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Holding It Together (Kinda) is for people who look like they have it handled on the outside while knowing damn well it’s messier underneath.
Host Michael Mackniak has honest conversations with caregivers, clinicians, advocates, experts, authors, and people who have learned something worth sharing by actually living through it. We talk about caregiving, mental health, illness, loss, relationships, broken systems, difficult choices, and those moments when you find yourself wondering: What the hell do I do now?
The conversations are direct, curious, occasionally irreverent, and willing to go beyond the polished advice and easy answers.
No pretending everything happens for a reason. No seven easy steps to fixing your life. Just real conversations about the things that happen to us, the choices we make, what we can control, what we can’t—and what comes next.
Because most of us are holding it together.
Kinda.
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The Thin Line Between Care And Control
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Oct 22, 2026 |
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The Kidz Are Alright (Kinda) with My Kids
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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#8 Companion Caregiver Myths, Real Limits
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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Nesh Pillay: Be Kind To Little Man
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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#7 Companion Caregiver Burnout Is Information
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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Claude Racine: Postpartum Is Not The Baby Blues
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Oct 08, 2026 |
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#6 Companion Who Gets To Decide When Minds Are Unsteady
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Allan Houston and Tamara Houston: What Does Radical Acceptance Look Like At Home
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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#5 Companion If You Say Calm Down, We Fight
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Annette: A Mother Learns That Survival Is Not The Same As Living
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Reclaim Calm in the Chaos: Time Mastery with Walt Hampton
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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# 3 Episode Companion Memory Is Not A Care Plan When Stress Hits
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Kala Allen Omeiza: I Got Bullied In An Autism Lab
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Episode 2 Care Companion: You Can Love Them And Still Feel Worn Out
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Justin Ray: Hospitals Without Walls
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Episode 1 Companion: Six Hospitals Later And Everyone Still Acts Surprised
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Communication and the Cost of Silence
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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When The Doctor Becomes Family with Dr Mohamed Elziam
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Elder Care Is A Life Plan with Shanika Batchelor
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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The Dilemmas of Addiction
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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The Great Earwax Contraband Caper with Jolene Breinig
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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The Future Proof Parent: Special Needs Planning Without Panic with Rebecca Iantuonni
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Understanding Hoarding
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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All the Wrong Doors
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Set Boundaries And Still Love Them with Dr Michelle Sherman author of Loving Someone with Mental Illness
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Caregiver Stress Reset with Alicia Feller
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Make The Strawberry Bunny Then Eat It with Kathy Micheel
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Is This Mushroom Edible with Emerson Kerr
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Why Your Brain Wants Jelly Beans with Dr Matthew Galati
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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A Daughter’s Guide To Dementia and Caregiver Burnout Recovery
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May 28, 2026 |
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The Cloak of Client Choice
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May 21, 2026 |
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An Off Switch For Neurospicy Brains with Danniel Worthen Cullumber
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May 14, 2026 |
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Caregiver Grief And The Pain Of Loving Someone Who Changed with Dr. Joann Schaeffer, Author of The Unspoken Side of Grief
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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6 Hospitals. 2 States. 9 Months
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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MIGMA: Make Involuntary Guardianship Mandatory Again!! With Rebecca Iantuonni
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Apr 07, 2026 |