I missed my yoga class today. I was one minute late and the door was locked.
I threw a fit on the inside, knocked on the window to no one, and whined and groaned to nobody on the outside, except another yogi who showed up two minutes late.
Do you think caregiving ‘should’ be easier? Especially at 3am when you can’t sleep and are berating yourself for losing your cool and being wide awake, missing crucial sleep hours?
What if instead you reminded yourself you are human, there is no problem and instead showed some kindness to YOU?
It is totally okay (and expected) to have moments of anger and frustration while caregiving. And ask yourself – how long do you want to hold onto the frustration and anger?
We want to handle everything with smooth outcomes. When we don’t we often lash out, over eat, over drink, etc.
Can you feel your less than stellar emotions without beating yourself up? Can you have a difficult feeling and let it be without judgement (or maybe less judgement than before)?
What baby step can you do today to lower the burden of caregiving? If you don’t try anything different you won’t get anything different.
Reach out for a free, powerful, life changing coaching session. I can help you start to feel your feelings. You will see that it is truly manageable and you can survive.