securing the Health Care You Deserve

Daughterhood

Today, my guest is Amy Fuchs, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Aging Life Care Professional with over 15 years of experience supporting families through the complexities of caregiving for aging loved ones.

As the founder of The Elder Expert, Amy combines her compassion, empathy, and expertise to provide personalized care and guidance for older adults and their families.

In today’s episode, we’ll discuss a challenging and all too familiar struggle: denial in caregiving. Whether it’s denial from our care partners, our siblings, or even from ourselves, it’s an obstacle many caregivers face. Amy shares practical strategies and insights to empower, cope, and manage it all.

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My guest today is Dr Mary Frances O’Connor, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, Director of Clinical Training and a grief researcher. Dr O’Connor shared such great insights the first time she was on the podcast, I’m so glad she’s back to discuss her new book The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing.

Today we discuss the physical nature of grief, the physiological response of your body and how grief affects every system, We talk about our immune system, brain fog, ways to cope with grief, how to rebuild after loss and so much more.

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MaryFrancesOconnor.org

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