6 Tips on Caring for Yourself While Caregiving
How do you take care of yourself while caring for someone else? Here are some ideas. 1. BREATHE Take a deep breath, down into your belly. Feel your waist and …
Both Sides Now-Aging and Caregiving
What You Can Do “I’ve looked at Life from both sides now. From up and down, and still, somehow, it’s Life’s illusions I recall. “ Joni Mitchell was …
Are You a Caregiver for Special Needs?
How do you know you’re doing enough? That is a difficult question for any caregiver, but especially so when you are taking care of your special needs …
Caregiver, Help Writing the Next Chapter of Your Life
If you were writing a book, you would create an outline of what each chapter would be – themes, plot twists, crisis resolutions. While we often talk about …
The Heart of a Caregiver
The heart of a caregiver is an exceptional organ. It is strong enough to take on unbelievable tasks and burdens with grace and soft enough to bring comfort …
Change is Hard
Why is it so hard to change? That is a question that has baffled psychologists, human resource professionals, and just about everyone else from time …
How to Survive Caregiving in Your Family, 5 Useful Tips
Like any stressor, family caregiving brings out the best and the worst in you, your siblings, your parents, and whoever else is involved or has an opinion. Add …
Dementia, Caring for You & Your Loved One
Caring for a loved one with dementia can be exhausting and frustrating. Nancy’s House guests who have been taking care of parents or spouses with …
A Caregiver Apologizes to Alfred Lord Tennyson
I know what a caregiver need to do to take care of themselves. I write about it. I teach it. I mean, heck, I built an entire organization based on it. …
5 Truths of Caregiving
From years of caregiving and from talking with and working with other caregivers, here are some things I have learned along the way. Truth #1: YOU CAN TRUST …