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The Cancer Caregiver
The Cancer Caregiver Podcast is for the relentless cancer caregivers who tirelessly prioritize their loved ones but struggle to care for themselves amidst overwhelming responsibilities, societal expectations, and feelings of isolation.
The Cancer Caregiver
The Cancer Caregiver Podcast is for the relentless cancer caregivers who tirelessly prioritize their loved ones but struggle to care for themselves amidst overwhelming responsibilities, societal expectations, and feelings of isolation.
Recent Blog Posts
Nov. 4, 2025
You’ve Become Everyone Else’s Caregiver and Forgotten How to Take Care of Yourself
When was the last time you did something simply because you wanted to? Not because someone else needed it, not because it fit between appointments or chores, just because it brought you joy? If it’s hard to answer, you’re not alone. At some point…
Nov. 4, 2025
Caregiver Guilt: Why It Happens and How to Break Free
You Feel Bad for Needing Rest, for Saying No, for Wanting Your Old Life Back You know that moment when you finally sit down, take a deep breath, and for the first time all day, feel like yourself again… only to have guilt crash the party? Maybe it…
Nov. 4, 2025
When You’re the One Holding It All Together (and No One Notices)
Everyone Checks In on the Patient. No One Checks In on the Caregiver. When someone you love is diagnosed with cancer, the world divides into two groups: those who are sick, and those who are invisible. Everyone rushes to check in on the patient. …
Reviews
Excellent Podcast on Male Breast Cancer
I was one of the men interviewed by Charlotte and Paul Kidwell. This was my first interview on cancer and Charlotte’s questions helped to unravel what dark side of cancer and how challenging it is as a caregiver, or being a caregiver to yourself. What helped listeners, my emotional response to Charlotte’s questions and feeling a connection to my experience. Thank again Charlotte for helping to share emotions.
- Remarkable Arv
- July 28, 2025
All
Charlotte says what I have been unable to express during my caregiving burn out and stress-filled days. The last several weeks I’ve listened to every 2025 episode. The first two episodes made me cry. I knew immediately she knows of what she speaks. For all these years of caregiving, I’ve stifled my emotions to be strong to all I know. Thank you Charlotte for who you are, your heart, and for your eloquence.
- Gina Rio 13
- July 29, 2025
A must listen
I stumbled across this podcast series when looking for caregiver info. The last time I was in this situation there was very little around. I love Charlotte’s honesty and practical advice. It’s not preachy and there is something for everyone. Shared it with my mum (who rarely listens to podcasts) and she said she felt her feelings were validated. Keep up the great work!
- Amootiy
- Jan. 27, 2024
Working Caregivers
If you are, or know, a working caregiver please take the time to listen to this episode. Charlotte so accurately describes the struggles of working caregivers and makes you feel that you are not alone. She gives her honest recommendations on how to ease the balance of responsibility in the two worlds you are trying your best to navigate. Everyone deserves some grace while navigating work and caregiving, Charlotte certainly reinforces this feeling.
- Ray 713
- Feb. 27, 2025
Recent Episodes
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Aug. 31, 2026
Why Being “The Strong One” Is So Exhausting
Why do cancer caregivers so often become the person everyone relies on while receiving so little caregiver support themselves?
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte explores the hidden cost of being “the strong one”—the person family members call for reassurance, logistics, answers, and emotional support while almost no one stops to ask what you need.
For many caregivers, this role did not begin with the cancer diagnosis. Being the reliable one may have been part of your f
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte explores the hidden cost of being “the strong one”—the person family members call for reassurance, logistics, answers, and emotional support while almost no one stops to ask what you need.
For many caregivers, this role did not begin with the cancer diagnosis. Being the reliable one may have been part of your f
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Aug. 24, 2026
Why Everyone Comes to You for the Cancer Updates
Why do cancer caregivers so often become the family spokesperson after a diagnosis?
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte explores the invisible work of being the person who knows the medical details, talks to the doctors, explains scan results and treatment updates, and answers the questions everyone else has about how things are really going.
What begins as simply sharing information can quickly become another caregiving role: deciding what to say, how much to share, whe
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte explores the invisible work of being the person who knows the medical details, talks to the doctors, explains scan results and treatment updates, and answers the questions everyone else has about how things are really going.
What begins as simply sharing information can quickly become another caregiving role: deciding what to say, how much to share, whe
116
Aug. 17, 2026
Why Your Life Doesn’t Have to Wait Until Caregiving Gets Easier
How do you make time for yourself when cancer caregiving has taken over so much of your life?
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte closes the Living Until the Next Scan series by exploring what it really means to reclaim time as a cancer caregiver. Not through better productivity, a perfect self-care routine, or waiting until the medical uncertainty finally settles, but by beginning to recognize that your life is still happening in the middle of caregiving.
Long-term canc
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte closes the Living Until the Next Scan series by exploring what it really means to reclaim time as a cancer caregiver. Not through better productivity, a perfect self-care routine, or waiting until the medical uncertainty finally settles, but by beginning to recognize that your life is still happening in the middle of caregiving.
Long-term canc
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Aug. 10, 2026
Why You Stop Letting Yourself Want Things
Why do cancer caregivers stop making plans, dreaming about the future, or letting themselves want things they used to look forward to?
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte continues the Living Until the Next Scan series by exploring how cancer uncertainty can turn hope into something that feels risky.
After enough canceled plans, changing treatment schedules, scan cycles, and unexpected medical news, protecting yourself from disappointment can start to feel safer than wan
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte continues the Living Until the Next Scan series by exploring how cancer uncertainty can turn hope into something that feels risky.
After enough canceled plans, changing treatment schedules, scan cycles, and unexpected medical news, protecting yourself from disappointment can start to feel safer than wan
114
Aug. 3, 2026
When Every Phone Call Feels Like Bad News
Why can a ringing phone trigger instant anxiety when you’re a cancer caregiver?
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte explores the phone anxiety and hypervigilance that can develop while waiting for oncology calls, scan results, treatment updates, or other medical news.
She explains why your body may freeze, hold its breath, or brace for bad news before you even know who is calling and why that stress response can continue long after the phone stops ringing.
Living inside
In this episode of The Cancer Caregiver Podcast, Charlotte explores the phone anxiety and hypervigilance that can develop while waiting for oncology calls, scan results, treatment updates, or other medical news.
She explains why your body may freeze, hold its breath, or brace for bad news before you even know who is calling and why that stress response can continue long after the phone stops ringing.
Living inside
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July 27, 2026
Why Your Life Stays on Hold Until the Next Scan
Why does cancer caregiving make it feel like your own life has to wait until after the next scan?
In this episode, Charlotte explains what waiting “until then" does to caregivers and shows the impact of postponing trips, opportunities, goals, and personal growth until life feels more certain.
She explores how repeated scan cycles can make your future feel provisional, why saying “maybe” too often can quietly change friendships and relationships, and how caregiving uncertainty can interrupt you
In this episode, Charlotte explains what waiting “until then" does to caregivers and shows the impact of postponing trips, opportunities, goals, and personal growth until life feels more certain.
She explores how repeated scan cycles can make your future feel provisional, why saying “maybe” too often can quietly change friendships and relationships, and how caregiving uncertainty can interrupt you
