Today’s world is most in need of caring — now more than ever. Specifically, a better way to care for ourselves. We must first take care of ourselves… in doing so, we become a stronger player in the art of taking care of others.
This live recorded internet radio show streams personal stories, tips and very helpful information to inspire greater caring for self, family and community. Step into a world that helps you become an empowered through your self-care. Interact with the hosts and guests.
The show goes live weekly, currently airing on Thursdays at 9am Pacific Time.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 41 – Insider Peek at Membership Benefits with Lane Michel
We believe that by first taking care of ourselves, we become a stronger player in the art of caring for others. That’s why UCA Membership includes personal self-care benefits that improve physical, mental & emotional and financial wellbeing. Members get full access to positive and meaningful wellbeing resources, including a 24-hour counseling hotline, health management, fitness and nutrition tools, discounts on life’s expenses, and much more!
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 39 – The Virtual Volunteering Movement on a Global Scale
The Caring Moments podcast is excited to speak with one of Unified Caring Associations; caring partners, Alicia Sanchez Founder of Dear God, Are We There Yet?. Alicia believes “You don’t have to be rich or famous to help people” as growing up in a sharing community, it wasn’t called volunteering, it was a way of life. From food to clothes, if it was outgrown, it was given to someone who would use it.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 38 – Special Guest – New Member Perk
Caring Moments Podcast, is delighted to speak with April from the Unified Caring Association Community Store, along with a special guest, Sarah Baker of Wagmo, to introduce a new perk for our 170,000 (and growing) members, Pet Insurance and Wellness Plans!
With an endless list of emotions, such as; fear, anger, rage, joy, optimism, love, through the plethora of them in-between, it can be difficult to the ride of ups and downs. Especially when it’s a wild ride, you want to ensure you make it through to the other side.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 36 – Special Guest – Bill Nolan of Planet BioScan
Caring Moments Podcast is excited to discuss the life-changing benefits of Quantum Healing with Bill Nolan of Planet BioScan!
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 35 – Moving Caring Forward with Lane Michel
Lane Michel joins the Caring Moments Podcast to discuss UCA by the Numbers 2020!
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 34 – April of the UCA Store Introduces Our Newest Jewelry Line
UCA has partnered with The Dragons Dens Designs beautifully crafted artisan one-of-a-kind jewelry. Danielle, an artist, has combined her talent for painting and jewelry making into a very worthy cause, shining the light in the darkness of child sex trafficking. Danielle heads up a group of “Hunters” to stop the online exploitation of children via child , child sexual exploitative material, and child abuse.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 33 – Volunteering has gone viral!
Volunteering has just become easier! UCA now includes a virtually volunteering global network. Virtual volunteering via Impact Connect makes it safe and easy to connect with people and communities who have plans or dreams to be realized.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 32 – Lauren from One Tree Planted joins the show!
Our guest today is Lauren, Coordinator, and Curator for OTP’s environmental school curriculum. As we celebrate Earth Month, leading into Earth Day, April 22, 2021, Lauren is encouraging the next generation to take better care of our global home by offering Free seed germination kits, to classrooms. This complete fun kit will take your child’s education from germination to planting on Earth Day.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 31 – Checking in with April on the UCA Store
Tune in to listen to the new Unified Caring Association Community Store items.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 30 – Letter to an Elder Day
Unified Caring Association is honored to take part in Letter to an Elder Day, sponsored by Love For Our Elders. Friday, February 26th Join thousands of volunteers in writing a letter to an elder before or on February 26th! Then, help us by sharing this post with your friends & family to maximize your letter’s impact. #lettertoanelderday
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 29 – Mental Health and Teens
Today, on the Caring Moments podcast, Lydia joins me to discuss teen mental health, and discuss one of the benefits Unified Caring Association members have access to, free 24/7 Counseling.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 28 – Moving Caring Forward with Lane Michel
Unified Caring Association was founded in 1987 as a non-profit organization. In 2012, the name was changed to Unified Caring Association because we observed that caring is what the world needed and still needs most. In 2020, this caring mandate grew into becoming Custodians of the Caring Movement.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 27 – Self-Care, Begins With You
April joins me today on the Caring Moments broadcast, with must-haves to help support you in your self-care journey.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 26 – Homeschooling Life; Tips in Finding Balance
Lydia Anna joins me today on the Caring Moments podcast sharing her timely lessons on Homeschooling and working from home during CoVid. Prior to 2020, homeschooling was a choice for many parents who felt their education system was failing their children. What happens when this choice was taken away, and all of a sudden children all across the United States were mandated to learn from home?
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 25 – Set an Intention for Caring More in 2021
What exactly is an Intention? How do they work and why should we set them every day? Intentions embolden us to live life on purpose! Setting intentions that work, and last, can be a tricky thing when we are focused on what is not working, rather than what is. Intentions are not goals, rather far from it, as they begin to help us become more aware of our thoughts and behaviors. A goal has a point A to point B direction, like more money, better paying job, for example, where an intention is living in the actual moment.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 24 – Checking in with April of the UCA Store
April, curator of the Unified Caring Association Community Store is kicking off 2021 with self-care items available for you or someone you love.
Caring Moments Podcast looks forward to sharing an important membership perk: Homeschooling Benefits along with a pretty impressive care package on surviving distance learning. We are also going to take a peek into a parent’s perspective on how distance learning from home is going; as well as some SPECTACULAR information of a current Membership Sale!
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 22 – Checking in With A Scholarship Winner
Caring Moments is delighted to check in with Gwen, one of Unified Caring Association’s Spring Scholarship winners, and see what she’s doing since graduation. She chose The Elderly as her essay subject and states “Protecting Elders from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and maltreatment is a concern that must be addressed by all. As our elder population increases so do the concerns of how to treat them with respect and courtesy.” We were moved and in awe of all this young woman has accomplished as a teen and now, young adult and can’t wait to see what she does next.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 21 – Special Thanksgiving Edition
In our last episode before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Caring Moments podcast is hosting our first Gratitude Fest! Several co-hosts will pop in to share personal elements of what they are grateful for during this extraordinary time in our lives, with the hope of inspiring you to find gratitude in the small, in the normal, in the mundane, the things we often take for granted, the overlooked. As we reflect on the amazing year we are living in, regardless of what we are living in, seeking gratitude offers hope in the moment, appreciation for what is, and a springboard to give gratitude daily, not just save it for one special annual celebration.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 20 – Happy Hour, Family Style and an Attitude of Gratitude
As we discussed last week with April, November has many celebratory days, and today is National Happy Hour Day. Luna and I are going to share our take on non-alcoholic family fun, Happy Hour, with things to do either during dinner or right after everyone pitches in for kitchen patrol, or in my household, aka, KP. Quality family time leads to sharing ideas on catching an attitude of gratitude, which for many can be hard to find in today’s confusing, cockeyed, topsy-turvey, world of the individual, and social environments.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 19 – Checking in with April on Store Updates
Loads to celebrate in November, some are downright delicious, for instance, today is Men Make Dinner Day, tomorrow is Nacho Day! November 7th is Bittersweet Chocolate with Almond Day and the 8th is Cook Something Bold Day! Just a few delicious days on the horizon. World Freedom Day, Young Readers Day, Caregiver Appreciation Day, and all of the days in-between, we have some shopping goodies for you to treat yourself or to gift!
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 18 – Update on C.A.R.E Projects and Sex Trafficking Aftercare
Building on this foundation of caring for our children, there is an aspect most don’t acknowledge exist which is Sex Trafficking. We will discuss the Aftercare of survivors of the Sex Trafficking industry with 2 of our sponsorship programs.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 17 – Mona Nyree, Contributing Blog Author Joins the Show
Mona Nyree (Stephens) is a young Changemaker and a generational shackle breaker. Over the last 8 years, she’s transformed her life from a suicidal drug addict, just barely surviving life to a vibrant woman on a mission who has a zest for life and is discovering how to truly thrive. Mona believes her purpose of this plant is to support those who are living a nightmare but still have hope for a brighter future. She wants to show those people that living a life of meaning that you love is possible by helping them discover the tools already inside of them and inspiring them to use those tools to transform their lives.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 15 – Self-Care vs Self-Comfort with Mark Smith
It seems no matter where we look, it’s doomsday somewhere, and that is unnerving, to say the least. Finding a ray of sunshine during a turbulent storm can be a daunting task, at best, so how do we attempt to disconnect from our compulsion to “doom-Surf” to soothe our mind and spirit seeking calm during the storm? There are many benefits to being informed, yet being inundated carries a burdensome psychological cost that we may not be aware we are paying.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 14 – Checking in with the Community Store
Unified Caring Association, a non-profit organization offers both members and non-members alike, affordable, unique gifts for yourself or someone you love. Gearing toward the importance of self-care you will find, among other treasures; Journals, Health Monitoring, books, reflective card decks, and much more. Purchases help our community outreach in the core of our hearts, the C.A.R.E. partner projects, assisting non-profits to create meaningful change in the world through caring. UCA CARE projects focus on creating improvement through caring, in the areas of Children, Animals, Reforestation and the Elderly.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 13 – Custodians of the Caring Movement
Custodians Of The Caring Movement: Today’s world is most need of caring – now more than ever. Specifically, a better way to care for ourselves and serve others. Not just watching from the sidelines but DOING. Active engagement in build caring communities that make a difference. As custodians, we take part in the action…
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 12 – Care Packages for our own emerging self appreciation
April offers care packages, for yourself or someone you love, and always remember, you are a gift.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 11 – Simple Tools for Invoking a Healthier You
Imagine, if you will: You are at a movie theater, watching the most intense drama with many twists and turns, grabbing at your emotional strings, stressing your mind with what’s next. As you finally feel the breath being released after holding it for so long, you feel your muscles relax, and then POW! Repeat cycle. Now imagine this craziness is playing out in real life? In today’s world, the art of self-care in all areas of health seems to no longer be fashionable. UCA a nonprofit has created a unique survey for all of us to take effortlessly, and it covers 5 areas where we may have been lacking for a while: BODY, MIND EMOTIONS, WORK, SOCIAL/FAMILY.
From contributing author for Unified Caring’s Blog, Melissa Aparicio offers insight with her article In The Privacy of Your Own Mind, I pulled a snippet of genius to remind us all of why it’s okay to not be okay as we each work to our own self-mastery.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 9 – Partnering With Worthy Causes
We partner with non-profit projects that are dedicated to making a true difference from a nationwide community perspective. From the urgent needs of one of our most vulnerable, our Children; to the protection and well-being of Animals through rescue, food, and shelter, encompassing programs for Reforestation and the most vulnerable on the other side, our Elderly. We are honored to be able to tackle some of these varied needs, from community to community, across the nation, and humbled that our memberships help make this happen.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 8 – Must Have Items During Stressful Times
The community store is constantly adding products, focusing on current self-care needs, like our version of Survival Kits, self-care at home and we can’t forget our beloved pets.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 7 – Watering the Growing Edge
Will a new normal ever be had? Are we constructively using time during this pandemic to create locally and small at first, to bring about positive change? Find some inspiration as we speak with Lydia Anna to discuss watering the growing edge.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 6 – Living in Challenging Times
Many of us are feeling additional stress, confusion, depression, anxiety even isolation with how the word is spinning. It is indeed a great time to be alive during these challenging time as life exposes itself all at once. Just when you think, ahh the pressure valve is showing some much needed relief, then… wham! Something else happens to pinch it all off again.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 4 – Caring Updates
Unified Caring cares about you, yesterday, today and all of the tomorrows still to come. Now more than ever, as we continue to experience life in a new way it is important to know although the UCA CARE program’s core areas of focus are projects that help children, animals, reforestation and the elderly, we do not limit ourselves to just these areas. Other CARE projects we have had a focus on is providing support to Veterans, addiction treatment programs, victims of natural disasters, and survivors of sex-trafficking to name a few.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 3 – Our Covid-19 Outreach Update
We are all being called to do extraordinary things for the collective caring of our families, communities and the world in response to the unique coronavirus pandemic. Whether home bound or providing critical services, everyone is stretched to adapt like never before. All of us are in this together. Now more than ever, caring is what we need most. Caring for our self. Caring for others around us. Life is going to require new routines, resilience and compassion.
⇒ Unified Caring Association: Episode 1
UCA is a non profit nationwide outreach organization promoting it’s CARE program. CARE, in expansive in it’s social awareness, advocating for [C]hildren, [A]nimals, [R]eforstation and the [E]lderly, by partnering with some of the most heart centered organizations around.