Making It Meaningful - The Podcast

Making It Meaningful- Episode 15 | Mother’s Day Special

Join Nikki and Mark as we honor MOMS today for Mother’s Day!  Hear about Mark and Nikki’s moms and the impact that their moms had on them growing up!  And we also have a few short interviews with other moms that we respect and love for making things meaningful in their journeys as moms!   Motherhood is one of the most impactful roles in society, so join us as we honor moms for Mother’s Day! If you want to know more about upcoming episodes, check out the website at www.makingitmeaningful.com [http://www.makingitmeaningful.com]  If you have a show suggestion, please email us at mimthepodcast@gmail.com To follow Nikki and Mark on Social Media, you can find Nikki on Instagram and TikTok at @justshakeitoff0219 .  You can also find her website at https://www.justshakeitoff.com/ [https://www.justshakeitoff.com/] Mark is on Instagram and TikTok at @markinthepark21 .  Mark’s website is https://www.markinthepark21.com [https://www.markinthepark21.com]

Making It Meaningful- Episode 14 | Carla Velastegui

Join us as we continue our series of interviews for the month of April with people from the Parkinson’s community, in honor of April’s Parkinson Awareness Month!  In this episode you will hear from Parkinson’s Caregiver Carla Velastegui.  Carla brings interesting perspectives to the role of Caregiver, also acting as advocate, educator, and advisor.  She also started off as a caregiver at a very young age.  And she also acts as a translator for her mom as well.  We know you will enjoy her insights and perspectives, and her enthusiasm advocating on behalf of the Parkinson’s community! This is the fourth and final podcast in the month of April, all devoted to Parkinson’s disease for Parkinson’s Awareness Month.  We certainly hope you have enjoyed this series highlighting the world’s fastest growing neurological disorder, Parkinson’s.  For more information on Parkinson’s Disease, go to the Parkinson’s Foundation website https://www.parkinson.org/ [https://www.parkinson.org/]  Or call their hotline at 1-800-473-4636  Or you can email them at Helpline@Parkinson.org If you want to know more about upcoming episodes, check out the website at www.makingitmeaningful.com [http://www.makingitmeaningful.com]  If you have a show suggestion, please email us at mimthepodcast@gmail.com To follow Nikki and Mark on Social Media, you can find Nikki on Instagram and TikTok at @justshakeitoff0219 .  You can also find her website at https://www.justshakeitoff.com/ [https://www.justshakeitoff.com/] Mark is on Instagram and TikTok at @markinthepark21 .  Mark’s website is https://www.markinthepark21.com [https://www.markinthepark21.com]

Making It Meaningful- Episode 13 | George Ackerman

Join hosts Nikki Louiselle and Mark Milow as we continue our series of interviews for the month of April with people from the Parkinson’s community, in honor of April’s Parkinson Awareness Month!  In this episode you will hear from the energetic and tenacious Parkinson’s advocate George Ackerman.  Dr. George Ackerman (Sharon’s son) lost his mother, Sharon on 1/1/2020 due to Parkinson’s Disease.  With his family, he started TogetherForSharon® for the purpose of keeping his mother, Sharon’s, memory alive and to share the message of Parkinson’s Awareness and hope for a cure. Today https://www.togetherforsharon.com/ reaches thousands of individuals across the country for PD Awareness.  George also just released a powerful book that you won’t want to miss!  “A SON’S JOURNEY: FROM PARKINSON’S DISEASE CAREGIVER TO ADVOCATE“ can order his book HERE [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1C5X4P3?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_J0R5MTD1DQNV7P9YWRBK]!  All of George’s Social media and website can be found and linked here https://linktr.ee/togetherforsharon This is the 3rd out of 4 podcasts in the month of April, all devoted to Parkinson’s disease for Parkinson’s Awareness Month.  We certainly hope you enjoy this show!  Or at least that this episode will help someone out there who needs to hear this info.   If you want to know more about upcoming episodes, check out the website at www.makingitmeaningful.com [http://www.makingitmeaningful.com]  If you have a show suggestion, please email us at mimthepodcast@gmail.com To follow Nikki and Mark on Social Media, you can find Nikki on Instagram and TikTok at @justshakeitoff0219 .  You can also find her website at https://www.justshakeitoff.com/ [https://www.justshakeitoff.com/] Mark is on Instagram and TikTok at @markinthepark21 .  Mark’s website is https://www.markinthepark21.com [https://www.markinthepark21.com]

Making It Meaningful-The Podcast - Episode 12 | Ana Liste

Join hosts Nikki Louiselle and Mark Milow as we continue our series of interviews for the month of April with people from the Parkinson’s community, in honor of April’s Parkinson Awareness Month!  In this episode you will hear from the tenacious Ana Liste.  Hear about Ana going from just losing the love of her life to immediately experiencing the early symptoms of the onset of Parkinson’s Disease.  Hear her brave story of balancing life as a busy single mom, with a chronic, degenerative disease.   Ana can be found on Instagram at @ana.liste  We will have 4 podcasts in the month of April, all devoted to Parkinson’s disease.  We certainly hope you enjoy this show!  Or at least that this episode will help someone out there who needs to hear this info.   If you want to know more about upcoming episodes, check out the website at www.makingitmeaningful.com [http://www.makingitmeaningful.com]  If you have a show suggestion, please email us at mimthepodcast@gmail.com To follow Nikki and Mark on Social Media, you can find Nikki on Instagram and TikTok at @justshakeitoff0219 .  You can also find her website at https://www.justshakeitoff.com/ [https://www.justshakeitoff.com/] Mark is on Instagram and TikTok at @markinthepark21 .  Mark’s website is https://www.markinthepark21.com [https://www.markinthepark21.com]

Making It Meaningful-The Podcast | Episode 11 | Jo Tosh

Join hosts Nikki Louiselle and Mark Milow as we begin a series of interviews for the month of April with people from the Parkinson’s community, in honor of April’s Parkinson Awareness Month!  And we start of with our interview with Jo Tosh.  Jo is an accomplished speaker and educator who has devoted herself to Parkinson’s Advocacy.  Her candor, wit, humor and honesty come through loud and clear when she speaks with that wonderful British accent!  Jo was also the subject in the much acclaimed series “Parkinson’s DBS and Me” produced by Parkinson’s UK, that chronicles Jo’s journey to completing the Deep Brain Stimulation procedure.  She has recently been named to the Boston Scientific Patient Advisory Board.   We will have 4 podcasts in the month of April, all devoted to Parkinson’s disease.  We certainly hope you enjoy this show!  Or at least that this episode will help someone out there who needs to hear this info.   Watch the first episode of Parkinson’s, DBS, and Me here: https://youtu.be/a5LVpMgqRNw?si=gXYs8Wi9kXwN23sD [https://youtu.be/a5LVpMgqRNw?si=gXYs8Wi9kXwN23sD]   Jo can be found on Instagram at @LadyDuffGordon If you want to know more about upcoming episodes, check out the website at www.makingitmeaningful.com [http://www.makingitmeaningful.com]  If you have a show suggestion, please email us at mimthepodcast@gmail.com To follow Nikki and Mark on Social Media, you can find Nikki on Instagram and TikTok at @justshakeitoff0219 .  You can also find her website at https://www.justshakeitoff.com/ [https://www.justshakeitoff.com/] Mark is on Instagram and TikTok at @markinthepark21 .  Mark’s website is https://www.markinthepark21.com [https://www.markinthepark21.com]