Likely you know someone with a chronic illness. The CDC reports 60% of adults are living with at least one chronic illness, defined as a medical condition that won’t go…
When you see a family member who is ill, struggling with physical pain, it can be difficult. You may also see your family member challenged with emotional pain like fear,…
Listen, fear can not actually hurt you. As caregivers and humans, we all experience it. Fear is an emotion. Like all emotions, fear comes from stories we tell ourself. Emotions…
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life. Did any of you watch that show? I’m dating myself…
You may want to run away, cry, go back to bed, wish it would all go away - that’s all totally normal. When it gets hard, try to notice and…
I’m writing this on Mother’s Day. It does not escape me that many mothers and adult children are lonely today, longing for a relationship they wish was different. Many of…
Do you think you would be happier under a palm tree? At a lake? On a mountain top? If so, then this idea is going to sound a bit paradoxical. …
Perhaps how clean your loved one/patient is. Perhaps how well they take their meds. Perhaps how they follow doctor’s orders. Perhaps how well they cooperate with you. Whatever it is,…
This one question will change your caregiving energy forever if you use it appropriately. Use it all the time. Every day, every time you start to get agitated about something…
I was watching a training session and a new coach wanted to know the secrets from a veteran coach who was teaching. “How do you know when I’m - you…