18. How To End The Loss Of Tradition: Recording Personal Histories To Build Connection Across Generations With Anika Chabra

Capturing Essence for Care: Storytelling that Promotes Personhood in Healthcare

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Show Description

Anika Chabra is Co-Founder of Root & Seed, a simple and game-like platform on a mission to bring storytelling back to where it belongs, between generations, across kitchen tables, in workplaces and in caregiver and elder interactions. After two decades in the corporate world, Anika knew there had to be a better way to preserve the essence of who we are, our cultures, our traditions, our recipes, and our relationships.

In this episode we explore how personal stories can preserve culture, deepen connection, and transform caregiving, with Anika. From conversation cards to secure audio keepsakes, we share practical ways to honour personhood across home care and healthcare.

Key Takeaways

• The origin of Root & Seed and its mission to end the loss of tradition
• grief, mixed identity, and why family stories matter
• how conversation cards and a QR-powered app work together
• examples of intergenerational connection that build empathy
• training caregivers to use stories during companion visits
• benefits to person-centred care, activity planning, and morale
• creating keepsakes from recorded stories for families
• the role of spirituality and personhood in care decisions

Resources and Links:

Root & Seed - Digital and physical tools leverage light-hearted prompts to start the conversations that matter, and to honour the people and places that shaped us. What began as a bridge between generations of loved ones has grown to include caregivers, community members and colleagues too. Offering space for dignity, memory, and meaning to take root.

The CBC, Toronto Star and RepresentASIAN featured Root & Seed at launch, followed by Better Homes and Garden and Rolling Stone including R&S conversation cards as best gifts in their well-shopped 2023 and 2024 holiday gift guides. With recognition from AgeWell for fostering intergenerational bonds, The Webby Awards for a private and secure method of connection and The Anthem Awards for health-forward innovation, Root & Seed is carving out a human-first, technology-supported path in a digital world.

• Root & Seed : Rootandseed.com
• Root & Seed Conversation Cards
• Root & Seed Podcast

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Intro and outro music with thanks: Upbeat and Sweet No Strings by Musictown

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1. Welcome And Guest Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Root & Seed’s Origin Story (00:00:36)

3. Grief, Identity, And Why Stories Matter (00:03:00)

4. Intergenerational Connection In Practice (00:06:40)

5. How The Cards And App Work (00:13:30)

6. From Homes To Healthcare Settings (00:18:20)

7. Benefits For Caregivers And Clients (00:22:24)

8. Personhood, Spirituality, And Care (00:25:20)

9. Closing Reflections And Resources (00:29:15)