Blog2023-06-29T12:36:30-07:00

letter eleven

This is letter eleven. It is brought to you by the colors green and black and white. And the letter WHY. My favorite color has always been green. Like, forever and unwaveringly. (It is sooooo unfortunate that I do NOT look good wearing green because having a lot of green clothes would make me very happy – but, truth be told, looking "not ill" makes me happiest). OF COURSE, because I love the [...]

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Are you adding stress to your circumstances?

try you first for a month Transcript: As caregivers, we need to get really real about stress. Stress is a sticky syrup made of a combination of worry, future projecting, resistance, fear, and catastrophizing. Stress is a sticky syrup that WE pour over the pancakes in our lives. We are the ones adding the stress syrup. Doing meal prep for your loved one week in and week out is [...]

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THAT does not apply.

try you first for a month Transcript: As caregivers, we are given and we consume a lot of guidance and I want to remind you that it’s okay to decide: “That doesn’t apply to my situation.” Because not every piece of guidance does apply to your situation. (This piece of guidance however is the exception that proves the rule.) But there will be times when you hear something or [...]

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Why did they do that?

try you first for a month Transcript: As caregivers, a common mental energy leak that drains us is when we don’t accept the fact that the adults involved in your caregiving situation – your parents, siblings, partners – are adults who are living out their own narratives and making their own choices… over which you may have little to no influence. And I know, it can be so painful [...]

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The possible and the impossible.

try you first for a month Transcript: As caregivers, we can easily drain our physical and mental energy tanks doing everything we can do to try to save our loved one – to somehow scoop them up and out of their situation and make everything better. And I’m not just talking about saving them from the pain of their illness or the struggle of their decline. I’m also talking [...]

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