ON YOUR MIND with Dr. Chuck Edwards
Memory & Movement Charlotte's founding physician Dr. Chuck Edwards explores what's "ON YOUR MIND" - a series of straight-talking, candid discussions about aging, caregiving and cognitive health from someone who knows.
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Season Four
Season Four of "On Your Mind" is possible with generous support from The Sharon at SouthPark. Stay tuned - new episodes are now recording!
S4 E5: Gratitude (featuring Margaret Noel, MD)
Dr. Edwards chats with Peggy Noel, MD, the founder of MemoryCare Asheville and an early mentor to Dr Edwards as he built MMC. The two discuss their careers through the lens of gratitude - for opportunity, taking chances, learning from patients and caregivers, mentorship, and the lessons and gift of retirement.
S4 E4: Dinner For One (featuring Lillian Chapman, Pam West and Stan Tucker)
Dr. Edwards chats with three residents of The Sharon at SouthPark about finding community – and finding each other! - after losing a life partner.
This episode was filmed on location before a live audience at The Sharon at SouthPark.
S4 E3: The Benefit of Glue (featuring Kathy Izard)
Dr Edwards and author Kathy Izard discuss time, love, and the courage to live in the present. Her book, The Last Ordinary Hour, explores her family’s journey from grief to gratitude following a life-altering diagnosis.
S4 E2: A Foundation of Friendship and Legacy (featuring Jeff Ray, Katie and Duane Church)
Dr. Edwards and the founders of the David Moore Foundation discuss turning adversity into opportunity, and how an idea born over backyard beers has so far raised over $1.2 million to support Alzheimer’s research and care.
S4 E1: Keeping Sharp (featuring Dr. Duncan Morton)
Dr. Edwards and his longtime friend Dr. Duncan Morton discuss the importance of adjusting to every phase of life with authenticity and positivity.
Season Three
Season Three of "On Your Mind" is possible with generous support from The Cannon Foundation.
A Season 3 Bonus!
Media personality Ramona Holloway invited Dr. Edwards to be a guest on her video podcast. Together, they produced a 4-part series making sense of Ramona's caregiving experience.
S3 E8: The Past, the Present, and the Truth that Binds (featuring Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick)
Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick’s life story is full of grit, grace, and unexpected twists—from football fame to a surprising genealogical connection with a former classmate. Dr. Chuck Edwards explores how aging reveals the deeper layers of who we are and where we come from.
S3 E7: Chuck on Chuck! (featuring Chuck Edwards III)
In this special episode, we turn the tables - Dr Chuck Edwards II is interviewed by his son, Chuck Edwards III.
With candor and love, the two explore themes that have guided their family through the twists and turns of life, career and relationships.
S3 E6: Lessons from a Long Life (featuring Larry Dagenhart)
Super-ager Larry Dagenhart explores the rules that keep him young, healthy and active: Do good work, have some fun, and don’t be arrogant. And the biggest rule: leave things better than you found them.
S3 E5: Just Keep Moving (featuring Robert McMillan)
A conversation about dealing with adversity and the importance of "keeping on" when life isn't fair.
S3 E4: A Family Takes on Mr. Parkinson (featuring Camille Salisbury, Sara Salisbury Reddy, and Andy Salisbury, Jr.)
Camille Salisbury's husband Andy was diagnosed with Parkinson's when their youngest child was an infant. Thirty years later, the family's motto is still "Never Give Up!"
S3 E3: What do I do now? (featuring Shelly Sedory, RN)
Dr. Edwards and Shelly Sedory, RN, re-enact a conversation between Dr. Edwards and a caregiver coming to accept that her husband has dementia.
S3 E2: The Decision (featuring Betsy and Jeff Chapman)
A conversation examining a decision many face: whether to age in place at home or move to a facility.
S3 E1: Dancing in the Rain (featuring Margo Woodacre, MSW)
Dr. Edwards interviews his old friend Margo Woodacre, who cared for her husband through his dementia journey. Margo reflects on a lifetime of reinvention, and finding the strength to grow through adversity.
Season Two
Season Two of "On Your Mind" is possible with generous support from The Cannon Foundation.
S2 E8: Life of a Caregiver: After (featuring Linde Carley)
A continuation of a conversation that began in Season 1. After a 7-year caregiving journey, Linde’s husband has passed away. Eighteen months later, Dr. Edwards checks in.
S2 E7: The Story Behind the Story (featuring Ken Garfield)
A conversation about Dr. Edwards’ second book – Late Fragment: Notes on the Later Stages of Life – and the process of writing it, with the book’s editor.
S2 E6: Five More Common Mistakes of Aging
Aging is universal, and we can flourish in our later years – if we understand and embrace the process. Five more often overlooked strategies.
S2 E5: Secrets of a Super Ager (feat. guest Manuel Zapata)
Why do some people age "better" than others? Dr. Edwards talks with a longtime friend and "super ager" about the lifestyle, attitude and environment that may contribute.
S2 E4: The Decision – Part 2 (feat. guests Hannah Dickerson and Kelly Markiewitz)
How to know when more care is needed, the transition to long-term care, and resources that can help.
S2 E3: From a Distance – Part 1 (feat. guest Hannah Dickerson)
The challenges of caregiving from a distance, and how to know when it's time to move closer.
S2 E2: Confusion: Making Sense of Treatments for Alzheimer’s (feat. guest Dr. Aris Chaconas)
Drug therapies and trials are changing quickly. A straightforward conversation that makes sense of the research.
S2 E1: Keep Moving
A deep dive into Parkinson’s disease – understanding it, living with it, diagnosing and treating it.
Season One: Living with an Aging Brain
S1 E7: Five Common Mistakes of Aging
Aging is universal, and we can flourish in our later years – if we understand and embrace the process.
S1 E6: Life of a Caregiver: The Final Stage (feat. guest Chris Jones)
Dr. Edwards welcomes caregiver Chris Jones, who describes caring for her husband during the last stages of his illness and how she’s found new purpose in the months and years since.
S1 E5: Life of a Caregiver: From the Trenches (feat. guest Linde Carley)
Dr. Edwards welcomes Linde Carley, who is caring for her husband who has Lewy Body Dementia. A frank discussion about the double-edged sword of insight, the stages of caregiving, and the effect on the marital relationship.
S1 E4: Understanding an Anxious World
Anxiety. We live in an anxious world, for any age. A discussion about how to live with anxiety, tempered with forgiveness.
S1 E3: What Now? Finding Dignity and Peace After a Dementia Diagnosis
We’re all in this journey together. Dr. Edwards explores a dementia diagnosis from the perspectives of a patient and a caregiver, the tension between safety and dignity, and strategies to achieve both.
S1 E2: Science & Strategies for Living with an Aging Brain
As we age, our faces change. Our hair color changes. Why wouldn’t our brains change? Dr. Edwards explains the way our brains age, and how to know what’s normal and what could be a sign of disease.
S1 E1: A Tale of a Twist
Who is Chuck Edwards and why should anyone care what he has to say?
He’s a heart surgeon with a twist at the end of his career…one that sparked his interest in aging and led him to open a nonprofit clinic for families living with progressive memory and movement disorders.