Beyond Caregiving Survival with Betsy Hicks-Russ
Happy Healthy Caregiver
Elizabeth Miller Featured on The Whole Care Network
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Betsy Hicks-Russ, Director of the nonprofit Autism Odyssey, shares what it takes to navigate caregiving when your child has high support needs. Drawing on her over three decades of experience as a family caregiver, Betsy discusses overcoming significant obstacles, letting go of victimhood, and choosing to try new things—even when the path forward feels uncertain.
In this episode, we explore the powerful gut-to-brain connection and why good nutrition matters for caregivers and care recipients alike. Betsy also reflects on how caregiving has changed over time, comparing today’s information overload with earlier days of lower-tech living and stronger local community connections. Plus, we explore the joy of discovering shared interests with our care recipients—such as a love of Grateful Dead music and nature—and how these shared joys can deepen connection and resilience in caregiving relationships.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Whole Care Network. |
| 0:09.8 | Helping you tell your story one podcast at a time. |
| 0:16.2 | Content presented in the following podcast is for information purposes only. |
| 0:22.7 | Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests |
| 0:28.0 | and may not represent the views and opinions of the Whole Care Network. |
| 0:33.1 | Always consult with your physician for any medical advice. |
| 0:36.7 | And always consult with your attorney for any legal advice. And always consult with your attorney for any |
| 0:39.2 | legal advice. And thank you for listening to the Whole Care Network. |
| 0:52.7 | I'm not here to change who the individual is, not here to cure autism, not here to cure who that person is of whatever behavior that they have created that is working for their body. |
| 1:05.5 | I'm just here to help them feel good in their body. |
| 1:09.7 | Are you caring for others while working and trying to live your own life? |
| 1:13.0 | Wondering how to find the time for your own health and happiness. |
| 1:16.2 | Well, you're in the right place. |
| 1:17.7 | The Happy Healthy Caregiver podcast, which is part of the Whole Care Network, is the show |
| 1:22.0 | where real family caregivers share how to be happy and healthy while caring for others. |
| 1:26.6 | Hello and welcome. I'm your host, |
| 1:28.7 | Elizabeth Miller. I'm a fellow family caregiver, a care advocate, a professional speaker, author, |
| 1:34.7 | certified caregiving consultant, and certified senior advisor. If this is your first time listening, |
| 1:39.8 | thank you for being here. This is a show produced biweekly to help family caregivers integrate self-care |
| 1:45.3 | and caregiving into their lives. Each episode has an accompanying show notes page. If you'd like |
| 1:51.2 | more detail about the topics, products, and resources we speak about, or you want to see any of the |
| 1:56.8 | related photos, you'll find the show notes by going to the website, happy healthy caregiver.com, |
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